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  Decision CRTC 2000-123
  Ottawa, 27 April 2000
  Rogers Cablesystems Ontario Limited
Part of Toronto (Etobicoke/Mississauga); Ajax; and Guelph – Ontario – 199917903
– 200001058 – 200001074
  Applications processed by
Public Notice CRTC 2000-32
dated 1 March 2000
  Licence amendment that will allow the licensee to continue channel sharing with various programming services
  In Public Notice CRTC 1999-186 dated 19 November 1999, the Commission announced an amendment to section 7 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations. The amendment, which came into force on 1 March 2000, narrows the conditions under which a broadcasting distribution undertaking may alter or delete a programming service that it distributes.
  In PN 1999-186, the Commission invited licensees currently altering or deleting a programming service in accordance with channel-sharing agreements to apply for authorization to continue doing so. The applicant submitted these applications in response to that public notice.
  The licence amendment

1.

The Commission approves the applications to amend the broadcasting licences for the cable distribution undertakings serving the communities noted above by adding the following condition of licence:
 

The licensee is relieved from the requirement of section 7 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations that it not alter or delete a programming service in the course of its distribution, except as provided below. The licensee may alter or curtail the programming services noted below for the purposes of sharing certain channels in accordance with the licensee's agreements with the operators of these programming services. The following pairs of programming services may share channels:
 
  • Treehouse and The Movie Network 2;
 
  • Stocks (an alphanumeric service)/ Voice Print (an audio service) and The Movie Network 3;
 
  • Ontario Legislative Assembly and The Movie Network 4.
  Secretary General
  This decision is to be appended to each licence.  It is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be viewed at the following Internet site: www.crtc.gc.ca
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