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Public Notice
See also: 1999-166-1
 
Ottawa, 5 October 1999
Public Notice CRTC 1999-166
REVISED LISTS OF ELIGIBLE SATELLITE SERVICES
1.  In Decision CRTC 99-455dated 5 October 1999, the Commission approved an application by Star Choice Television Network Incorporated (Star Choice), to amend the broadcasting licence for the national satellite relay distribution undertaking (SRDU), by adding certain Canadian television services to the list of signals that it is authorized to distribute. The List of Part 3 Eligible Satellite Services (Part 3 list) appended to this notice as Appendix B has been amended accordingly.
Addition of Canadian services
2.  Star Choice has been authorized to distribute three additional services that do not currently appear on the Part 3 list. These are: CJCB-TV (CTV) Sydney, CKLT-TV (CTV) Saint John and CKAL-TV (IND) Calgary.
3.  The Commission notes that the distribution of the CTV signals by cable licensees is subject to a restriction which requires that, where a cable licensee is also distributing the signal of a local CTV affiliate, it shall delete the duplicate programming received from the licensed SRDU or substitute the local service when the programming is identical.
Change of affiliation of KIRO-TV Seattle and KSTW Tacoma/Seattle
4.  In Decision CRTC 99-456of today’s date, the Commission approved an application by Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. (Cancom), to amend the licence for its SRDU, by changing the affiliation of two U.S. stations that it is authorized to distribute.
5.  As a result of a reorganization, two U.S. stations that Cancom is authorized to distribute have changed affiliations. KIRO-TV Seattle, formerly listed as an independent station, is now a CBS affiliate, and KSTW Tacoma/Seattle, formerly listed as a CBS affiliate, is now an independent station.
6.  The List of Part 2 Eligible Satellite Services (Part 2 list) and the Part 3 list appended to this notice have been amended accordingly.
7.  The Commission notes that a corresponding change to the List of DTH Eligible Satellite Services (DTH list) is required. Specifically, KIRO-TV (IND) Seattle, which appears in Section B of the DTH list, is replaced by KSTW (IND) Tacoma/Seattle.
8.  For the purposes of the DTH list, KSTW will be identified as a "U.S. superstation". As noted in Public Notice CRTC 1997-50 dated 2 May 1997, this identification will permit DTH licensees to designate and subsequently distribute this signal in a discretionary package that may include one or more Canadian specialty and/or pay television services.
Addition of Radio France outre-mer (RFO1)
9.  In Public Notice CRTC 1999-138 dated 24 August 1999, the Commission announced a request by Bell Satellite Services Inc. (BSSI), doing business under the name of Bell ExpressVu, to add Radio France outre-mer (RFO1) Saint Pierre and Miquelon, to the DTH list. The Commission notes that it received one intervention in support of BSSI’s request.
10.  In Decision CRTC 98-18 dated 30 January 1998, the Commission authorized the addition of the RFO1 service to the Part 2 list (Section A) and to the Part 3 list (Public Notice CRTC 1998-7).
11.  The DTH list appended to this notice as Appendix C has been amended accordingly.
Revised lists
12.  The above-mentioned lists supersede the lists appended to Public Notice CRTC 1999-65 dated 19 April 1999.
Other matters
13.  Class 1 and Class 2 licensees are reminded that, in accordance with the Distribution and Linkage Requirements for Class 1 and Class 2 licensees (Public Notice CRTC 1999-90 dated 21 May 1999), a condition of licence is required in order to distribute signals appearing on the Part 2 list, as part of the basic service.
Secretary General
This notice is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be viewed at the following Internet site: www.crtc.gc.ca

APPENDIX A / ANNEXE A

LIST OF PART 2 ELIGIBLE SATELLITE SERVICES/
SERVICES PAR SATELLITE ADMISSIBLES EN VERTU DE LA PARTIE 2
Changes are shown in italics / Les modifications sont en italique

