Agenda, Hearing 10 September 2012, Montréal, Quebec
Agenda (Revised on 7 September 2012)
HEARING
Montréal, Quebec
10 September 2012 at 9:00 a.m.
Palais des congrès de Montréal
1001 place Jean-Paul-Riopelle
Montréal, Quebec
Hearing Room: Room 518 ABC
Temporary Examination Room: Room 519 B - 514-789-3485
Interventions and the answer received concerning the applications scheduled for this hearing are available on the public examination files.
Reference Documents: Broadcasting Notices of Consultation CRTC 2012-370 and 2012-370-1.
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Monday, 10 September 2012
Appearing Items
Phase I – Presentations by the applicants
1. BCE Inc., on behalf of Astral Media inc.
Various locations
Application 2012-0516-2
Application by BCE Inc. (BCE) on behalf of Astral Media inc. (Astral) for authority to change the effective control of Astral, and its licensed subsidiaries, to BCE. The transaction will be carried out by the acquisition of all outstanding shares of Astral by BCE and BCE Subco, a wholly owned subsidiary to be incorporated.
2. Bell Media Inc. and 7550413 Canada Inc., partners in a general partnership carrying on business as Bell Media Canada Radio Partnership
Montréal, Quebec
Application 2012-0573-2
Application by Bell Media Inc. and 7550413 Canada Inc., partners in a general partnership carrying on business as Bell Media Canada Radio Partnership (Bell), for a licence to operate a French-language AM commercial radio programming undertaking in Montréal in replacement of its English-language AM commercial radio programming undertaking CKGM Montréal.
Phase II – Presentations by the interveners
Interveners – Appearing Individually
1. Québecor Média inc. en son nom et ceux de Vidéotron s.e.n.c. et Groupe TVA inc.
(int. #1672)
2. Shaw Communications Inc. (int. #1509)
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Phase II – Presentations by the interveners (cont’d)
Interveners – Appearing Individually
3. Jean-François Fortin, Member of Parliament, Bloc Québécois Haute-Gaspésie-La Mitis-Matane-Matapédia (int. #1735)
4. Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo (ADISQ)
(int. #1681)
5. L'institut national de l'image et du son (L'inis) (int. #769)
6. Eastlink (int. #1744)
7. Option consommateurs (int. #1466)
8. Canadian Association of Community Television Users & Stations (CACTUS) (int. #1673)
9. Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) (int. #1435)
10. Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) (int. #1630)
11. CFET Radio (int. #1441)
12. The Media Group Inc. (int. #1702)
13. ZenithOptimedia (int. # 955)
14. Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (int. #1689)
15. Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) (int. #1420)
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Phase II – Presentations by the interveners (cont’d)
Interveners – Appearing Individually
16. L'Équipe Spectra (int. # 1220)
17. Première Bobine Inc. (int. # 1685)
18. Rogers Communications Inc. (int. #1560)
19. Union des consommateurs (int. #1619)
20. Canadian Association for Public Alerting and Notification (CAPAN) (int. #1723)
21. Cogeco Cable Inc. (int. #1707)
22. Ice Wireless Inc. and Iristel Inc. (int. #1303)
23. SSi Group of Companies (int. #1683)
24. TELUS Communications Company (int. #1675)
25. Public Interest Advocacy Centre (int. #1692)
26. Writers Guild of Canada (int. #1549)
27. Canal Savoir (int. #1737)
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Phase II – Presentations by the interveners (cont’d)
Interveners – Appearing Individually
28. Meena Khan (int. #1418)
29. Rahul Majumdar (int. #10)
30. Frederic Gervais (int. #162)
31. Bobby Michael (int. #653)
32. Sheldon Harvey (int. #1074)
33. David Birnbaum (int. #431)
34. Alberta Media Production Industries Association (AMPIA) (int. #1646)
35. Québec English-language Production Council (QEPC) (int. #1580)
36. On Screen Manitoba (int. #1676)
37. Ryerson University, National Film Board of Canada and Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) (int. #1537)
38. Youth eMage Jeunesse (int. #1254)
39. The Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) (int. #1627)
40. Producer's Roundtable of Ontario (PRO) (int. #1628)
41. Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec (APFTQ) (int. #1515)
42. MediaSmarts (int. #1237)
43. Professional Music Publishers’ Association (PMPA) (int. #1624)
Friday, 14 September 2012
Phase II – Presentations by the interveners (cont’d)
Interveners – Appearing Individually
44. Canadian Cable Systems Alliance Inc. (int. #1739)
45. Diversity Emerging Music Collective (int. #1690)
46. VMedia (int. #1682)
47. Association of Canadian Advertisers (ACA) (int. #922)
48. Blue Ant (int. #1691)
49. Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters (CAFDE) (int. #1129)
50. Union des artistes (UDA); Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma (SARTEC); Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec (ARRQ) et Alliance québécoise des techniciens de l’image et du son (AQTIS) (int. #1470)
51. Insight Production Company Ltd. (int. # 1311)
Phase III – Reply by the applicants
1. BCE Inc., on behalf of Astral Media inc.
2. Bell Media Inc. and 7550413 Canada Inc., partners in a general partnership carrying on business as Bell Media Canada Radio Partnership
Non-appearing items
Even though there is no oral presentation for the following applications, they are, nevertheless, part of this hearing and such, they will be considered by the Panel and a decision will be rendered at a later date.
Please refer to Broadcasting Notices of Consultation CRTC 2012-370 and 2012-370-1 for a detailed description of the following applications which are available electronically in the Temporary Examination Room.
3. BCE Inc., on behalf of certain of its licensed broadcasting subsidiaries
Various locations (2012-0701-9 and 2012-0736-6)
4. BCE Inc., on behalf of Astral Media inc. and certain of its licensed broadcasting subsidiaries
Various locations (2012-0735-8)
5. 7954689 Canada Inc.
Montréal, Quebec (2012-0748-1)
6. Fight Media Inc.
Across Canada (2012-0420-6)
7. L S Movie Channel Limited
Across Canada (2012-0426-3)
8. HGTV Canada Inc.
Across Canada (2012-0482-5)
9. Paul Girouard, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Across Canada (2012-0523-7)
10. Paul Girouard, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Across Canada (2012-0524-5)
11. Paul Girouard, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Across Canada (2012-0525-3)
12. Paul Girouard, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Across Canada (2012-0526-1)
13. Paul Girouard, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Across Canada (2012-0527-9)
14. 8045313 Canada Inc.
St. Catharines and Niagara Region, Ontario (2012-0369-5)
15. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Yellowknife, Fort Providence, Fort Resolution, Fort Simpson, Fort Smith, Hay River, Rae-Edzo and Wrigley, Northwest Territories and Fort Chipewyan, Alberta (2012-0596-4)
16. Novus Entertainment Inc.
Metro Vancouver, British Columbia (2012-0528-7)
17. Vista Radio Ltd.
Niagara Falls, Elliot Lake, St. Catharines, Iroquois Falls, Timmins, Kapuskasing, Bancroft, Stratford, Fort Erie, Parry Sound, Huntsville, Bracebridge, Sturgeon Falls, Cochrane, Hearst, Haldimand, North Bay, Haliburton, Espanola, Bolton, Caledon, Barry’s Bay, Kemptville and Prescott, Ontario (2012-0497-4)
18. Hollywood Suite Inc. on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Across Canada (2012-0668-1)
19. RNC MÉDIA Inc.
Montréal, Quebec (2011-1650-0)
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