ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 95-286
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Ottawa, 2 June 1995
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Decision CRTC 95-286
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Télécâble des Mille-Iles Inc.
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Terrebonne, Lachenaie and surrounding areas, Quebec - 940735400
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Licence renewal
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Following Public Notice CRTC 1994-146 dated 2 December 1994, the Commission renews the Class 1 licence held by Télécâble des Mille-Iles Inc., for the cable distribution undertaking serving Terrebonne, Lachenaie and surrounding areas, from 1 September 1995 to 31 August 2001.
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The licence term granted herein, while less than the maximum of seven years permitted by the Broadcasting Act (the Act), will enable the Commission to consider the next licence renewal of this undertaking in accordance with the Commission's regional plan and to better distribute the workload within the Commission. The term is not reflective of any Commission concern regarding the licensee's performance.
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The operation of this undertaking is regulated pursuant to Parts I and II of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986 (the regulations) and the licence will be subject to the conditions in effect under the current licence, as well as to those conditions specified in this decision and in the licence to be issued.
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In addition to the services required or authorized to be distributed pursuant to the applicable sections of the regulations, the licensee is authorized to continue to distribute, at its option, WVNY (ABC), WCAX-TV (CBS) and WETK (PBS) Burlington (Vermont), WCFE-TV (PBS) and WPTZ (NBC) Plattsburgh, New York, received via microwave, as part of the basic service.
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The licensee is also authorized to continue to distribute, at its option, the Vidéotron special programming service, "Le Canal Événement".
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Further, consistent with Decision CRTC 90-1021, the licensee is authorized to continue to distribute a specialty ethnic programming service. It is a condition of licence that the licensee shall not distribute as part of this ethnic service any commercial message other than a sponsorship credit, included in the program credits, which combines no more than the logo, name, address and type of activity or profession of the sponsor. The sponsorship credit may contain sound and/or visual images, whether moving or fixed. The sponsorship credit shall have no purpose other than to acknowledge, in a concise and direct manner, the sponsor's contribution and shall at no time, correspond to a detailed description or promotional device. The licensee is also authorized, on an exceptional basis, to add English- or French-language subtitles to feature films on the specialty multicultural programming service, provided that these subtitles are an integral part of the original production.
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In accordance with previous decisions, the Commission relieves the licensee, by condition of licence, of the requirement of paragraph 9(1)(c) of the regulations that it distribute, as part of the basic service and on the basic band if channels are available, the programming service of the priority television station CFTU-TV (IND) Montréal. However, the licensee must continue to distribute CFTU-TV as part of the basic service.
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Consistent with Decision CRTC 90-1021, the licensee is relieved, by condition of licence, of the requirement to distribute the programming service of CIRL Montréal, a priority local station.
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The Commission notes that the proposed distribution of the Greek radio service conforms with paragraph 16(3)(d) of the regulations.
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The Commission reaffirms the particular importance it attaches to the development of community programming and has taken note of the annual budgets that will be allocated for this purpose during the new licence term. The Commission expects the licensee to increase its community programming budget during the next term to the 5% bench mark level established by the Commission.
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In Public Notice CRTC 1992-59 dated 1 September 1992 and entitled "Implementation of an Employment Equity Policy", the Commission announced that the employment equity practices of broadcasters would be subject to examination by the Commission. Based on the public record, including the reports provided to the Commission by the Department of Human Resources Development, the Commission is pleased to commend the licensee on its general approach to achieving employment equity.
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In accordance with subsection 22(1) of the Act, this renewal is subject to the issuance of a Broadcasting Certificate by the Department of Industry.
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The Commission draws the licensee's attention to subsection 22(4) which provides that any broadcasting licence issued, amended or renewed in contravention of section 22 is of no force or effect.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General |
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