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Ottawa, 27 March 1986
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Decision CRTC 86-314
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Omineca Cablevision Ltd., Burns Lake, British Columbia - 851897900
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Pursuant to Public Notice CRTC 1986-22 dated 3 February 1986, the Commission approves the application to change the authorized distribution for the broadcasting receiving undertaking serving Burns Lake by adding the carriage of the CBC French-language Television Network, received via satellite, CIRK-FM Edmonton and CFMI-FM Vancouver, received via satellite from the CANCOM network, and CIBC-FM Prince George, British Columbia, received over-the-air; and by deleting the signal of KOMO-TV (ABC) Seattle, Washington, received from the CANCOM network.
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The Commission approves, as a condition of licence, the deletion of the carriage of priority station CKHS-TV (CTV) Burns Lake. The licensee has indicated that the reception quality of CKHS-TV is very poor in Burns Lake due to signal degradation and that CTV programming will continue to be provided to subscribers, through CHAN-TV Vancouver.
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The Commission also approves an amendment to the licence for this undertaking by increasing the maximum monthly subscriber fee from $20.00 to $25.00. It considers that $3.49 of this increase is justified based on the difference between the costs to be incurred for the distribution of CHAN-TV Vancouver, WXYZ-TV (ABC) Seattle, The Sports Network, MuchMusic Network, WGN-TV Chicago, Illinois, WTBS-TV Atlanta, Georgia and WOR-TV New York, New York and the microwave costs for the delivery of signals for which authority is no longer in effect.
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Based on the information provided by the licensee and the Commission's criteria for assessing rate applications, the Commission is also satisfied that the remaining $1.51 is justified on economic grounds to enable the licensee of this small system serving 466 subscribers to cover increased operating costs and maintain a reasonable level of profitability.
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The Commission notes that the maximum monthly subscriber fee authorized herein includes pass-through fees of $6.65 to be paid by the licensee to CANCOM for the delivery of seven television signals. Authority to charge these pass-through fees will only be effective at such time as the CANCOM signals are provided to subscribers and is further subject to the requirement that only the actual pass-through fees paid to CANCOM are charged to subscribers.
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The Commission acknowledges the intervention submitted by the CTV Television Network Ltd. (CTV) regarding the importation of U.S. signals via satellite and considers that the concerns raised by CTV have already been addressed in a number of decisions recently issued by the Commission.
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