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Public Notice CRTC 2000-7
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Ottawa, 13 January 2000
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Revised lists of eligible satellite services
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The list of Part 3 eligible satellite services appended to this notice has been amended to reflect a change announced below. The Part 2 list and the list of DTH eligible services are appended for convenience. These three lists supersede the lists appended to Public Notice CRTC 1999-166-1 dated 15 October 1999.
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Addition of two Canadian services to the list of Part 3 eligible satellite services
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In Public Notices CRTC 1998-111 dated 16 October 1998 and 1999-2 dated 8 January 1999, the Commission called for comments on requests by The Miracle Channel Association (formerly Canada for Christ Broadcasting Association) (CJIL-TV) and Crossroads Television System (CITS-TV - Crossroads), licensees of two religious television services. CJIL-TV and CITS-TV requested that their television services be added to section A of the list of Part 2 eligible satellite services and to the list of Part 3 eligible satellite services. Crossroads also requested that its service be added to the DTH list.
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The Commission received a number of interventions in support of these requests. A number of opposing interventions were also filed raising concerns as to whether the addition of the CITS-TV and CJIL-TV services would be in accordance with the Commission's distant Canadian signals policy, as set out in Public Notice CRTC 1993-74.
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The Commission's distant Canadian signals policy takes into account the impact that the introduction of distant Canadian signals might have on the revenue base of local broadcasters and on their ability to meet their programming commitments. Since it issued PN 1993-74, the Commission does not add to the list of Part 2 eligible satellite services any distant Canadian service that might have an impact on local broadcasters. This provides local broadcasters in areas served by a Class 1 or a Class 2 broadcasting distribution undertaking with an opportunity to comment on the distribution of a distant Canadian signal in their given markets, whether on a basic or discretionary tier.
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Given the potential impact that the introduction of CJIL-TV or CITS-TV might have on local broadcasters, it is the Commission's view that these signals should be subject to its distant Canadian signals policy. It has therefore decided not to add the signals to the list of Part 2 eligible satellite services. As a result, Class 1 and Class 2 licensees wishing to distribute CJIL-TV or CITS-TV will be required to apply to the Commission for authority to distribute either service.
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The addition of the CJIL-TV and CITS-TV services to the list of Part 3 eligible satellite services does not raise the same concerns. That list contains satellite services that licensees of Class 3 broadcasting distribution undertakings are authorized to distribute. In areas served by Class 3 undertakings, local broadcasters are generally stations which rebroadcast programming from an originating station located in another city. These rebroadcasting operations would not likely be affected by the introduction of a distant Canadian television station. The Commission has, therefore, decided to add the CJIL-TV and CITS-TV services to the Part 3 list.
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With respect to Crossroads' request that its service be added to the DTH list, the Commission notes that section 39(a) of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations authorizes DTH licensees to distribute the signal of any licensed television programming undertaking. It is therefore not necessary to add CITS-TV to the DTH list.
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Secretary General
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This notice is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be viewed at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca
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APPENDIX A / ANNEXE A
LIST OF PART 2 ELIGIBLE SATELLITE SERVICES/
SERVICES PAR SATELLITE ADMISSIBLES EN VERTU DE LA PARTIE 2
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
The Golf Channel
The Learning Channel
The Health Network
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)**
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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
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* Received from a licensed SRDU
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** A pay audio programming undertaking may not be used for linkage purposes for the distribution of any non-Canadian eligible satellite services.
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*** 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).
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Authorization for the above-noted services is subject to the following:
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- 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 15 October 1999.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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Date of issue: 13 January 2000
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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*
CJIL-TV Lethbridge IND*
CITS-TV Hamilton 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*
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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
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
Game Show Network
The Golf Channel
The Health Network
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)
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* Received from a licensed SRDU
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** 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).
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Authorization for the above-noted services is subject to the following:
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- 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 15 October 1999.
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- In the case of out-of-province educational services, there should be no objection on the part of the originating service.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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Date of Issue: 13 January 2000
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APPENDIX C / ANNEXE C
LIST OF DTH ELIGIBLE SATELLITE SERVICES/
SERVICES PAR SATELLITE ADMISSIBLES DISTRIBUÉS PAR SRD
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A) 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
The Golf Channel
The Health Network
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)
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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
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