A)  Learning and Skills Television of Alberta
Télé-Québec (STQ)
TVOntario (TVO and/et TFO)
Open Learning Agency (Knowledge Network)
Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN)
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
CFTU-TV Montréal IND*
CBC English-language Television Service/Service de télévision de langue anglaise de la SRC
CBC French-language Television Service/Service de télévision de langue française de la SRC
WHDH-TV Boston/WGRZ-TV Buffalo/WPTZ Burlington/WDIV Detroit/WICU-TV Erie/KARE Minneapolis/KHQ-TV Spokane/KING-TV Seattle NBC*
WGBH-TV Boston/WNED-TV Buffalo/WETK Burlington/WTVS Detroit/WQLN-TV Erie/KSPS-TV Spokane/KCTS-TV Seattle  PBS*
WBZ-TV Boston/WIVB-TV Buffalo/WCAX-TV Burlington/WSEE-TV Erie/WTOL-TV Toledo/WCCO-TV Minneapolis/KREM-TV Spokane/KIRO-TV Seattle/WWJ-TV Detroit  CBS*
WCVB-TV Boston/WKBW-TV Buffalo/WVNY Burlington/WXYZ-TV Detroit/WJET-TV Erie/KSTP-TV Minneapolis/KXLY-TV Spokane/KOMO-TV Seattle  ABC*
WUTV Buffalo/WFFF-TV Burlington/WFTC Minneapolis/WUHF Rochester/KAYU-TV Spokane/KCPQ Tacoma FOX*
ART America
The Arts and Entertainment Network (A&E)
BBC World
Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Cable News Network (CNN)
CNN Headline News (CNN-2)
Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-Span)
Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC)
Court TV
Deutsche Welle
The Filipino Channel
Fit TV
The Golf Channel
The Learning Channel
The Nashville Network (TNN)
Radio-France outre-mer (RFO1)*
The Silent Network (Kaleidoscope)
Speedvision
TV Food Network
TV Japan
TV Polonia
The Weather Channel (TWC)
WMNB-TV: Russian-American Broadcasting Company
Licensed pay audio programming undertaking(s)/Entreprise(s) de programmation sonore payante autorisée(s)**
B)  KSTW (IND) Tacoma/Seattle*
KTLA Los Angeles
KWGN Denver
WGN-TV Chicago
WPIX New York City
WSBK-TV Boston
WTBS Atlanta
WUAB-TV (IND) Cleveland*
WWOR-TV New York City
American Movie Classics
Comedy Central
Game Show Network
Lifetime Television
Playboy TV***
Turner Classic Movies
*  Received from a licensed SRDU
**  A pay audio programming undertaking may not be used for linkage purposes for the distribution of any non-Canadian eligible satellite services.
***  Playboy TV is only authorized for distribution at the specific request of a subscriber. Distributors are not permitted to package Playboy TV in such a way that subscribers are obligated to purchase Playboy TV in order to purchase any other programming service. Distributors are required to take measures to fully block the reception of both the audio and video portions of Playboy TV to subscribers that request it not be receivable in their home (in either unscrambled or scrambled analog form).
Authorization for the above-noted services is subject to the following:
-  When this List of Part 2 Eligible Satellite Services is replaced by another list of Part 2 Eligible Satellite Services, the only authorized services will be those contained in the most recent list; accordingly, this list supersedes the list dated 19 April 1999.
-  In the case of signals received from a licensed SRDU, ASN, the CBC English- and French-language Television Services and U.S. satellite services, licensees are required to enter into the necessary contractual arrangements for such carriage.
-  Licensees that distribute a PBS signal received at the local head end by terrestrial transmission may distribute one PBS service received from a licensed SRDU. All other licensees may distribute a maximum of two PBS services received from a licensed SRDU. Licensees may not distribute the signal of more than one affiliate of the same commercial U.S. network, received from a licensed SRDU, unless otherwise authorized pursuant to a condition of licence.
Date of issue:  5 October 1999

