Television Broadcasting Regulations, 1987 — 2
al referendum, the period beginning on the date of the announcement of the election or referendum and ending on the date the election or referendum is held, or (b) in the case of a municipal election, the period beginning two months before the date of the election and ending on the date the election is held; ( période électorale ) ethnic program means a program in any language that is specifically directed toward any culturally or racially distinct group, other than one whose heritage is Aboriginal Canadian, from France, or from the British Isles; ( émission à caractère ethnique ) ethnic station means a station that is licensed as an ethnic station; ( station à caractère ethnique ) exempt distribution undertaking means a distribution undertaking whose operator is, by order of the Commission made under subsection 9(4) of the Act, exempt from any or all of the requirements of Part II of the Act; ( entreprise de distribution exemptée ) licensed means licensed by the Commission under paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Act; ( autorisé ) licensee means a station operator or a network operator; ( titulaire ) locally relevant means of interest to the community or market served; ( pertinence locale ) multiplex channel means a frequency band centred at 102.27 kHz in the baseband containing a frequency modulated subcarrier; ( canal multiplexe ) network operator means a person licensed to carry on a television network; ( exploitant de réseau ) official contour means a service contour marked for a licensed television station on the map most recently published pursuant to the Department of Communications Act by the Minister of Communications pertaining to that station; ( périmètre de rayonnement officiel ) private licence means a licence issued by the Commission to a person other than the Corporation; ( licence privée ) program means a broadcast presentation of sound and visual matter that is designed to inform or entertain and that is described by a key figure determined under Schedule I, but does not include visual images, whether or not combined with sounds, that consist predominantly of alphanumeric text; ( émission ) programming means anything that is broadcast, but does not include visual images, whether or not combined with sounds, that consist predominantly of alphanumeric text; ( programmation ) public licence means a licence issued by the Commission to the Corporation; ( licence publique ) remote station means a station that is licensed as a remote station; ( station périphérique ) reserved time means the predetermined time during which a station broadcasts programs pursuant to an affiliation agreement; ( temps réservé ) second audio program channel means a frequency band centred at 78.67 kHz in the baseband containing a frequency modulated subcarrier for audio programming; ( second canal d’émissions sonore ) station means a television programming undertaking that transmits sounds and images or a broadcasting transmitting undertaking that transmits sounds and images, but does not include a broadcasting undertaking that only rebroadcasts the radiocommunications of another licensed broadcasting undertaking; ( station ) station operator means a person licensed to carry on a station; ( exploitant de station ) third language program means an ethnic program in a language other than English, French, or a language of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada; ( émission dans une troisième langue ) vertical blanking interval means the brief period of time which recurs approximately 60 times per second between successive scans of television pictures. ( intervalle de suppression de trame ) SOR/87-425, s. 1; SOR/88-415, s. 1; SOR/89-162, s. 1; SOR/92-429, s. 1; SOR/94-220, s. 1; SOR/2000-237, s. 1; SOR/2000-344, s. 1; SOR/2007-195, s. 1; SOR/2009-294, s. 1; SOR/2012-151, s. 1; SOR/2017-160, s. 17 SOR/2023-216, s. 1