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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-409

  Ottawa, 15 August 2005
  TELUS Communications Inc.
 Calgary, Edmonton (including St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove and Stony Plain), Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Red Deer, Alberta; Kamloops, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Penticton, Prince George, Terrace, Vancouver (including Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley), Vernon and Victoria, British Columbia
  Application 2005-0457-3
 

Distribution of 4+1 U.S. network signals on a digital discretionary basis

1. The Commission approves the application by TELUS Communications Inc. (TELUS) to delete its current authorizations to distribute, at its option, WGBH-TV (PBS), WCVB-TV (ABC), WBZ-TV (CBS), WHDH-TV (NBC) and WFXT (FOX) Boston, Massachusetts, as part of the digital discretionary service of its regional cable broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs) serving the above-mentioned locations. Instead, as requested by TELUS, the Commission authorizes the licensee to distribute, at its option, a set of 4+1 U.S. network signals1 selected from the List of Part 3 eligible satellite services, as partof the digital discretionary service of its regional cable BDUs serving the above-mentioned communities.
2. The licensee stated that it would continue to abide by the terms of its agreement with the Canadian Association of Broadcasters relating to compensation in lieu of program deletion for the distribution of any substituted distant signals.
  Secretary General
  This decision is to be appended to each licence. It is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be examined in PDF format or in HTML at the following Internet site: www.crtc.gc.ca
  Footnote:

[1] A set of 4+1 signals means four U.S. commercial network signals (CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX) and one U.S. non‑commercial network signal (PBS).

Date Modified: 2005-08-15

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