Broadcasting Distribution Regulations

17.3 (1) Except as otherwise provided under a condition of its licence, if a licensee offers a first-tier offering it shall distribute the following services in each licensed area as part of that offering:

• (a) the programming services that are required to be distributed under subsections 17(1) to (5); and

• (b) the programming service of at least one Canadian programming service that is in addition to those distributed under paragraph (a).

(2) Except as otherwise provided under a condition of its licence, a licensee may, in addition to the programming services required under subsection (1), distribute as part of the first-tier offering in the licensed area any non-Canadian programming service that may be distributed under subsection 17(6).