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Public Notice
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Ottawa, 13 February 1998 |
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Public Notice CRTC 1998-13 |
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CALL FOR COMMENTS ON THE COMMISSION'S POLICY
AGAINST THE DISTRIBUTION OF FREE PREVIEWS OF PAY TELEVISION AND SPECIALTY
PROGRAMMING DURING MAJOR NATIONAL BROADCASTING RATING PERIODS |
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The Commission has received the following
applications: |
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1. ACROSS CANADA |
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Application (199716701) by the CANADIAN
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS INC., PELMOREX RADIO INC. and WESTCOM RADIO GROUP
LTD., partners in CWP Partnership, a general partnership, to extend to 20
December 1998, the implementation date for the pay audio programming
undertaking known as "Allegro". |
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Examination of application: |
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Canadian Satellite Communications Inc.
50 Burnhamthorpe Road West
10th Floor
Mississauga, Ontario
L5B 3C2 |
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2. ACROSS CANADA |
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Application (199800660) by MUSIQUEPLUS INC., 355
Ste-Catherine Street West, Montréal, Quebec, H3B 1A5, to amend the
broadcasting licence of the national specialty programming undertaking
Musimax, by adding a new condition of licence with respect to the definitions
of "broadcast day" and "broadcast week". |
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The condition of licence will read as follows:
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14. For the purposes of these conditions the
following definition apply: |
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" broadcast day" means a 24 hour period
beginning at 00:00:01 hour; and |
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" broadcast week" means seven consecutive
broadcast days beginning on a Friday. |
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In accordance with the new condition of licence,
the definitions of "broadcast day" and "broadcast week" which are in the
annex of CRTC Decision 96-614
do not apply anymore. |
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Examination of application: |
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Radiomutuel inc.
Suite 405
1717 René-Lévesque Boulevard East
Montréal, Quebec |
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ATLANTIC AND QUEBEC REGION |
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3. SAINTE-ÉMILIE-DE-L'ÉNERGIE, Quebec |
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Application (199716586) by REGIONAL CABLESYSTEMS
INC., 1730 Marie-Victorin Boulevard, Suite 201, Longueuil, Quebec, J4G 1A5:
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a) to amend the broadcasting licence of the
(cable) distribution undertaking serving Sainte-Émilie-de-l'Énergie, by
adding a condition of licence, to be relieved of the requirement to
distribute the priority regional signal CIVC-TV (STQ) Trois-Rivières, Quebec,
pursuant to paragraph 32(1)(b) of the Broadcasting Distribution
Regulations. The licensee proposes to distribute instead, on the basic
service, the signal of CIVM-TV (STQ) Montréal, Quebec, received via fibre
optic from Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec; and |
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b) to be authorized to distribute, on the basic
service of its (cable) distribution undertaking serving
Sainte-Émilie-de-l'Énergie, CFTU-TV (IND), CKMI-TV-1 (GLOBAL) Montréal,
Quebec, WVNY (ABC) Burlington, Vermont, WCFE-TV (PBS) and WPTZ (NBC)
Plattsburgh, New York, received via fibre optic from Saint-Félix-de-Valois.
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The licensee also proposes to delete the local
head end of the Sainte-Émilie-de- l'Énergie undertaking. This undertaking
will now be interconnected, via fibre optic, to the (cable) distribution
undertaking serving Saint-Félix-de-Valois, also owned by Regional
Cablesystems Inc. |
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Examination of application: |
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Town Hall
241 Coutu Street
Sainte-Émilie-de-l'Énergie. Quebec |
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION |
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Intervention |
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PLEASE NOTE, THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE
COMMISSION CANNOT ACCEPT INTERVENTIONS SENT BY ELECTRONIC MAIL. |
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IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE COMMISSION AND
PLACED ON THE PUBLIC FILE, |
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- submit your original written intervention to
the Secretary General of the Commission (CRTC, Ottawa, K1A 0N2). A true copy
MUST be sent to the applicant and a proof of such sending must accompany the
original sent to the Commission; |
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- the intervention must be received by
the CRTC and by the applicant ON OR BEFORE the deadline date indicated
below. The Commission cannot be held responsible for postal delays; |
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- your intervention should clearly identify the
application and indicate whether you support or oppose the
application, or if you propose changes to it, with facts and grounds
therefor. In the event that the application is brought to the oral phase of
the hearing it would be helpful to the Commission if you provide reasons why
your written comments are not sufficient and an appearance is necessary; |
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Your intervention will be considered by the
Commission, and will form part of the public record of the proceeding without
further notification to you, provided the procedure set out above has been
followed. You will be contacted only if your submission raises procedural
questions. |
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DEADLINE FOR INTERVENTION: |
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20 March 1998 |
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EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS
DURING NORMAL OFFICE HOURS |
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Documents are available:
°at the local address provided in this notice;
and
°at the following Commission offices: |
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Central Building
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage, Room 201
Hull, Quebec K1A 0N2
Tels: (819) 997-2429 - TDD 994-0423
Telecopier: (819) 994-0218 |
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Bank of Commerce Building
Suite 1007
1809 Barrington Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K8
Tels: (902) 426-7997 - TDD 426-6997
Telecopier: (902) 426-2721 |
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Place Montréal Trust
1800 McGill College Avenue
Suite 1920
Montréal, Quebec H3A 3J6
Tels: (514) 283-6607 - TDD 283-8316
Telecopier: (514) 283-3689 |
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Kensington Building
275 Portage Avenue
Suite 1810
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3
Tels: (204) 983-6306 - TDD 983-8274
Telecopier: (204) 983-6317 |
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530 - 580 Hornby Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 3B6
Tels: (604) 666-2111 - TDD 666-0778
Telecopier: (604) 666-8322 |
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Other CRTC regional offices will also make
documents available upon request by interested parties (normal delay: 48
hours). |
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This document is available in alternative
format upon request. |
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Laura M.Talbot-Allan
Secretary General |