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Public Notice

Ottawa, 19 April 1999
Public Notice CRTC 1999-65
REVISED LISTS OF ELIGIBLE SATELLITE SERVICES
1.  In Decision CRTC 99-87 dated 19 April 1999, the Commission approved an application by Bell Satellite Services Inc. (BSSI), doing business under the name Bell ExpressVu, for a broadcasting licence to carry on a national satellite relay distribution undertaking (SRDU). The List of Part 2 Eligible Satellite Services (Part 2 list) and the List of Part 3 Eligible Satellite Services (Part 3 list) appended to this notice have been amended accordingly.
Addition of 32 Canadian signals
2.  BSSI has been authorized to distribute 32 services from across Canada that do not currently appear on the Part 3 list. These include additional signals from the CBC, SRC, CTV, TVA and TQS networks, as well as independent stations (IND), Global stations and services from provincial educational broadcasters (Ontario's TVO and TFO and Quebec's STQ). These 32 signals are therefore added to the Part 3 list.
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.
Addition of U.S. 4+1 signals from Burlington and Erie
4.  BSSI has also been authorized to distribute U.S. 4+1 signals originating from Burlington, Vermont and Erie, Pennsylvania. These signals have been added to the Part 2 list and the Part 3 list.
Addition of WUAB-TV (IND) Cleveland, Ohio
5.  In accordance with the Commission's practice, WUAB-TV Cleveland, an independent U.S. service, is added to Section "B" only of the Part 2 list and to the Part 3 list.
Other matters
6.  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 1997-151 dated 22 December 1997), a condition of licence is required in order to distribute these signals as part of the basic service.
Revised lists
7.  The above-mentioned lists supersede the lists appended to Public Notice CRTC 1998-104 dated 8 October 1998. For convenience, the List of DTH Eligible Satellite Services is also attached to this public notice as Appendix C.
Secretary General
This notice is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be viewed at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca
APPENDIX A 
LIST OF PART 2 ELIGIBLE SATELLITE SERVICES
Changes are shown in italics 
A) Learning and Skills Television of Alberta
Télé-Québec (STQ)
TVOntario (TVO and/et TFO)
Open Learning Agency (Knowledge Network)
Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN)
Television Northern Canada (TVNC)
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/KSTW Tacoma/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*
America's Health Network
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) KIRO-TV (IND) 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).
****  The signal of WTOL-TV Toledo, Ohio was approved for distribution by the SRDU licensed in Decision CRTC 99-87.
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 8 October 1998.
-  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: 19 April 1999
APPENDIX B
LIST OF PART 3 ELIGIBLE SATELLITE SERVICES
Changes are shown in italics
Learning and Skills Television of Alberta
Télé-Québec (STQ)
TVOntario (TVO and/et TFO)
Open Learning Agency (Knowledge Network)
Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN)
Television Northern Canada (TVNC)
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*
CFCF-TV Montréal CTV*
CFCN-TV Calgary CTV*
CFTO-TV Toronto CTV*
CFRN-TV Edmonton CTV*
CHAN-TV Vancouver CTV*
CHEX-TV Victoria CTV*
CKCK-TV Regina CTV*
CKCO-TV Kitchener CTV*
CKCW 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*
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/KSTW Tacoma/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*
KIRO-TV Seattle IND *
WUAB-TV Cleveland IND*
Licensed pay audio programming undertaking(s)
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
*  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).
****  The signal of WTOL-TV Toledo, Ohio was approved for distribution by the SRDU licensed in Decision CRTC 99-87.
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 8 October 1998.
-  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 and CHLT-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: 19 April 1999
APPENDIX C 
LIST OF DTH ELIGIBLE SATELLITE SERVICES
 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
B) KIRO-TV (IND) 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 8 October 1998.
-  Licensees are required to enter into the necessary contractual arrangements for carriage of U.S. satellite services.
Date  of issue: 19 April 1999

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