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Decision

Ottawa, 26 November 1997

Decision CRTC 97-660
Vision TV: Canada's Faith Network/ Réseau Religieux Canadien
Across Canada - 199708418
Licence amendment for Vision TV
1. Following Public Notice CRTC 1997-120 dated 25 September 1997, the Commission approves the application by Vision TV: Canada's Faith Network/ Réseau Religieux Canadien, licensee of the national English-language Specialty programming undertaking known as "Vision TV", to amend condition of licence no. 9 pertaining to the distribution of advertising material in order to increase the amount of advertising from the current 6 minutes to a maximum of 12 minutes per hour. The amended condition of licence now reads as follows:
9.(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (d), the licensee shall not distribute more than twelve minutes of advertising material during each clock hour. Advertising material shall include all commercial activities, such as solicitations, merchandising and give-aways, etc.
(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 those clock hours occupied by the program does not exceed the maximum number of minutes that would otherwise be allowed per clock hour.
(e) All solicitation of funds on Vision TV must conform with the provisions of the licensee's Code of Ethics and Program Practices, as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission, subject to the limitations as to time set out in this condition.
(f) The solicitation of funds in CORNERSTONE programming shall together comprise no more than 90 seconds per half-hour and no accumulation shall be permitted.
(g) Solicitation of funds in MOSAIC programming shall together comprise no more than 90 seconds per half-hour, and no accumulation shall be permitted.
2. The Commission acknowledges the intervention received with respect to this application and is satisfied with the licensee's reply thereto. The Commission also acknowledges the intervention received in support of the application.
This decision is to be appended to the licence.
Laura M. Talbot-Allan
Secretary General
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