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Public Notice

Ottawa, 8 October 1998
Public Notice CRTC 1998-104
REVISED LISTS OF ELIGIBLE SATELLITE SERVICES
Addition of CKVU-TV (IND)
1. In Decision CRTC 98-482 of today's date, the Commission approved the application by Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. (Cancom) to add the signal of CKVU-TV (IND) Vancouver to the list of signals that it is authorized to distribute.
2. CKVU-TV has also been added to the List of Part 3 Eligible Satellite Services (Part 3 list).
Addition of WWJ-TV (CBS)
3. The Commission has also approved the application by Cancom to add the signal of WWJ-TV (CBS) Detroit, Michigan to the list of signals that it is authorized to distribute. WWJ-TV has been added to Section A of the List of Part 2 Eligible Satellite Services (Part 2 list) and to the Part 3 list.
4. The Commission notes that Cancom intends to distribute WWJ-TV as well as to continue to distribute WTOL-TV Toledo, Ohio (both CBS affiliates) for a period not to exceed six months from today's date. At the end of the transitional period, Cancom will cease to distribute WTOL-TV and the signal will be removed from the Part 2 list, Section A, and from the Part 3 list.
Revised Lists
5. The above-mentioned lists supersede the lists appended to Public Notice CRTC 1998-61 dated 23 June 1998. For convenience, the List of DTH Eligible Satellite Services is also attached to this public notice as Appendix C.
Secretary General
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APPENDIX A
LIST OF PART 2 ELIGIBLE SATELLITE SERVICES
A) Learning and Skills Television of Alberta
Télé-Québec (STQ)
TVOntario (TVO and/et TFO)
Open Learning Agency (Knowledge Network)
Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN)
Television Northern Canada (TVNC)
CFTU-TV Montréal IND*
CBC English-language Television Service/Service de
télévision de langue anglaise de la SRC
CBC French-language Television Service/Service de
télévision de langue française de la SRC
WHDH-TV Boston/WGRZ-TV Buffalo/WDIV Detroit/KARE Minneapolis/
KHQ-TV Spokane/KING-TV Seattle NBC*
WGBH-TV Boston/WNED-TV Buffalo/WTVS Detroit/
KSPS-TV Spokane/KCTS-TV Seattle PBS*
WBZ-TV Boston/WIVB-TV Buffalo/WTOL-TV Toledo ****/
WCCO-TV Minneapolis/KREM-TV Spokane/KSTW Tacoma/
WWJ-TV Detroit CBS*
WCVB-TV Boston/WKBW-TV Buffalo/WXYZ-TV Detroit/
KSTP-TV Minneapolis/KXLY-TV Spokane/KOMO-TV Seattle ABC*
WUTV Buffalo/WFTC Minneapolis/WUHF Rochester/
KAYU-TV Spokane/KCPQ Tacoma FOX*
America's Health Network
ART America
The Arts and Entertainment Network (A&E)
BBC World
Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Cable News Network (CNN)
CNN Headline News (CNN-2)
Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-Span)
Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC)
Court TV
Deutsche Welle
The Filipino Channel
Fit TV
The Golf Channel
The Learning Channel
The Nashville Network (TNN)
Radio-France outre-mer (RFO1)*
The Silent Network (Kaleidoscope)
Speedvision
TV Food Network
TV Japan
TV Polonia
The Weather Channel (TWC)
WMNB-TV: Russian-American Broadcasting Company
Licensed pay audio programming undertaking(s)**
B) KIRO-TV (IND) Seattle*
KTLA Los Angeles
KWGN Denver
WGN-TV Chicago
WPIX New York City
WSBK-TV Boston
WTBS Atlanta
WWOR-TV New York City
American Movie Classics
Comedy Central
Game Show Network
Lifetime Television
Playboy TV***
Turner Classic Movies
* Received from a licensed SRDU
** A pay audio programming undertaking may not be used for linkage purposes for the distribution of any non-Canadian eligible satellite services.
