ARCHIVED - Décision CRTC 97-121
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Ottawa, 27 March 1997
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Decision CRTC 97-121
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Huntsville Cable Services Limited
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Huntsville, Ontario - 951088400 - 199701363
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Licence renewal
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Following Public Notice CRTC 1997-21 dated 21 February 1997, the Commission renews the Class 2 licence held by Huntsville Cable Services Limited, for the cable distribution undertaking serving Huntsville, from 1 April 1997 to 31 August 2002.
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The licence term granted herein, while less than the maximum of seven years permitted by the Broadcasting 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, II and IV 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, by condition of licence, to continue to distribute, at its option, WTOL-TV (CBS) Toledo, Ohio, WDIV-TV (NBC), WXYZ-TV (ABC) and WTVS-TV (PBS) Detroit, Michigan, received via satellite from CANCOM, as part of the basic service.
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The Commission approves the licensee's request to be relieved, by condition of licence, from the requirement of section 12 of the regulations to distribute TFO, the French-language educational television programming service operated by TVOntario, on an unrestricted channel. Should the quality of the signal deteriorate significantly, the Commission expects the licensee to undertake immediate corrective action including, if necessary, the distribution of the service on another channel.
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In view of the approval granted above, the Commission notes that the current condition of licence relieving the licensee from the requirement to distribute TFO on the basic band is not renewed.
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It is a condition of licence that, for community programming and any other programming of a service that it originates, the licensee adhere to the guidelines on the depiction of violence in television programming set out in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' "Voluntary Code Regarding Violence in Television Programming", as amended from time to time and approved 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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This decision is to be appended to the licence.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General |
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