ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 96-686
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Ottawa, 17 October 1996
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Decision CRTC 96-686
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Videon Cablesystems Inc.
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Headingley, Manitoba - 951610500
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Licence renewal
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Following Public Notice CRTC 1996-85 dated 19 June 1996 and Decision CRTC 96-527 dated 27 August 1996, the Commission renews the Class 2 (fewer than 2,000 subscribers) licence held by Videon Cablesystems Inc., for the cable distribution undertaking serving Headingley, from 1 December 1996 to 31 August 2003.
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With the exception of the requirements stipulated in section 23 of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986 (the regulations), the operation of this undertaking is regulated pursuant to Parts I, III and IV of 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, KGFE (PBS) Grand Forks and WDAZ-TV (ABC) Devils Lake, North Dakota, received via microwave, as part of the basic service.
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The licensee is also authorized to distribute, at its option, the audio programming services of KNOX-FM Grand Forks and WDAY-FM Fargo, North Dakota, received via microwave, on audio channels of the undertaking.
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The licensee is further authorized to distribute the special programming service of the Manitoba Jockey Club Inc., received via wireline.
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Consistent with Decision CRTC 95-848 dated 15 November 1995, the licensee is authorized, by condition of licence, to insert, at its option, certain promotional material as a substitute for the "local availabilities" (i.e. non-Canadian advertising material) of non-Canadian satellite services. At least 75% of these local availabilities must be made available for use by licensed Canadian programming services for the promotion of their respective services, for the promotion of the community channel and for unpaid Canadian public service announcements. A maximum of 25% of the local availabilities may be made available for the promotion of discretionary programming services and packages, customer service information, channel realignments, cable FM service and additional cable outlets.
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Consistent with Decision CRTC 91-522 dated 24 July 1991, it is a condition of licence that the undertaking share in the joint use of a distant head end located at Tolstoi.
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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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This decision is to be appended to the licence.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General |
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