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Decision

Ottawa, 8 August 1996
Decision CRTC 96-338
Aurora Cable TV Limited
Aurora, Ontario - 950986000
Licence renewall
Following Public Notice CRTC 1996-46 dated 27 March 1996, the Commission renews the Class 1 licence held by Aurora Cable TV Limited, for the cable distribution undertaking serving Aurora, from 1 September 1996 to 31 August 2003.
The operation of this undertaking is regulated pursuant to Parts I, II and IV of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986 (the regulations) and the licence will be subject to the conditions in effect under the current licence, as well as to those conditions specified in this decision and in the licence to be issued.
In addition to the services required or authorized to be distributed pursuant to the applicable sections of the regulations, the licensee is authorized to continue to distribute, at its option, WGRZ-TV (NBC), WIVB-TV (CBS), WNED-TV (PBS), WKBW-TV (ABC) and WUTV-TV (FOX) Buffalo, New York, received via microwave, as part of the basic service.
Consistent with Decision CRTC 91-389 dated 21 June 1991, by condition of licence, the licensee is relieved of the requirement of paragraph 9(1)(b) of the regulations that it distribute TFO, the French-language educational television programming service operated by TVOntario, on the basic band (channels 2 to 13), so long as the service is distributed as part of the basic service.
Also consistent with Decision CRTC 91-389, the licensee is relieved, by condition of licence, of the requirement of section 12 of the regulations to distribute the signals of CKVR-TV Barrie as well as CBLT-TV and CFTO-TV Toronto on unrestricted channels. Should the quality of the signals deteriorate significantly, the Commission expects the licensee to undertake immediate corrective action including, if necessary, the distribution of the services on other channels.
Consistent with Decision CRTC 95-591 dated 24 August 1995, the licensee is authorized to originate a video games service as a special programming service, offered on a discretionary basis, subject to the conditions listed in that decision.
In Public Notice CRTC 1992-59 dated 1 September 1992 and entitled "Imple-mentation of an Employment Equity Policy", the Commission announced that the employment equity practices of broadcasters would be subject to examination by the Commission. In this regard, the Commission encourages the licensee to consider employment equity issues in its hiring practices and in all other aspects of its management of human resources.
The Commission acknowledges the intervention submitted regarding this application and is satisfied with the licensee's reply thereto.
This decision is to be appended to the licence.
Allan J. Darling
Secretary General

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