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Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2005-51
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Ottawa, 13 May 2005 |
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Revised lists of eligible satellite services
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The Commission approves the addition
of the non-Canadian service RAI International 2 to its lists of eligible
satellite services for distribution on a digital basis. |
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The four lists appended to this public notice
supersede the lists appended to Revised lists of eligible satellite
services, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC
2004-88, 18 November 2004. |
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Request to add RAI International 2
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1. |
The Commission received a request dated 26
January 2005 from Rogers Cable Communications Inc. (Rogers) acting as the
Canadian sponsor, to add RAI International 2, a non-Canadian satellite
service, to the lists of eligible satellite services for distribution on a
digital basis (the digital lists). Rogers described the service as: |
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…a 24-hour seven-day per week Italian language general interest
programming service that provides a broad range of programs including
dramas, feature films, sports, news and news commentary, cooking, human
interest programs, entertainment programs, Italian music and dance, as well
as religious programs. RAI International is an international programming
service that includes the best programs from Italy’s public broadcaster,
Radiotelevisione Italiana, as well as original programs made for Italians
living abroad. The amount of time during which programming on RAI
International will be accompanied by subtitled and/or secondary audio
programming in English or French will vary, but the amount will remain
below 10%.
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2. |
Rogers noted that the RAI International 2 feed
is currently available via satellite "in the United States, Central and most
of Latin America." |
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The proceeding
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3. |
In Improving the diversity of third-language
television services – A revised approach to assessing requests to add
non-Canadian third-language television services to the lists of eligible
satellite services for distribution on a digital basis, Broadcasting
Public Notice CRTC 2004-96, 16 December
2004 (Public Notice 2004-96), the
Commission set out a revised approach to the assessment of requests to add
non-Canadian third-language television services to the digital lists, and, as
an appendix, set out specific information that must be filed by Canadian
sponsors making such requests. |
4. |
Subsequently, in Call for Comments on a
proposal to add RAI International to the lists of eligible satellite services
for distribution on a digital basis, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC
2005-20, 4 March 2005 (Public Notice
2005-20), the Commission called for comments on
the request described above. In this public notice the Commission noted that
it intended to assess the request in light of the approach set out in Public
Notice 2004-96. |
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Views of interested parties
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5. |
The Commission received more than forty comments
concerning the request by Rogers to add RAI International 2. The vast
majority of these comments expressed either support or conditional support
for Rogers’ request. |
6. |
A number of national organizations and community
groups representing primarily Italian-Canadians, including The National
Congress of Italian Canadians, various chapters of the Committee for the
Italians Abroad (COM.IT.ES) and Foundation Communautaire
Canadienne-Italienne, expressed unequivocal support for Rogers’ request to
add RAI International 2, as did several individuals. Mr. Tony Tomassi, Member
of the Quebec National Assembly, included with his comments a copy of a
motion adopted unanimously by the Quebec National Assembly on 11 March 2004
in support of the addition of RAI International 2. |
7. |
Some Italian community organizations, including
the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Toronto and the Ontario Confederation of
Sicily, offered conditional support for Rogers’ request. Certain of these
organizations expressed concern about the cost, particularly to low income
seniors, of purchasing digital equipment and asked the Commission to ensure
that favourite RAI International programs continue to be provided by
Telelatino Network Inc. (Telelatino) on its Canadian specialty service TLN.
They also suggested that the Commission require broadcasting distribution
undertakings (BDUs) to offer Italian-language Category 2 services should RAI
International 2 be added to the digital lists. |
8. |
Community Media Education Society (CMES)
proposed changes to the request, including changes related to the packaging
of the service, the application of various broadcasting codes to RAI
International, and the establishment of a third-language production fund. |
9. |
The Canadian Cable Telecommunications
Association (CCTA), Vidéotron (Quebecor), Bell ExpressVu1,
and Bell Canada (on behalf of the Class 1 regional BDU for which it has
received authorization) filed comments in full support of Rogers’ request.
