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Decision

Ottawa, 21 September 1990
Decision CRTC 90-937
303198 Alberta Ltd.
High Prairie, Alberta - 893878900
Following a Public Hearing in Edmonton beginning on 15 May 1990, the Commission renews the licence for the broadcasting receiving undertaking (subscription television) serving High Prairie from 1 October 1990 to 31 August 1995, subject to the conditions specified in this decision and in the licence to be issued.
The licensee is authorized to continue to distribute, in scrambled form, the signals of CHCH-TV Hamilton, CITV-TV Edmonton, CHAN-TV Vancouver and WDIV (NBC) Detroit, Michigan, received via satellite from the CANCOM network.
In line with Decision CRTC 85-1191 dated 22 November 1985, approval for continued carriage of CHAN-TV is subject to the requirement that the licensee delete duplicate programming from the CHAN-TV service or substitute the local signal of CFRN-TV-8 Grouard Mission (formerly CKHP-TV) when identical programming is broadcast.
As stated in Public Notice CRTC 1987-254 dated 26 November 1987, the Commission's policy is that subscription television undertakings should not be permitted to jeopardize the financial viability of neighbouring subscription-based systems. Accordingly, it is a condition of licence that the licensee shall not solicit or accept a subscription from, or make available equipment to decode its signals for use by, any person resident inside or outside of the area encompassed by the contours approved for the licensee by the Commission, when that person is resident
a) within the authorized service area of any broadcasting receiving undertaking licensed now or in the future, or
b) within the area encompassed by the contours approved by the Commission for any other subscription-based broadcasting undertaking licensed now or in the future,
unless the prior written consent of the applicant or licensee of the other undertaking or the prior approval of the Commission has been obtained or, in the case of a person residing inside the approved contours, that person had subscribed to the licensee's subscription television service prior to the licensing of the other undertaking.
The Commission notes the intervention received from the Alberta Educational Communications Corporation (ACCESS Network) requesting that the licensee distribute its programming service in unscrambled mode. The Commission encourages the licensee to consider carriage of this service.
Alain-F. Desfossés
Secretary General

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