15. (1) No licensee shall give an undue preference to any person, including itself, or subject any person to an undue disadvantage.

(2) In any proceeding before the Commission, the burden of establishing that any preference or disadvantage is not undue is on the licensee that gives the preference or subjects the person to the disadvantage.

16. (1) For the purposes of this section, “distant television station” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations.

(2) Except as otherwise provided under a condition of its licence, a licensee shall not offer its programming service for distribution as a distant television station as part of a package with other programming services unless it also makes its programming service available as a distant television station on a stand-alone basis.

17. (1) If there is a dispute between the licensee and the operator of a licensed distribution undertaking or an exempt distribution undertaking, concerning the carriage or terms of carriage of programming originated by the licensee, including the wholesale rate and the terms of any audit referred to in section 15.1 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations, one or both of the parties to the dispute may refer the matter to the Commission for dispute resolution.

(2) If the Commission accepts a referral of a matter for dispute resolution, the parties to the dispute are required to participate in a mediation with a person appointed by the Commission.

(3) During the dispute resolution process, the person appointed under subsection (2) may require additional information from the parties.