The CCTA stated, among other things, that the introduction of RAI
International 2 in Canada would provide Canadians with an opportunity to
access high quality Italian-language television programming, and that the
addition of RAI International 2 would also help reduce signal piracy by
responding to consumer demand for greater choice. |
10. |
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB)
stated that the addition of RAI International 2 to the digital lists could
raise issues relating to programming rights and advertising sales. The CAB
estimated that, between 1984 and 2004, RAI International provided an average
of more than 10 hours per day of original programming to Canadian
broadcasters. Based on the list of RAI’s programming agreements with Canadian
broadcasters supplied by Rogers with its request, the CAB concluded that the
amount of RAI International programming made available to Canadian
broadcasters has been sharply reduced. The CAB submitted that this
information suggests that RAI International may already be withholding
programming rights in order to facilitate its future entry into the Canadian
market. |
11. |
In addition, the CAB stated that a website for
an Italian advertising agency contains rate card information for local
advertisers wishing to buy advertising on RAI International 2. It also noted
that, as recently as March 2005, RAI International 2 was broadcasting the
commercial messages of Canadian advertisers, and that it had done so in the
past as well. |
12. |
The CAB submitted that the Commission should
make RAI International 2’s presence on the lists conditional on RAI
International not exercising preferential or exclusive programming rights in
Canada, and on not soliciting advertising from Canadian advertisers. |
13. |
In its comments, CTV Inc. (CTV) stated that,
although it did not wish to intervene against Rogers’ request, it had
concerns about program rights. CTV noted that RAI International has provided
an undertaking that it does not hold, will not obtain, nor will it exercise
any preferential or exclusive programming rights in relation to the
distribution of programming in Canada. CTV submitted that this requirement
should be made not only a condition of entry, but also a condition of
continued inclusion on the digital lists. In CTV’s view, should RAI
International fail to comply with this requirement, its authorization for
distribution of RAI International 2 in Canada should be revoked. |
14. |
CTV also stated that, since specialty services
do not have the benefit of simultaneous substitution, it is essential to the
protection of a Canadian rights market that non-Canadian services be
permitted to air only those programs in Canada for which they have secured
the Canadian rights. CTV submitted that BDUs should be required to black out
any program on RAI International 2 for which RAI International has not
secured the Canadian rights, and that this requirement should also be made a
formal condition of RAI International’s entry into Canada and RAI
International 2’s continued inclusion on the digital lists. |
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Rogers’ reply to comments
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15. |
In its reply to comments, Rogers noted the
strong support for its request from major organizations representing Italian
Canadians, BDUs, the Quebec National Assembly and a number of individuals and
other organizations. |
16. |
In response to arguments that the Commission
should introduce specific conditions with respect to RAI International 2’s
distribution in Canada, Rogers noted that it had filed the necessary
undertakings from RAI International confirming that RAI International
possesses all necessary rights to distribute in Canada the programming
contained in the RAI International 2 service, and that it does not hold, will
not obtain, nor will it exercise any preferential or exclusive programming
rights in relation to the distribution of programming in Canada. As a result,
in Rogers’ view, RAI International has already met the conditions that CTV
and the CAB proposed be put in place, and that nothing further is required.
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17. |
Noting that Telelatino did not intervene in this
proceeding, Rogers stated that RAI International 2’s addition to the lists
will benefit Telelatino by virtue of the programming rights undertaking made
by RAI International and the new requirement that customers must subscribe to
the TLN service in order to subscribe to RAI International 2. |
18. |
With respect to the potential for RAI
International to sell advertising spots to Canadian advertisers on RAI
International 2, Rogers stated its understanding that "RAI International will
not solicit such advertising." |
19. |
In response to comments regarding
Italian-language Category 2 services, Rogers stated that it expects that the
decisions of BDUs regarding the carriage of additional Italian-language
general interest services will be taken by BDUs on the basis of the perceived
attractiveness and customer demand for these services. Rogers noted, however,
that the Commission’s revised policy adopted in Public Notice
2004-96 will encourage the distribution
of one, and possibly more Italian-language general interest Category 2
services, in addition to TLN, by systems that distribute RAI International 2.