APPENDIX B / ANNEXE B

LIST OF PART 3 ELIGIBLE SATELLITE SERVICES/
SERVICES PAR SATELLITE ADMISSIBLES EN VERTU DE LA PARTIE 3

Changes are shown in italics / Les modifications sont en italique

Learning and Skills Television of Alberta
Télé-Québec (STQ)
TVOntario (TVO and/et TFO)
Open Learning Agency (Knowledge Network)
Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN)
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
CBC English-language Television Service/Service de télévision de langue anglaise de la SRC
CBC French-language Television Service/Service de télévision de langue française de la SRC
CBFT Montréal   SRC*
CBFXT Edmonton   SRC*
CBUFT Vancouver   SRC*
CBVT Québec   SRC*
CBHT Halifax   CBC*
CBKT Regina   CBC*
CBLT Toronto   CBC*
CBMT Montréal   CBC*
CBRT Calgary   CBC*
CBUT Vancouver   CBC*
CBWT Winnipeg   CBC*
CFJC-TV Kamloops   CBC*
CHBC-TV Kelowna   CBC*
CHEX-TV Peterborough   CBC*
CJON-TV St. John’s   CTV*
CJCH-TV Halifax   CTV*
CJCB-TV Sydney   CTV*
CFCF-TV Montréal   CTV*
CFCN-TV Calgary   CTV*
CFTO-TV Toronto   CTV*
CFRN-TV Edmonton   CTV*
CHAN-TV Vancouver   CTV*
CHEK-TV Victoria   CTV*
CKCK-TV Regina   CTV*
CKCO-TV Kitchener   CTV*
CKCW-TV Moncton   CTV*
CKLT-TV Saint John   CTV*
CKY-TV Winnipeg   CTV*
CFRE-TV Regina   Global*
CIFH-TV Halifax   Global*
CIII-TV Toronto   Global*
CKMI-TV-1 Montréal   Global*
CKND-TV Winnipeg   Global*
CJNT-TV Montréal (CTEQ Télévision inc.)   IND*
CFTU-TV Montréal   IND*
CKEM-TV Edmonton   IND*
CKVR-TV Barrie   IND*
CICT-TV Calgary   IND*
CKAL-TV Calgary   IND*
CITY-TV Toronto   IND*
CIVT-TV Vancouver   IND*
CFPL-TV London   IND*
CFMT-TV Toronto   IND*
CHCH-TV Hamilton   IND*
CHRO-TV Pembroke   IND*
CITV-TV Edmonton   IND*
CKVU-TV Vancouver   IND*
CIVM-TV Montréal   STQ*
CIVQ-TV Québec   STQ*
CHLF-TV Toronto   TFO*
CICA-TV Toronto   TVO*
CFAP-TV Québec   TQS*
CFJP-TV Montréal   TQS*
CFRS-TV Jonquière   TQS*
CFCM-TV Québec   TVA*
CFTM-TV Montréal   TVA*
CHLT-TV Sherbrooke   TVA*
WHDH-TV Boston/WGRZ-TV Buffalo/WPTZ Burlington/WDIV Detroit/WICU-TV Erie/KARE Minneapolis/KHQ-TV Spokane/KING-TV Seattle   NBC*
WGBH-TV Boston/WNED-TV Buffalo/WETK Burlington/WTVS Detroit/WQLN-TV Erie/KSPS-TV Spokane/KCTS-TV Seattle   PBS*
WBZ-TV Boston/WIVB-TV Buffalo/WCAX-TV Burlington/WSEE-TV Erie/WTOL-TV Toledo/WCCO-TV Minneapolis/KREM-TV Spokane/KIRO-TV Seattle/WWJ-TV Detroit   CBS*
WCVB-TV Boston/WKBW-TV Buffalo/WVNY Burlington/WXYZ-TV Detroit/WJET-TV Erie/KSTP-TV Minneapolis/KXLY-TV Spokane/KOMO-TV Seattle   ABC*
WUTV Buffalo/WFFF-TV Burlington/WFTC Minneapolis/WUHF Rochester/KAYU-TV Spokane/KCPQ Tacoma   FOX*
KSTW Tacoma/Seattle   IND *
WUAB-TV Cleveland   IND*
KTLA Los Angeles
KWGN Denver
WGN-TV Chicago
WPIX New York City
WSBK-TV Boston
WTBS Atlanta
WWOR-TV New York City
America’s Health Network
American Movie Classics
ART America
The Arts and Entertainment Network (A&E)
BBC World
Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Cable News Network (CNN)
CNN Headline News (CNN-2)
Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-Span)
Comedy Central
Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC)
Court TV
Deutsche Welle
The Filipino Channel
Fit TV
Game Show Network
The Golf Channel
The Learning Channel
Lifetime Television
The Nashville Network (TNN)
Playboy TV **
Radio-France outre-mer (RFO1)*
The Silent Network (Kaleidoscope)
Speedvision
Turner Classic Movies
TV Food Network
TV Japan
TV Polonia
The Weather Channel (TWC)
WMNB-TV: Russian-American Broadcasting Company
Licensed pay audio programming undertaking(s)/Entreprise(s) de programmation sonore payante autorisée(s)
*  Received from a licensed SRDU
**  Playboy TV is only authorized for distribution at the specific request of a subscriber. Distributors are not permitted to package Playboy TV in such a way that subscribers are obligated to purchase Playboy TV in order to purchase any other programming service. Distributors are required to take measures to fully block the reception of both the audio and video portions of Playboy TV to subscribers that request it not be receivable in their home (in either unscrambled or scrambled analog form).
Authorization for the above-noted services is subject to the following:
-  When this List of Part 3 Eligible Satellite Services is replaced by another List of Part 3 Eligible Satellite Services, the only authorized services will be those contained in the most recent list; accordingly, this list supersedes the List of Part 3 Eligible Satellite Services dated 19 April 1999.
-  In the case of out-of-province educational services, there should be no objection on the part of the originating service.
-  In the case of a licensed SRDU signals, ASN, and the CBC English- and French-language Television Services, licensees are required to enter into the necessary contractual arrangements for such carriage.
-  In the case of CFTO-TV, CFTM-TV, CFCF-TV, CHAN-TV, CJON-TV, CJCH-TV, CFRN-TV, CFCN-TV,CKCO-TV,CFCM-TV,CKCK-TV,CKCW-TV, CHLT-TV, CHEK-TV, CKY-TV, CJCB-TV and CKLT-TV, a licensee also distributing the signal of a local TVA or CTV affiliate shall delete the duplicate programming from the services received from a licensed SRDU or substitute the local service(s) when the programming is identical.
-  Licensees that distribute a PBS signal received at the local head end by terrestrial transmission may distribute one PBS service received from a licensed SRDU. All other licensees may distribute a maximum of two PBS services received from a licensed SRDU. Licensees may not distribute the signal of more than one affiliate of the same commercial U.S. network, received from a licensed SRDU, unless otherwise authorized pursuant to a condition of licence.
Date of Issue: 5 October 1999

