Broadcasting Distribution Regulations

53 (1) Subject to section 54, a licensee may increase its pass-through portion in respect of a licensed area if the increase does not exceed the amount of an increase that the Commission has, after September 1, 1986, authorized to be payable to the operator of a broadcasting undertaking.

(2) If a licensee has increased its pass-through portion under subsection (1) with respect to a programming service and ceases to distribute that service as part of the basic service, the licensee shall decrease its pass-through portion in respect of the licensed area by an amount equal to the amount of the increase.

(3) If a licensee has increased its pass-through portion under subsection (1) with respect to a programming service and the operator of the broadcasting undertaking charges the licensee less than the amount in the pass-through portion that reflects the amount payable to the operator of that undertaking for the service, the licensee shall decrease its pass-through portion in respect of the licensed area by an amount equal to the difference.