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20. |
With respect to the comments filed by CMES,
Rogers noted that some of the proposed conditions for RAI International 2’s
distribution in Canada suggested by CMES had already been considered by the
Commission in developing its revised policy on third language non-Canadian
services and were ultimately rejected. |
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The Commission’s analysis and determinations
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Program rights and program supply
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21. |
As stated in the Appendix to Public Notice
2004-96, the Commission requires a
sponsor for the addition of a non-Canadian service to the digital lists to
provide, among other things, the following: |
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- a statement from the service provider that it has obtained all
necessary rights for distribution of its programming in Canada;
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- an undertaking from the non-Canadian service provider that it does not
hold, will not obtain, nor will it exercise, preferential or exclusive
programming rights in relation to the distribution of programming in Canada
(for example, the provider of a non-Canadian service would have to satisfy
the Commission that it does not currently, nor will it in future, deal in
rights to programming in a manner that unduly precludes a Canadian
programming undertaking from acquiring that programming);
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- a description from the service provider of any program supply agreement
with any Canadian service, including the period of time covered by the
agreement and the number of hours of programming to be supplied under the
agreement’s term; and where any such agreement has been terminated by the
service provider within the preceding twelve months, the rationale for its
termination.
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22. |
As noted above, CTV expressed the view that
non-Canadian services should air only programming for which they have
obtained Canadian rights. CTV further suggested that RAI International 2’s
distribution in Canada be made subject to the requirement that BDUs black out
any program for which the service has not obtained the Canadian rights. |
23. |
The Commission notes that the authorization for
the distribution of non-Canadian services on the digital lists is subject to
the requirement, as explicitly stated on the lists, that the providers of
such services "must have obtained and must remain in possession of all
necessary rights for the distribution of their programming in Canada." Thus,
the authority for BDUs to distribute non-Canadian services is already
subject, on an ongoing basis, to the requirement that the non-Canadian
service be in possession of the Canadian rights to its programming. |
24. |
The Commission further notes that, in accordance
with the information requirements set out in the Appendix to Public Notice
2004-96, Rogers provided a statement from
RAI International that it has obtained all necessary rights for the
distribution of its programming in Canada. |
25. |
The Commission also notes that, pursuant to
section 7(e) of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations (the
Regulations), "for the purposes of preventing a breach of programming or
underlying rights of a third party, the BDU has the authority to alter or
delete a programming service in a licensed area in the course of its
distribution with the consent of the operator of the service or the network
responsible for the service." In light of the on-going rights requirement
associated with RAI International 2’s authorization, the Commission would
expect RAI International to make the necessary arrangements with Canadian
BDUs for its programming to be deleted if it were unable to secure the
Canadian rights to a particular program. |
26. |
The CAB submitted that the programming agreement
information filed by Rogers suggests that RAI International has sharply
reduced the amount of programming it makes available to Canadian
broadcasters. On this basis, the CAB suggested that, in order to facilitate
its future entry into the Canadian market, RAI International may already be
withholding programming rights in contravention of Commission policy. |
27. |
Other interveners asked that the Commission
ensure that favourite RAI International programs remain available on TLN, the
Canadian specialty service operated by Telelatino. |
28. |
With its request, Rogers provided a list of
programming supply agreements that RAI International has with Telelatino,
Global Communications Limited (Global) and other Canadian service providers.
The Commission notes that all of the agreements were in effect at the time
the request was submitted with the exception of an agreement with Global
which RAI indicated was then under negotiations for renewal. The list did not
contain any agreements that had been terminated within the twelve months
preceding receipt of the request from Rogers. The Commission notes that
neither Global nor Telelatino filed comments in this proceeding. |
29. |
In the Commission’s view, although the evidence
provided by the CAB suggests a reduction in the total number of hours of RAI
programming purchased by Canadian programmers between 1984 and the date of
Rogers’ request, there is nothing on the record of this proceeding to suggest
that this reduction was due to RAI International withholding programming
rights or terminating programming agreements. |
30. |
The Commission notes that authorization for the
distribution of non-Canadian services on the digital lists is subject to the
requirement, as explicitly stated on the lists, that the providers of such
services "must not hold, nor try to obtain, nor exercise, preferential or
exclusive programming rights in relation to the distribution of programming
in Canada." This is an on-going requirement. If any non-Canadian service on
the digital lists were found to have exercised preferential or exclusive
programming rights in Canada, the Commission would consider its removal from
the lists. |
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Advertising
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31. |
The CAB submitted that the Commission should
make RAI International 2’s addition to the lists subject to the requirement
that RAI International not solicit advertising from Canadian advertisers. |
32. |
The Commission notes that Rogers stated in its
request that RAI International will not solicit advertising in Canada for its
RAI International 2 service, and reiterated this understanding in its reply
to comments. |
33. |
The Commission acknowledges the comments from
certain parties that BDUs should make available Italian-language Category 2
services. The Commission notes that persons wishing to subscribe to RAI
International 2 would be required also to subscribe to TLN. In addition,
distributors choosing to offer RAI International 2 must make available to
subscribers at least one general interest, launched, Italian-language
Category 2 service, in accordance with the distribution and linkage rules set
out in Distribution and Linkage Requirements for Class 1 and 2 Licensees,
Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2005-45, 11
May 2005 and Linkage Requirements for Direct-to-home Satellite
Distribution Undertakings, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC
2005-46, 11 May 2005. |
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Other issues
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34. |
With respect to the conditions proposed by CMES
for the addition of RAI International 2 and suggested changes to the revised
approach to third language services in general, the Commission notes that
issues such as the packaging of third-language non-Canadian services and the
establishment of a third-language production fund were addressed in the
proceeding leading to Public Notice 2004-96. |
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The Commission’s conclusion
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35. |
