Broadcasting Distribution Regulations

27.1 (1) Except as otherwise provided under a condition of its licence, a licensee shall devote not less than 60% of the programming distributed on the community channel in the licensed area in each broadcast week to the distribution of local community television programming.

(2) The time allocated to the distribution of alphanumeric message services is excluded from the calculation of the programming requirement under this section.

(3) Except as otherwise provided under a condition of its licence, a licensee

• (a) shall devote not less than 30% of the programming distributed on the community channel in each broadcast week to community access television programming;

• (b) shall devote from 30% to 50% of the programming distributed on the community channel in each broadcast week to community access television programming, according to requests;

• (c) if one or more community television corporations are in operation in a licensed area, shall make available to them up to 20% of the programming distributed on the community channel in each broadcast week for community access television programming; and

• (d) if one or more community television corporations are in operation in a licensed area, shall make available to each of them, on request, not less than four hours of community access television programming in each broadcast week.