Broadcasting Distribution Regulations — 18
18 (1) The following definitions apply in this section. ethnic Category A service means, in respect of a licence that was issued before March 12, 2015, a programming service that is designated as an ethnic Category A service by the Commission or named in paragraph 138 of Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-100, dated October 30, 2008 and entitled Regulatory frameworks for broadcasting distribution undertakings and discretionary programming services . ( service ethnique de catégorie A ) general interest television pay-per-view service means a television pay-per-view service whose programming is selected — unrestricted by any condition of licence — from any of the categories set out in item 6, column I, of Schedule I to the Pay Television Regulations, 1990 ( service de télévision à la carte d’intérêt général ) (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in sections 23 to 27 or under a condition of its licence, a licensee shall distribute (a) if the licensee is operating in an anglophone market, (i) each English-language Category A service whose operator is authorized to provide the service to all or part of the licensed area, (ii) at least one English-language general interest television pay-per-view service, and (iii) to the extent that such a programming service is available, at least one French-language discretionary service for every 10 English-language programming services that it distributes; (b) if the licensee is operating in a francophone market, (i) each French-language Category A service whose operator is authorized to provide the service to all or part of the licensed area, (ii) at least one French-language general interest television pay-per-view service, and (iii) to the extent that such a programming service is available, at least one English-language discretionary service for every 10 French-language programming services that it distributes; and (c) the ethnic Category A service of a programming undertaking that is authorized to provide that programming service to all or part of the licensed area if (i) the licensee was distributing the service in the licensed area on October 30, 2008, or (ii) according to the most recent population figures published by Statistics Canada, 10% or more of the total population of all cities, towns and other municipalities situated in whole or in part within the licensed area is of one or a combination of the ethnic origins to which the service is intended to appeal. (3) For the purposes of subparagraphs (2)(a)(iii) and (b)(iii), (a) the definition discretionary service in section 1 does not include a programming service that the licensee is required to distribute under paragraph 9(1)(h) of the Act; and (b) the analog or standard definition programming service and the high definition service together count as a single programming service. (4) Except as otherwise provided under a condition of its licence, a licensee shall distribute (a) the programming service of a community-based low-power television station to the subscribers of the distribution undertaking whose residence or other premises are located within the service area of that station; and (b) the programming service of a community-based digital undertaking to the subscribers of the distribution undertaking whose residence or other premises are located within the service area of that undertaking. (5) Except as otherwise provided under a condition of its licence, a licensee fulfils its obligations under this section and section 19 by distributing either the standard definition programming service or the high definition version of that programming service. SOR/2001-75, s. 5; SOR/2001-334, s. 3; SOR/2002-322, s. 4; SOR/2003-217, s. 6; SOR/2003-458, s. 2; SOR/2006-11, s. 1; SOR/2007-222, s. 1; SOR/2011-148, s. 8; SOR/2015-239, s. 10