*** Playboy TV is only authorized for distribution at the specific request of a subscriber. Distributors are not permitted to package Playboy TV in such a way that subscribers are obligated to purchase Playboy TV in order to purchase any other programming service. Distributors are required to take measures to fully block the reception of both the audio and video portions of Playboy TV to subscribers that request it not be receivable in their home (in either unscrambled or scrambled analog form).
**** The signal of WTOL-TV Toledo, Ohio will be removed from the list six months from today's date.
Authorization for the above-noted services is subject to the following:
- When this List of Part 2 Eligible Satellite Services is replaced by another list of Part 2 Eligible Satellite Services, the only authorized services will be those contained in the most recent list; accordingly, this list supersedes the list dated 23 June 1998.
- In the case of signals received from a licensed SRDU, ASN, the CBC English- and French-language Television Services and U.S. satellite services, licensees are required to enter into the necessary contractual arrangements for such carriage.
- Licensees that distribute a PBS signal received at the local head end by terrestrial transmission may distribute one PBS service received from a licensed SRDU. All other licensees may distribute a maximum of two PBS services received from a licensed SRDU. Licensees may not distribute the signal of more than one affiliate of the same commercial U.S. network, received from a licensed SRDU, unless otherwise authorized pursuant to a condition of licence.
Date of issue: 8 October 1998
APPENDIX B
LIST OF PART 3 ELIGIBLE SATELLITE SERVICES
Learning and Skills Television of Alberta
Télé-Québec (STQ)
TVOntario (TVO and/et TFO)
Open Learning Agency (Knowledge Network)
Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN)
Television Northern Canada (TVNC)
CBC English-language Television Service/Service de
télévision de langue anglaise de la SRC
CBC French-language Television Service/Service de
télévision de langue française de la SRC
CBFT Montréal SRC*
CBFXT Edmonton SRC*
CBHT Halifax CBC*
CBLT Toronto CBC*
CBRT Calgary CBC*
CHBC-TV Kelowna CBC*
CJON-TV St. John's CTV*
CJCH-TV Halifax CTV*
CFCF-TV Montréal CTV*
CFTO-TV Toronto CTV*
CFRN-TV Edmonton CTV*
CHAN-TV Vancouver CTV*
CIII-TV Toronto GLOBAL*
CJNT-TV Montréal (CTEQ Télévision inc.) IND*
CFTU-TV Montréal IND*
CITY-TV Toronto IND*
CFMT-TV Toronto IND*
CHCH-TV Hamilton IND*
CITV-TV Edmonton IND*
CFJP-TV Montréal TQS*
CFTM-TV Montréal TVA*
CKVU-TV Vancouver IND*
WHDH-TV Boston/WGRZ-TV Buffalo/WDIV Detroit/KARE Minneapolis/
KHQ-TV Spokane/KING-TV Seattle NBC*
WGBH-TV Boston/WNED-TV Buffalo/WTVS Detroit/
KSPS-TV Spokane/KCTS-TV Seattle PBS*
WBZ-TV Boston/WIVB-TV Buffalo/WTOL-TV Toledo ***/
WCCO-TV Minneapolis/KREM-TV Spokane/KSTW Tacoma/
WWJ-TV Detroit CBS*
WCVB-TV Boston/WKBW-TV Buffalo/WXYZ-TV Detroit/
KSTP-TV Minneapolis/KXLY-TV Spokane/KOMO-TV Seattle ABC*
WUTV Buffalo/WFTC Minneapolis/WUHF Rochester/
KAYU-TV Spokane/KCPQ Tacoma FOX*
KIRO-TV Seattle IND *
Licensed pay audio programming undertaking(s)/

KTLA Los Angeles
KWGN Denver
WGN-TV Chicago
WPIX New York City
WSBK-TV Boston
WTBS Atlanta
WWOR-TV New York City
America's Health Network
American Movie Classics
ART America
The Arts and Entertainment Network (A&E)
BBC World
Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Cable News Network (CNN)
CNN Headline News (CNN-2)
Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-Span)
Comedy Central
Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC)
Court TV
Deutsche Welle
The Filipino Channel
Fit TV
Game Show Network
The Golf Channel
The Learning Channel
Lifetime Television
The Nashville Network (TNN)
Playboy TV **
Radio-France outre-mer (RFO1)*
The Silent Network (Kaleidoscope)
Speedvision
Turner Classic Movies
TV Food Network
TV Japan
TV Polonia
The Weather Channel (TWC)
WMNB-TV: Russian-American Broadcasting Company
* Received from a licensed SRDU
** Playboy TV is only authorized for distribution at the specific request of a subscriber. Distributors are not permitted to package Playboy TV in such a way that subscribers are obligated to purchase Playboy TV in order to purchase any other programming service. Distributors are required to take measures to fully block the reception of both the audio and video portions of Playboy TV to subscribers that request it not be receivable in their home (in either unscrambled or scrambled analog form).
