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Ottawa, 24 August 1990
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Decision CRTC 90-797
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Câble Télé Plus Québec 1 Inc.
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Rivière-à-Pierre, Quebec- 900199100 - 900546300
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Following a Public Hearing in the National Capital Region beginning on 11 June 1990, the Commission approves the application for authority to acquire the assets of the broadcasting receiving undertaking serving Rivière-à-Pierre from Édouard Benoît, and for a broadcasting licence to continue the operation of this undertaking, under the same terms and conditions as the current licence.
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The Commission will issue a licence to Câble Télé Plus Québec 1 Inc. (Télé Plus), expiring 31 August 1994, upon surrender of the current licence. The operation of this undertaking will be regulated pursuant to Parts I and III of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986 (the regulations). The authority granted herein is subject to the same conditions as those of the current licence as well as any other condition that may be specified in this decision and in the licence to be issued.
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The purchase price relating to this transaction is $150,000. Based on the evidence filed with the application, the Commission has no concerns with respect to the availability or the adequacy of the required financing and is satisfied with the benefits package flowing from this transaction.
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The Commission expects Télé Plus to ensure that all of the $46,900 in proposed expenditures included in the benefits package are made in accordance with the schedule outlined in the application.
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The Commission reiterates its longstanding policy that subscribers should not be required to pay higher fees merely because the ownership or control of a cable television system has changed hands and, as such, the Commission views Télé Plus' assurances in this regard as being particularly important.
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The Commission approves the applicant's request with respect to section 23 of the regulations. Accordingly, it is a condition of licence that the applicant be relieved of the requirement that it distribute at least four television programming services delivered to its local head end by a network operator licensed to extend television and radio services to remote and underserved communities, at least one of which must be a Canadian television programming service, so long as it distributes only three U.S. television signals. The Commission notes that the three signals are not being distributed as part of the basic service.
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In considering this request the Commission has taken into account the applicant's argument that the community served is predominantly francophone. The Commission notes the written intervention submitted by Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. (CANCOM) concerning this request.
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Alain-F. Desfossés
Secretary General
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