ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 95-496
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Ottawa, 28 July 1995
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Decision CRTC 95-496
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Island Cablevision Ltd.
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Georgetown and Souris, Prince Edward Island - 941164600 - 941173700
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Licence renewals
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Following Public Notice CRTC 1995-10 dated 20 January 1995, the Commission renews the licences held by Island Cablevision Ltd., for the cable distribution undertakings serving Georgetown and Souris, from 1 September 1995 to 31 August 2002.
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The operation of these undertakings is regulated pursuant to Parts I and III of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986 (the regulations) and 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.
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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 WLBZ-TV (NBC) Bangor and WMED-TV (PBS) Calais, Maine, received via microwave, as part of the basic service.
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The licensee is also authorized, by condition of licence, to distribute the Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN), received via satellite, provided that it is distributed on an unrestricted channel of the basic service.
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Consistent with Decision CRTC 91-179, it is a condition of each licence that the licensee be relieved of the requirement that it distribute at least four television programming services as provided for in section 23 of the regulations, so long as it distributes only those U.S. television services listed in the current applications or as may be authorized 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. In this regard, the Commission encourages the licensee to consider employment equity issues in its hiring practices and in all other aspects of its management of human resources.
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The Commission acknowledges the intervention submitted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, expressing its wish that the licensee consider the distribution of the Réseau de l'information (RDI).
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While the Commission notes that RDI is not a priority programming service, it reiterates the importance of Canadian programming services being given the widest possible distribution. The Commission encourages the licensee to take into consideration the Canadian Cable Television Association (CCTA) Access Commitment with respect to the carriage of licensed Canadian specialty, pay television and pay-per-view services in minority official language markets.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General |
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