*** The signal of WTOL-TV Toledo, Ohio will be removed from the list six months from today's date.
Authorization for the above-noted services is subject to the following:
- When this List of Part 3 Eligible Satellite Services is replaced by another List of Part 3 Eligible Satellite Services, the only authorized services will be those contained in the most recent list; accordingly, this list supersedes the List of Part 3 Eligible Satellite Services dated 23 June 1998.
- In the case of out-of-province educational services, there should be no objection on the part of the originating service.
- In the case of a licensed SRDU signals, ASN, and the CBC English- and French-language Television Services, licensees are required to enter into the necessary contractual arrangements for such carriage.
- In the case of CFTO-TV, CFTM-TV, CFCF-TV, CHAN-TV, CJON-TV, CJCH-TV and CFRN-TV, a licensee also distributing the signal of a local TVA or CTV affiliate shall delete the duplicate programming from the services received from a licensed SRDU or substitute the local service(s) when the programming is identical.
- Licensees that distribute a PBS signal received at the local head end by terrestrial transmission may distribute one PBS service received from a licensed SRDU. All other licensees may distribute a maximum of two PBS services received from a licensed SRDU. Licensees may not distribute the signal of more than one affiliate of the same commercial U.S. network, received from a licensed SRDU, unless otherwise authorized pursuant to a condition of licence.
Date of Issue: 8 October 1998
APPENDIX C
LIST OF DTH ELIGIBLE SATELLITE SERVICES
A) America's Health Network
ART America
The Arts and Entertainment Network (A&E)
BBC World
Black Entertainment Television
Cable News Network (CNN)
CNN Headline News (CNN-2)
Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-Span)
Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC)
Court TV
Deutsche Welle
The Filipino Channel
FIT TV
The Golf Channel
The Learning Channel
The Nashville Network (TNN)
The Silent Network (Kaleidoscope)
Speedvision
TV Food Network
TV Japan
TV Polonia
The Weather Channel (TWC)
WMNB-TV: Russian-American Broadcasting Company
B) KIRO-TV (IND) Seattle*
KTLA Los Angeles*
KWGN Denver*
WGN-TV Chicago*
WPIX New York City*
WSBK-TV Boston*
WTBS Atlanta*
WWOR-TV New York City*
American Movie Classics
Comedy Central
Game Show Network
Lifetime Television
Playboy TV **
Turner Classic Movies
* U.S. Superstation/Superstation américaine
** Playboy TV is only authorized for distribution at the specific request of a subscriber. Distributors are not permitted to package Playboy TV in such a way that subscribers are obligated to purchase Playboy TV in order to purchase any other programming service.
Authorization for the above-noted services is subject to the following:
- When this list of DTH Eligible Satellite Services is replaced by another list of DTH Eligible Satellite Services, the only authorized services will be those contained in the most recent list; accordingly, this list supersedes the list dated 23 June 1998.
- Licensees are required to enter into the necessary contractual arrangements for carriage of U.S. satellite services.
Date of issue: 8 October 1998

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