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DECISION

Ottawa, 3 July 1997
Decision CRTC 97-288
2953285 Canada Inc.
Across Canada - 199613451
Licence amendment for The Discovery Channel
1. Following Public Notice CRTC 1997-8 dated 17 January 1997, the Commission approves the application by 2953285 Canada Inc., licensee of the national English-language specialty programming undertaking known as "The Discovery Channel", to amend condition of licence no. 4 pertaining to the distribution of advertising material in order to increase the amount of advertising from the current 8 minutes to a maximum of 12 minutes per hour. The amended condition of licence now reads as follows:
4. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (d), the licensee shall not distribute more than twelve minutes of advertising material during each clock hour.
(b) In addition to the twelve minutes of advertising material referred to in subsection (a), the licensee may distribute, during each clock hour, a maximum of 30 seconds of additional advertising material that consists of unpaid public service announcements.
(c) The licensee shall not distribute any paid advertising material other than paid national advertising.
(d) Where a program occupies time in two or more consecutive clock hours, the licensee may exceed the maximum number of minutes of advertising material allowed in those clock hours if the average number of minutes of advertising material in the clock hours occupied by the program does not exceed the maximum number of minutes that would otherwise be allowed per clock hour.
(e) In addition to the twelve minutes of advertising material referred to in subsection (a), the licensee may broadcast partisan political advertising during an election period.
2. The Commission acknowledges opposing interventions submitted with respect to this application. The Commission has carefully reviewed these interventions as well as the licensee's reply thereto. It is satisfied that approval of this application will not have a significant impact on existing services.
3. Further, the Commission notes that this condition of licence is consistent with the condition of licence concerning advertising which has been imposed on several other specialty programming undertakings.
This decision is to be appended to the licence.
Laura M. Talbot-Allan
Secretary General
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