Canadian cable operator on probation

August 29, 2008 Stopping short of pulling its operating license, Canada's broadcast regulator has placed the country's second-largest cable operator on probation for two years for noncompliance of rules. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission renewed Calgary-based Shaw Communications' license for two years, rather than the standard seven, after it "consistently" breached rules on replacing U.S. network signals with Canadian ones as part of so-called simultaneous substitution rules. The CRTC also fingered Shaw for airing too many TV commercials on its community channels, and failure to carry mandated domestic channels like the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.

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