ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 99-354
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Ottawa, 27 August 1999
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Decision CRTC 99-354
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Shaw Cablesystems Ltd.
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Red Deer and area, Alberta - 199902060
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Licence renewal
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1. The Commission renews the Class 1 licence for the cable distribution undertaking serving the above-noted locality, from 1 September 1999 to 31 August 2006.
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2. The operation of this undertaking is regulated pursuant to Parts 1, 2 and 5 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations. 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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3. The licensee is authorized, by condition of licence, to distribute, at its option, KXLY-TV (ABC), KREM-TV (CBS), KSPS-TV (PBS), KHQ-TV (NBC) and KAYU-TV (FOX) Spokane, Washington, as part of the basic service. The Commission notes that these signals will be received via satellite.
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4. The licensee is authorized to distribute, at its option, the audio programming services of KMBI-FM, KXLY-FM, KISC-FM, KDRK-FM, KEZE-FM, KZZU-FM and KPBX-FM Spokane, as part of the basic service. The Commission notes that the licensee will receive these signals via satellite.
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5. The licensee may receive any authorized signals over the air, or from any licensed or exempted Canadian broadcasting distribution undertaking authorized to provide signals to other broadcasting distribution undertakings.
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6. 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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7. The Commission notes that this licensee is subject to the Employment Equity Act that came into effect on 24 October 1996 (1996 EEA), and therefore files reports concerning employment equity with Human Resources Development Canada. As a result of a consequential amendment to the Broadcasting Act (the Act), the Commission no longer has the authority to apply its employment equity policy to any undertaking that is subject to the 1996 EEA.
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8. Section 22 of the Act states that the Commission may not renew a licence unless the Department of Industry has certified that the licensee has been or will be issued a broadcasting certificate. Accordingly, this renewal is subject to the issuance of technical certification by the Department of Industry.
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This decision is to be appended to the licence.It is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be viewed at the following Internet site:
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Secretary General
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