In light of the above, the Commission is of the
view that the addition of RAI International 2 to the digital lists is
consistent with the approach set out in Public Notice
2004-96. Accordingly, the Commission
approves the request by Rogers to add RAI International 2 to the digital
lists. |
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Secretary General |
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This document is available in alternative
format upon request, and may also be examined in PDF
format or in HTML at the following Internet site:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca |
Section A |
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Learning and Skills Television of Alberta |
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Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN) |
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Télé-Québec (STQ) |
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TVOntario (TVO and TFO) |
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Open Learning Agency (Knowledge Network) |
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Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN) |
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CFTU-TV Montréal |
IND* |
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CBC English-language Television Service
CBC French-language Television Service |
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WHDH-TV Boston/WGRZ-TV Buffalo/WPTZ Burlington/
WDIV Detroit/WICU-TV Erie/KARE Minneapolis/
KHQ-TV Spokane/KING-TV Seattle |
NBC* |
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WGBH-TV Boston/WNED-TV Buffalo/WETK Burlington/
WTVS Detroit/WQLN-TV Erie/KSPS-TV Spokane/KCTS-TV Seattle |
PBS* |
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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* |
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WCVB-TV Boston/WKBW-TV Buffalo/WVNY Burlington/
WXYZ-TV Detroit/WJET-TV Erie/KSTP-TV Minneapolis/
KXLY-TV Spokane/KOMO-TV Seattle |
ABC* |
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WUTV Buffalo/WFFF-TV Burlington/WFTC
Minneapolis/
WUHF Rochester/KAYU-TV Spokane/KCPQ Tacoma/
WFXT-TV Boston |
FOX* |
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ART America |
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The Arts and Entertainment Network (A&E) |
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BBC World |
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Black Entertainment Television (BET) |
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Cable News Network (CNN) |
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CNN Headline News (CNN-2) |
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Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-Span) |
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Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) |
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Court TV |
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Deutsche Welle |
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The Filipino Channel |
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The Golf Channel |
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The Learning Channel |
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Radio-France outre-mer (RFO1)* |
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The Silent Network (Kaleidoscope) |
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Speed Channel |
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Spike TV1 |
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TV Japan |
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TV Polonia |
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The Weather Channel (TWC) |
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WMNB-TV: Russian-American Broadcasting Company |
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Licensed pay audio programming undertaking(s)** |
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Section B |
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KSTW (IND) Tacoma/Seattle* |
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KTLA Los Angeles |
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KWGN Denver |
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WGN-TV Chicago |
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WPIX New York City |
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WSBK-TV Boston |
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WTBS Atlanta |
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WUAB-TV (IND) Cleveland* |
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WWOR-TV New York City |
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American Movie Classics |
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Comedy Central |
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Game Show Network |
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Lifetime Television |
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Playboy TV*** |
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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 services in
Sections A and B is subject to the following: |
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- In the case of signals received
from a licensed SRDU, ASN, the CBC English- and French-language Television
Services and foreign 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. |
Section C |
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List of Part 2 Eligible Satellite
Services for Digital Distribution Only |
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Al Jazeera* |
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ART Movies |
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Bloomberg Television |
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BVN-TV |
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Canal SUR |
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CineLatino |
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Discovery Wings |
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Eternal Word Television Network |
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Eurochannel |
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EuroNews |
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Eurosportnews |
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Fox News |
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German TV |
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Grandes Documentales de TVE |
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KTO |
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Mezzo |
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MSNBC |
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Muslim Television Ahmadiyya |
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Network TEN (Australia) |
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NFL Network |
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Oxygen Network |
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Paris-Première |
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Planète |
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RAI International 2 |
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Romanian Television International
(RTVI) |
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RTV Palma |
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The Scandinavian Channel |
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TRACE TV |
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TV Land |
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TV3 Republic of Ireland |
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TV3 Television Network (New Zealand) |
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TV4 Television Network (New Zealand) |
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Utilisima |
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On the condition that the licensee
has a condition of licence governing the distribution of Al Jazeera |
