Broadcasting Distribution Regulations

35 (1) Except as otherwise provided under a condition of its licence, if a licensee elects to distribute community programming under paragraph 33(g) or if a community programming undertaking is licensed in the licensed area, the licensee shall distribute the community programming as part of the basic service.

(2) Except as otherwise provided under a condition of its licence, if a licensee elects to distribute community programming under paragraph 33(g), the licensee

• (a) shall comply with the requirements of paragraphs 27(1)(a) to (i) and (k) and subsection 27(4);

• (b) may distribute a still image programming service as described in Public Notice CRTC 1993-51, entitled Exemption Order Respecting Still Image Programming Service Undertakings, if the service is produced by the licensee or by the members of the community served by the undertaking;

• (c) may, if it provides service to an unserved community, distribute a maximum of 12 minutes of commercial messages during each clock hour of community programming;

• (d) shall devote not less than 60% of the programming distributed on the community channel during each broadcast week to the distribution of local community television programming; and

• (e) shall make available not less than 30% of the programming distributed on the community channel in each broadcast week to community access television programming.

(3) The time allocated to the distribution of alphanumeric message services may be included in the calculation of the requirement under paragraph (2)(d).