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Public Notice CRTC 2000-128
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Ottawa, 14 September 2000
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Linkage requirements for
direct-to-home (DTH) satellite distribution undertakings |
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General |
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This public notice sets out the rules
concerning the linkage of programming services distributed on a discretionary basis by
licensees holding a DTH satellite distribution undertaking licence (DTH licensee). The
requirements set out below are intended to reflect those contained in existing conditions
of licence of DTH licensees; to the extent that the requirements depart from any
particular condition of licence, the condition of licence will prevail. The provisions set
out in this notice replace those contained in Public Notice CRTC 1997-50 dated 2 May 1997.
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The list of DTH Eligible Satellite Services is
included as Appendix C to the Lists of Eligible Satellite Services (the Lists) and
reflects the conditions set out in the licences of existing DTH licensees. |
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Rules regarding the distribution of
programming services |
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A DTH licensee must offer the specialty
programming service of La Télé des Arts on the discretionary package containing the
largest number of French-language services. The fee payable to the service provider shall
be in the amount of $0.55 per subscriber per month.
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Linkage requirements with respect to
programming services distributed as discretionary services |
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The non-Canadian satellite services specified
in the list of DTH Eligible Satellite Services may only be offered in a discretionary
package with Canadian pay television and/or Canadian specialty services, and are subject
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a) a Canadian pay television service (excluding the service of a
Canadian DTH pay-per-view television programming undertaking) may be linked in a given
discretionary package with no more than five channels containing any of the
non-Canadian-originated services specified in either Section A or Section B of the list of
DTH Eligible Satellite Services, but in no case can a licensee distribute more than five
channels of non-Canadian programming services linked with Canadian pay television
services, regardless of the number of Canadian pay television services distributed by the
licensee;
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b) i) each Canadian specialty service, distributed within a
discretionary package that may include one or more Canadian specialty and/or pay
television services, may be linked with no more than one channel containing any of the
non-Canadian programming services specified in Section A of the list of DTH Eligible
Satellite Services;
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ii) a DTH licensee may designate one of the U.S. superstations specified
in Section B of the list of DTH Eligible Satellite Services, and distribute the signal of
that superstation within a given discretionary package that may include one or more
Canadian specialty and/or pay television services;
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iii) a DTH licensee is not permitted to link services on the list of DTH
Eligible Satellite Services with a Canadian specialty service distributed on the basic
service; and
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c) a DTH licensee is not permitted to offer a package of services
containing only non-Canadian services.
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Secretary General |
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This notice is available in alternate
format upon request and may also be examined at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca
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