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Decision

Ottawa, 27 August 1999
Decision CRTC 99-360
Shaw Cablesystems Ltd.
Quesnel and Williams Lake, British Columbia - 199902135 - 199902143
Applications processed by
Public Notice CRTC 1999-85
dated 18 May 1999
Licence renewals
1.  The Commission renews the Class 2 licences for the cable distribution undertakings serving the above-noted communities, from 1 September 1999 to 31 August 2006.
2.  The operation of these undertakings is regulated pursuant to Parts 1 and 2 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations (the regulations). The licences will be subject to the conditions in effect under the current licences as well as to those conditions specified in this decision and in the licences to be issued.
3.  The licensee is authorized, by condition of licence, to distribute, at its option, KOMO-TV (ABC), KIRO-TV (CBS), KING-TV (NBC), KCTS-TV (PBS) Seattle and KAYU-TV (FOX) Spokane, Washington, as part of the basic service. The Commission notes that the licensee will receive these signals via satellite.
4.  The licensee may receive any authorized signals over the air, or from any licensed or exempted Canadian broadcasting distribution undertaking authorized to provide signals to other broadcasting distribution undertakings.
5.  The licensee is relieved, by condition of licence, from the requirement of section 25 of the regulations to distribute the signal of CBUFT Vancouver on unrestricted channels of the above-mentioned undertakings. 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 other channels.
6.  It is a condition of licence that, for community programming and any other programming of a service that it originates, the licensee adhere to the guidelines on the depiction of violence in television programming set out in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Voluntary Code Regarding Violence in Television Programming, as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission.
7.  The Commission notes that this licensee is subject to the Employment Equity Act that came into effect on 24 October 1996 (1996 EEA), and therefore files reports concerning employment equity with Human Resources Development Canada. As a result of a consequential amendment to the Broadcasting Act (the Act), the Commission no longer has the authority to apply its employment equity policy to any undertaking that is subject to the 1996 EEA.
8.  Section 22 of the Act states that the Commission may not renew a licence unless the Department of Industry has certified that the licensee has been or will be issued a broadcasting certificate. Accordingly, this renewal is subject to the issuance of technical certification by the Department of Industry.
9.  The Commission acknowledges the interventions submitted in support of this application.
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