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Decision

Ottawa, 15 November 1995
Decision CRTC 95-842
Shaw Cablesystems (B.C.) Ltd.
Kelowna, Rutland, Lakeview Heights, Westbank, Okanagan Mission and surrounding areas, British Columbia - 940860000
Licence renewal
Following Public Notice CRTC 1995-79 dated 12 May 1995 and Decision CRTC 95-669 dated 30 August 1995, the Commission renews the Class 1 licence held by Shaw Cablesystems (B.C.) Ltd., for the cable distribution undertaking serving the above-noted communities, from 1 December 1995 to 31 August 2001.
The licence term granted herein, while less than the maximum of seven years permitted by the Broadcasting Act, will enable the Commission to consider the next licence renewal of this undertaking in accordance with the Commission's regional plan and to better distribute the workload within the Commission. The term is not reflective of any Commission concern regarding the licensee's performance.
The operation of this undertaking is regulated pursuant to Parts I and II of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986 (the regulations) and the licence will be subject to the conditions in effect under the current licence, as well as to those conditions specified in this decision and in the licence to be issued.
In addition to the services required or authorized to be distributed pursuant to the applicable sections of the regulations, the licensee is authorized to continue to distribute, at its option, the programming services of KOMO-TV (ABC), KING-TV (NBC), KCTS-TV (PBS) Seattle and KSTW-TV (CBS) Tacoma, Washington, received via microwave, as part of the basic service.
It is a condition of licence that the licensee may, at its option, insert certain promotional material as a substitute for the "local availabilities" ( i.e. non-Canadian advertising material) of non-Canadian satellite services. At least 75% of these local availabilities must be made available for use by licensed Canadian programming services for the promotion of their respective services, for the promotion of the community channel and for unpaid Canadian public service announcements. A maximum of 25% of the local availabilities may be made available for the promotion of discretionary programming services and packages, customer service information, channel realignments, cable FM service and additional cable outlets.
The Commission reaffirms the particular importance it attaches to the development of community programming and has taken note of the annual budgets that will be allocated for this purpose during the new licence term. The Commission encourages the licensee to continue its efforts to develop programs that reflect community interests and concerns.
In Public Notice CRTC 1992-59 dated 1 September 1992 and entitled "Implementation of an Employment Equity Policy", the Commission announced that the employment equity practices of broadcasters would be subject to examination by the Commission. In this regard, the Commission encourages the licensee to consider employment equity issues in its hiring practices and in all other aspects of its management of human resources.
The Department of Industry has advised the Commission that it is prepared to renew the Broadcasting Certificate for a period of 12 months only, expiring 31 August 1996. With respect to the operation of this undertaking beyond this period, the Commission draws the licensee's attention to subsection 22(1) of the Broadcasting Act pertaining to the technical certification of broadcasting undertakings and to subsection 22(4) which provides that any broadcasting licence issued, amended or renewed in contravention of section 22 is of no force or effect.
Allan J. Darling
Secretary General

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