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Lac Etchemin, Quebec - 199710140
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1. Following a Public Hearing in the National Capital Region held on 15 December 1997, the Commission approves the application for authority to acquire the assets of the cable distribution undertaking serving Lac Etchemin from Télécâble Lac Etchemin inc., and for a broadcasting licence to continue the operation of this undertaking.
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2. The Commission will issue a Class 3 licence to Décibel inc., expiring 31 August 2000, the current licence expiry date, upon surrender of the current licence. The operation of this undertaking will be regulated pursuant to Parts 1 and 3 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations (the regulations). The authority granted herein is subject to the same conditions as those in effect under the current licence, as well as to any other condition specified in this decision and in the licence to be issued.
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3. The price of the transaction is $1,083,950. Based on the evidence filed with the application, the Commission has no concerns with respect to the availability or the adequacy of the required financing and is satisfied with the benefits flowing from this transaction. Moreover, the Commission is of the view that approval of this application is in the public interest.
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4. The licensee is relieved, by condition of licence, from the requirement of section 32(1)(a) of the regulations that it distribute CBVT-4 Lac Etchemin, a local television service, in view of the poor reception quality of the signal. The Commission notes that the licensee will distribute instead, CBVT Québec, a regional service.
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5. It is a condition of licence that, for community programming and any other programming of a service that it originates, the licensee adhere to the guidelines on the depiction of violence in television programming set out in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Voluntary Code Regarding Violence in Television Programming, as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission.
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6. 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.
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This decision is to be appended to the licence.
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Laura M. Talbot-Allan
Secretary General
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This document is available in alternative format upon request.
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