ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 95-647
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Ottawa, 29 August 1995
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Decision CRTC 95-647
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North Victoria Satellite T.V. Limited
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Ingonish and surrounding areas, Nova Scotia - 941297400
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Licence renewal
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Following a Public Hearing in Halifax beginning on 4 April 1995, the Commission renews the licence for the radiocommunication distribution undertaking serving Ingonish and surrounding areas from 1 September 1995 to 31 August 1996, 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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This one-year term will enable the Commission to monitor closely the licensee's handling of subscriber complaints during the new licence term, as well as the licensee's progress towards implementation of the technical improvements to the undertaking, approved in Decision CRTC 93-146 dated 12 May 1993.
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The licensee is authorized to distribute, in encrypted mode, the following programming services:
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CHANNEL POWER
SOURCE CANAL PUISSANCE (watts) |
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CITV-TV (CTV) Edmonton 15 20
CHAN-TV (CTV) Vancouver 17 20 CHCH-TV (IND) Hamilton 19 20 WTVS (PBS) Detroit, Michigan 31 20 WXYZ-TV (ABC) Detroit 25 20 WDIV (NBC) Detroit 29 20 WTBS (IND) Atlanta, Georgia 41 20 WTOL-TV (CBS) Toledo, Ohio 23 20 The Nashville Network 21 20 Cable Parliamentary Channel Inc. (CPAC) 35 20 The Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN) 39 20 |
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The Commission notes that the licensee had proposed to continue to distribute WJBK-TV Detroit, Michigan. However, this station has been replaced, as a CBS affiliate, by WTOL-TV (CBS) Toledo, Ohio, on the "Revised Lists of Elibible Satellite Services" (Public Notice CRTC 1995-8).
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In order that the financial viability of neighbouring subscription-based systems may be taken into account, it is a condition of licence that the licensee shall not solicit or accept a subscription from, or make available equipment to decode its signals for use by, any person resident inside or outside of the area encompassed by the contours approved for the licensee by the Commission, when that person is resident
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a) within the authorized service area of any cable distribution undertaking licensed now or in the future, or
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b) within the area encompassed by the contours approved by the Commission for any other subscription-based undertaking licensed now or in the future,
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unless the prior written consent of the licensee of the other undertaking or the prior approval of the Commission has been obtained or, in the case of a person residing inside the approved contours, that person had subscribed to the licensee's subscription television service prior to the licensing of the other undertaking.
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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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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General |
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