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• Revised lists of eligible satellite services
• Mandatory distribution order for The Weather Network and Météomédia (Broadcasting Order CRTC 2009-340)
• Disclosure of aggregate financial data for large broadcasting distribution undertakings and over-the-air television and radio ownership groups (Public Notice CRTC 2008-97-1)
• Elimination of the winback rules (Public Notice CRTC 2007-111)
• Previews and promotional channels (Public Notice CRTC 2007-74)
• Linkage requirements for direct-to-home (DTH) satellite distribution undertakings (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-52)
• Distribution and linkage requirements for Class 1 and Class 2 licensees (Public Notice CRTC 2007-51)
• Determination with respect to the marketing and billing practice by which a broadcasting distribution undertaking treats the provision of service to separate dwellings owned by the same person as a single subscription (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-133)
• Regulatory framework for the licensing and distribution of high definition pay and specialty services (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-74)
• Promotion of non-programming services using local availabilities (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-69)
• Competitive access to inside wire in commercial and institutional properties (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-68)
• Digital Migration Framework (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-23)
• Changes to the distribution of the Cable Public Affairs Channel and the parliamentary programming service in response to a Direction from the Governor in Council (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-5)
• Good commercial practices (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2005-35)
• Auditing of distributor subscriber information by programming services (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2005-34)
• Regulatory framework for interactive television services (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2004-82)
• Reports by the Cable Wiring workgroup on the use of cable inside wire (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2004-60)
• The regulatory framework for the distribution of digital television signals (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2003-61)
• A regional approach to licensing cable distribution undertakings - Adoption of related amendments to the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2003-48)
• Direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting distribution undertakings - simultaneous and non-simultaneous program deletion and the carriage of local television signals in smaller markets (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2003-37)
• Internet retransmission - Report to the Governor General in Council pursuant to Order in Council P.C. 2002-1043 (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2003-2)
• Amendments to the Commission's Employment Equity Policy (Public Notice CRTC 1997-34)
• Amendment to Reporting Requirements for Employment Equity in On-air Positions (Public Notice CRTC 1995-98)
• Consultations Regarding On-air Job Categories to be Included in the Employment Equity Plans of Broadcasters (Public Notice CRTC 1994-69)
• Implementation of an employment equity policy (Public Notice CRTC 1992-59)
• TVA Group Inc. (Broadcasting public notice CRTC 99-22), National Broadcast Reading Service (Voiceprint) (Decision 2000-380), Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (Decision 99-42 and Public Notice 99-70)

For additional information, the Commission suggests consulting the following documents:

• General Authorizations for Broadcasting Distribution Undertakings
• Procedures for filing confidential information and requesting its disclosure in Commission proceedings (Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-961)
• Guidelines on the CRTC Rules of Practice and Procedure (Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-959)
• Obligation relating to the electronic filing of applications and use of Commission forms (Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-453-2)
• Amendments to the Exemption order for new media broadcasting undertakings (Appendix A to Public Notice CRTC 1999-197); Revocation of the Exemption order for mobile television broadcasting undertakings (Broadcasting Order CRTC 2009-660)
• Exemption order for terrestrial broadcasting distribution undertakings serving fewer than 20,000 subscribers (Broadcasting Order CRTC 2009-544)
• Streamlining of certain filing requirements for broadcasting distribution undertakings (Broadcasting Information Bulletin CRTC 2009-384)
• Streamlining process for annual reports filed by licensees (Broadcasting Circular CRTC 2006-6)
• Guidelines respecting financial contributions by the licensees of broadcasting distribution undertakings to the creation and presentation of Canadian programming (Circular No. 426)

An information package to obtain a Broadcast Certificate regarding the technical aspect of your application is available by writing to the following address:

Industry Canada
Director, Broadcast Applications Engineering
300 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0C8
www.strategis.ic.gc.ca