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Decision

Ottawa, 15 August 1997
Decision CRTC 97-444
Câblevision du Nord de Québec inc.
Poularies (La Sarre) and surrounding area; Vassan (Val-d'Or) and surrounding area, Quebec - 199608642 - 199608634
Licence renewals
1.  Following Public Notice CRTC 1996-154 dated 13 December 1996, the Commission renews the licences held by Câblevision du Nord de Québec inc. for the (MDS) radiocommunication distribution undertakings serving the above-noted communities, from 1 September 1997 to 31 August 2004, 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.
2.  The licensee is authorized to continue to distribute, in encrypted mode, by means of multi-point distribution systems (MDS), the following programming services:
CFVS-TV (TQS) Val-d'Or
 CKRN-TV (SRC) Rouyn-Noranda
 CFEM-TV-1 (TVA) Val-d'Or
 CIVA-TV (STQ) Val-d'Or
 CFCL-TV-2 (CBC) Kearns
 CITO-TV-2 (CTV) Kearns
 WXYZ-TV (ABC) Detroit, Michigan
 WDIV (NBC) Detroit
 WTVS-TV (PBS) Detroit
 WTOL-TV (CBS) Toledo, Ohio
 TV5 Québec Canada
 Le Canal Famille
 MusiquePlus
 Le Réseau des sports (RDS)
 Premier Choix:TVEC inc. (Super Écran)
3.  It is a condition of each 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.
4.  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.
5.  In accordance with subsection 22(1) of the Broadcasting Act (the Act), these renewals are subject to the issuance of Broadcasting Certificates by the Department of Industry.
6.  The Commission draws the licensee's attention to subsection 22(4) of the Act which provides that any broadcasting licence issued, amended or renewed in contravention of section 22 of the Act is of no force or effect.
This decision is to be appended to each licence.
Laura M. Talbot-Allan
Secretary General
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