Broadcasting Distribution Regulations — 1
exempt discretionary service means a discretionary service that is offered by an exempt programming undertaking that meets the criteria set out in the appendix to Broadcasting Order CRTC 2015-88, dated March 12, 2015 and entitled Exemption order respecting discretionary television programming undertakings serving fewer than 200,000 subscribers , as amended from time to time. ( service facultatif exempté ) exempt programming service means a programming service that is offered by an exempt programming undertaking. ( service de programmation exempté ) exempt programming undertaking means a programming undertaking the operator of which is exempted from any or all of the requirements of Part II of the Act in an order made by the Commission under subsection 9(4) of the Act. ( entreprise de programmation exemptée ) exempt third-language service [Repealed, SOR/2015-239, s. 1] extra-regional television station , in relation to a licensed area of a distribution undertaking, means a licensed television station that has (a) a Grade A or Grade B official contour, digital urban official contour or noise-limited bounding official contour that does not include any part of the licensed area; and (b) a Grade B official contour or noise-limited bounding official contour that includes any point located 32 km or less from the local head end of the licensed area. ( station de télévision extra-régionale ) first-tier offering means a package of programming services that is distributed by a licensee in a licensed area for a single fee and that consists of (a) in the case of a terrestrial distribution undertaking that distributes programming services on a digital basis, the programming services that are distributed in accordance with section 17.3 or a condition of its licence; and (b) in the case of a DTH distribution undertaking, the programming services that are distributed in accordance with section 46.3 or a condition of its licence. ( premier volet facultatif ) FM station means a station that broadcasts in the FM frequency band of 88 to 108 MHz. It does not include a carrier current undertaking or a transmitter that only rebroadcasts the radiocommunications of another station. ( station FM ) format , in respect of a video programming service, means analog, standard definition or high definition. ( format ) 4 + 1 package of programming services means a package that consists of the programming services of (a) four non-Canadian television stations that are each affiliated with a different commercial network; and (b) one non-commercial non-Canadian television station. ( bloc de services de programmation 4 + 1 ) francophone market , in respect of a licensed area, means a market in which, according to the most recent population figures published by Statistics Canada, French is used as the mother tongue by more than 50% of the total population of all cities, towns and other municipalities that are situated in whole or in part within the licensed area. ( marché francophone ) high definition means a television signal that consists of at least 1,280 vertical lines of resolution and 720 horizontal lines of resolution. ( haute définition ) high definition service means a programming service that provides any amount of its programming in high definition and includes a high definition version of a programming service. ( service haute définition ) high definition version means (a) in respect of a discretionary service or a programming service that is distributed under paragraph 17(1)(g), the version of that service that is authorized by a condition of licence; (b) in respect of an authorized non-Canadian programming service, the version of that service that has the following characteristics: (i) not more than 14 hours — over the course of a broadcast week — of the video and audio components are different from the analog or standard definition version of the programming service, excluding commercial messages and any part of the programming service that is carried