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Authorization for the services in
Section C is subject to the following: |
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- Licensees are required to enter
into the necessary contractual arrangements for carriage of these foreign
satellite services. |
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- Providers of these foreign
services must have obtained and must remain in possession of all necessary
rights for the distribution of their programming in Canada. |
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- Providers of these foreign
services must not hold, nor try to obtain, nor exercise, preferential or
exclusive programming rights in relation to the distribution of programming
in Canada. |
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Appendix B to Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2005-51
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List of Part 3 Eligible Satellite Services
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Learning and Skills Television of
Alberta |
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Saskatchewan Communications Network
(SCN) |
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Télé-Québec (STQ) |
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TVOntario (TVO and/et TFO) |
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Open Learning Agency (Knowledge
Network) |
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Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN) |
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Aboriginal Peoples Television
Network (APTN) |
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CBC English-language Television
Service
CBC French-language Television Service |
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The programming service of any
licensed television programming undertaking* |
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WHDH-TV Boston/WGRZ-TV Buffalo/WPTZ
Burlington/
WDIV Detroit/WICU-TV Erie/KARE Minneapolis/
KHQ-TV Spokane/KING-TV Seattle |
NBC |
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WGBH-TV Boston/WNED-TV Buffalo/WETK
Burlington/WTVS Detroit/
WQLN-TV Erie/KSPS-TV Spokane/KCTS-TV Seattle |
PBS* |
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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 |
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WCVB-TV Boston/WKBW-TV Buffalo/WVNY
Burlington/WXYZ-TV
Detroit/ WJET-TV Erie/KSTP-TV Minneapolis/KXLY-TV Spokane/
KOMO-TV Seattle |
ABC* |
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WUTV Buffalo/WFFF-TV Burlington/WFTC
Minneapolis/WUHF Rochester/KAYU-TV Spokane/KCPQ Tacoma/WFXT-TV Boston |
FOX* |
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KSTW Tacoma/Seattle |
IND* |
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WUAB-TV Cleveland |
IND* |
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KTLA Los Angeles |
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KWGN Denver |
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WGN-TV Chicago |
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WPIX New York City |
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WSBK-TV Boston |
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WTBS Atlanta |
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WWOR-TV New York City |
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American Movie Classics |
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ART America |
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The Arts and Entertainment Network
(A&E) |
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BBC World |
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Black Entertainment Television (BET) |
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Cable News Network (CNN) |
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CNN Headline News (CNN-2) |
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Cable Satellite Public Affairs
Network (C-Span) |
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Comedy Central |
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Consumer News and Business Channel
(CNBC) |
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Court TV |
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Deutsche Welle |
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The Filipino Channel |
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Game Show Network |
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The Golf Channel |
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The Learning Channel |
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Lifetime Television |
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Playboy TV ** |
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Radio-France outre-mer (RFO1)* |
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The Silent Network (Kaleidoscope) |
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Speed Channel |
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Spike TV |
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Turner Classic Movies |
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TV Japan |
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TV Polonia |
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The Weather Channel (TWC) |
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WMNB-TV: Russian-American
Broadcasting Company |
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Licensed pay audio programming
undertaking(s) |
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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). |
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Authorization for the services in
List of Part 3 Eligible Satellite Services is subject to the following: |
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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 signals received
from a licensed SRDU, ASN, the CBC English- and French-language Television
Services and foreign satellite services, licensees are required to enter into
the necessary contractual arrangements for such carriage. |
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- In the case of licensed television
programming undertakings offering TVA or CTV programming, 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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List of Part 3 Eligible Satellite services for Digital Distribution Only
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Al Jazeera* |
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ART Movies |
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Bloomberg Television |
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BVN-TV |
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Canal SUR |
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CineLatino |
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Discovery Wings |
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Eternal Word Television Network |
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Eurochannel |
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EuroNews |
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Eurosportnews |
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Fox News |
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German TV |
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Grandes Documentales de TVE |
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KTO |
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Mezzo |
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MSNBC |
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Muslim Television Ahmadiyya |
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Network TEN (Australia) |
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NFL Network |
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Oxygen Network |
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Paris-Première |
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Planète |
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RAI International 2 |
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Romanian Television International