APPENDIX C / ANNEXE C

LIST OF DTH ELIGIBLE SATELLITE SERVICES/
SERVICES PAR SATELLITE ADMISSIBLES DISTRIBUÉS PAR SRD

Changes are shown in italics / Les modifications sont en italique

A)  America’s Health Network
ART America
The Arts and Entertainment Network (A&E)
BBC World
Black Entertainment Television
Cable News Network (CNN)
CNN Headline News (CNN-2)
Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-Span)
Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC)
Court TV
Deutsche Welle
The Filipino Channel
FIT TV
The Golf Channel
The Learning Channel
The Nashville Network (TNN)
The Silent Network (Kaleidoscope)
Speedvision
TV Food Network
TV Japan
TV Polonia
The Weather Channel (TWC)
WMNB-TV: Russian-American Broadcasting Company
Radio France outre-mer (RFO1)
B)  KSTW (IND) Tacoma/Seattle*
KTLA Los Angeles*
KWGN Denver*
WGN-TV Chicago*
WPIX New York City*
WSBK-TV Boston*
WTBS Atlanta*
WWOR-TV New York City*
American Movie Classics
Comedy Central
Game Show Network
Lifetime Television
Playboy TV **
Turner Classic Movies
*  U.S. Superstation/Superstation américaine
**  Playboy TV is only authorized for distribution at the specific request of a subscriber. Distributors are not permitted to package Playboy TV in such a way that subscribers are obligated to purchase Playboy TV in order to purchase any other programming service.
Authorization for the above-noted services is subject to the following:
-  When this list of DTH Eligible Satellite Services is replaced by another list of DTH Eligible Satellite Services, the only authorized services will be those contained in the most recent list; accordingly, this list supersedes the list dated 19 April 1999.
-  Licensees are required to enter into the necessary contractual arrangements for carriage of U.S. satellite services.
Date of issue: 5 October 1999
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