The CRTC has rejected an application by Saskatchewan Telecommunications (SaskTel) to replace its current condition of licence on the distribution of U.S. 4+1 signals with a more general condition – Broadcasting Decision 2002-248. The decision reaffirms the regulatory practice of authorizing the carriage of specific U.S. 4+1 television network signals by condition of licence, and reinforces the commission's simultaneous substitution rules.