(RTVI) |
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RTV Palma |
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The Scandinavian Channel |
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TRACE TV |
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TV Land |
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TV3 Republic of Ireland |
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TV3 Television Network (New Zealand) |
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TV4 Television Network (New Zealand) |
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Utilisima |
* |
On the condition that the licensee
has a condition of licence governing the distribution of Al Jazeera. |
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Authorization for the services
eligible for digital distribution only are subject to the following: |
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- Licensees are required to enter
into the necessary contractual arrangements for carriage of these foreign
satellite services. |
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- Providers of these foreign
services must have obtained and must remain in possession of all necessary
rights for the distribution of their programming in Canada. |
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- Providers of these foreign
services must not hold, nor try to obtain, nor exercise, preferential or
exclusive programming rights in relation to the distribution of programming
in Canada. |
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Appendix C to Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2005-51
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List of DTH Eligible Satellite Services
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Section A |
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ART America |
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The Arts and Entertainment Network (A&E) |
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BBC World |
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Black Entertainment Television (BET) |
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Cable News Network (CNN) |
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CNN Headline News (CNN-2) |
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Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-Span) |
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Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) |
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Court TV |
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Deutsche Welle |
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The Filipino Channel |
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The Golf Channel |
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The Learning Channel |
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The Silent Network (Kaleidoscope) |
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Speed Channel |
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Spike TV |
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TV Japan |
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TV Polonia |
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The Weather Channel (TWC) |
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WMNB-TV: Russian-American
Broadcasting Company |
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Radio France outre-mer (RFO1) |
Section B |
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KSTW (IND) Tacoma/Seattle* |
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KTLA Los Angeles* |
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KWGN Denver* |
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WGN-TV Chicago* |
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WPIX New York City* |
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WSBK-TV Boston* |
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WTBS Atlanta* |
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WWOR-TV New York City* |
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American Movie Classics |
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Comedy Central |
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Game Show Network |
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Lifetime Television |
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Playboy TV ** |
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Turner Classic Movies |
* |
U.S. Superstation |
** |
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. |
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Authorization for the services
listed in Section A and Section B is subject to the following: |
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- Licensees are required to enter
into the necessary contractual arrangements for carriage of foreign satellite
services. |
Section C |
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Al Jazeera* |
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ART Movies |
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Bloomberg Television |
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BVN-TV |
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Canal SUR |
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CineLatino |
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Discovery Wings |
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Eternal Word Television Network |
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Eurochannel |
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EuroNews |
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Eurosportnews |
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Fox News |
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German TV |
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Grandes Documentales de TVE |
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KTO |
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Mezzo |
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MSNBC |
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Muslim Television Ahmadiyya |
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Network TEN (Australia) |
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NFL Network |
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Oxygen Network |
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Paris-Première |
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Planète |
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RAI International 2 |
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Romanian Television International
(RTVI) |
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RTV Palma |
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The Scandinavian Channel |
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TRACE TV |
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TV Land |
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TV3 Republic of Ireland |
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TV3 Television Network (New Zealand) |
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TV4 Television Network (New Zealand) |
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Utilisima |
* |
On the condition that the licensee
has a condition of licence governing the distribution of Al Jazeera |
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Authorization for the services
listed in Section C is subject to the following: |
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- Licensees are required to enter
into the necessary contractual arrangements for carriage of these foreign
satellite services. |
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- Providers of these foreign
services must have obtained and must remain in possession of all necessary
rights for the distribution of their programming in Canada. |
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- Providers of these foreign
services must not hold, nor try to obtain, nor exercise, preferential or
exclusive programming rights in relation to the distribution of programming
in Canada. |