ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 98-537
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Ottawa, 23 December 1998
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Decision CRTC 98-537
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Shaw Cablesystems Inc.
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Fort McMurray, Alberta - 199805355
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Addition of CJON-TV (CTV) St. John's on a discretionary tier of the cable undertaking serving Fort McMurray
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1. The Commission approves the application by Shaw Cablesystems Inc. (Shaw) to distribute CJON-TV (CTV) St. John's, on a discretionary tier of the cable distribution undertaking serving Fort McMurray. The public notice announcing this application mistakenly indicated that CJON-TV would be distributed as part of the basic service.
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2. The licensee may receive this signal over the air, or from any licensed or exempted Canadian broadcasting distribution undertaking authorized to provide signals to other broadcasting distribution undertakings. The Commission notes that the licensee will receive CJON-TV via satellite from Cancom.
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3. The Commission is satisfied that the distribution of CJON-TV is in line with the guidelines on the cable distribution of distant Canadian television signals set out in Public Notices CRTC 1985-61, 1993-74 and 1997-84.
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4. In its policy statement on violence in television programming, the Commission encouraged programming undertakings whose signals are distributed over various time zones to be sensitive to viewers in western time zones when scheduling programs. (Public Notice CRTC 1996-36 dated 14 March 1996).
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5. There is a three and one-half hour time difference between Fort McMurray and St. John's. This means that programs with scenes of violence intended for adults that are broadcast on CJON-TV after the "watershed" hour of 9:00 p.m., as required by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Voluntary Code Regarding Violence in Television Programming, could be distributed on the Fort McMurray undertaking before 9:00 p.m.
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6. Accordingly, the Commission expects CJON-TV to be sensitive to the time zone differences in scheduling programs containing scenes of violence intended for adults.
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7. The Commission acknowledges the numerous interventions submitted in support of this application.
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Secretary General
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This decision is to be appended to the licence.
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