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Decision

Ottawa, 8 August 1996
Decision CRTC 96-348
Compton Cable T.V. Limited
Uxbridge, Port Perry, Greenbank, Roseville, Siloam, Glasgow, Altona, Glen Major and Sandford, Ontario - 951408400
Licence renewal
Following Public Notice CRTC 1996-46 dated 27 March 1996, the Commission renews the Class 2 licence held by Compton Cable T.V. Limited, for the cable distribution undertaking serving the above-noted communities, 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.
The licensee is relieved, by condition of licence, of the requirement of section 12 of the regulations to distribute the signal of CHEX-TV Peterborough on an unrestricted channel. Should the quality of the signal deteriorate significantly, the Commission expects the licensee to undertake immediate corrective action including, if necessary, the distribution of the service on another channel.
Consistent with Decision CRTC 91-456 dated 11 July 1991, the licensee is relieved, by condition of licence 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.
Consistent with Decision CRTC 95-920 dated 21 December 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.
Consistent with Decision CRTC 95-922 dated 21 December 1995, the licensee is authorized, by condition of licence, to insert, at its option, certain promotional material as a substitute for the "local availabilities" (i.e. non-Canadian advertising material) of non-Canadian satellite services. At least 75% of these local availabilities must be made available for use by licensed Canadian programming services for the promotion of their respective services, for the promotion of the community channel and for unpaid Canadian public service announcements. A maximum of 25% of the local availabilities may be made available for the promotion of discretionary programming services and packages, customer service information, channel realignments, cable FM service and additional cable outlets.
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.
This decision is to be appended to the licence.
Allan J. Darling
Secretary General

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