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Decision CRTC 2000-7 |
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| Ottawa, 13 January 2000 | |
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Okanagan Skeena Group Limited Prince Rupert, Terrace, Kitimat, Hazelton, Smithers and Houston, British Columbia - 199807038
Shaw Cablesystems Ltd.
Look Communications Inc.
Rogers Cablesystems Ontario Limited and Rogers Cable Inc. (formerly Rogers Cablesystems Limited)
Shaw Cablesystems Ltd. Orillia and surrounding areas, Waubaushene, Fesserton, Coldwater, Prices Corner, Bass Lake, Bass Lake Woodlands, Warminsters, Marchmount, Cumberland Beach, Washago, Lake St. George, Atherley, Fergus Hill Estates, Sturgeon Bay, West shore of Couchiching, Scarlet Park and Lagoon City/Brechin Ontario - 199812491
Pickering (part of the Township of) and Scarborough (part of), Brougham, Greenwood and Claremont, Ontario
Parts of Richmond Hill, King City, King Township, Markham, Vaughan and Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario Part of Metro Toronto - 199812467
Cogeco Cable Inc.
Bell Satellite Services Inc., doing business under the name of Bell ExpressVu
Rogers Cable Inc. (formerly Rogers Cablesystems Limited), Rogers Cablesystems Ontario Limited and Rogers Cablesystems Georgian Bay Limited |
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Applications processed by Public Notices CRTC 1998-127 dated 3 December 1998 CRTC 1999- 4 dated 11 January 1999 CRTC 1999-5 dated 12 January 1999 CRTC 1999-24 dated 11 February 1999 CRTC 1999- 45 dated 16 March 1999 CRTC 1999-47 dated 18 March 1999 |
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| Applications to add Radio Television Portugal International, NASA Television or WNYO-TV Buffalo - denied | |
| 1. | In Public Notice CRTC 2000-6 released today, the Commission announced a framework for the licensing of new digital Canadian programming services. In the notice, the Commission indicated that it will issue a call for applications for such services and established important guidelines regarding their distribution. It also stated that, following the publication of licensing decisions on new Canadian digital services, it would issue a call for requests to amend the lists of eligible satellite services (the lists) by adding new foreign services to the lists, on a digital basis. |
| 2. | In view of the licensing framework and the upcoming process for consideration of additions to the lists, the Commission is not prepared to approve at this time the addition of foreign services by way of conditions of licence applicable to individual distributors. Accordingly, it denies all of the applications noted above. |
| 3. | Any future application for the distribution of foreign programming services should take into account the Commission's policy for foreign services outlined in the licensing framework for new digital services. |
| 4. | The Commission acknowledges and has considered the interventions received with respect to these applications as well as the licensees' replies to the issues raised. |
| Secretary General | |
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