CRTC Exhibit 1 - Review of the policy framework for local and community television programming – Broadcasting Notice of Consultation 2015-421

The Commission requires that licensees of conventional television stations and licensees of broadcasting distribution undertakings respond, where applicable, to the following undertakings by 15 February 2016.

The Commission also invites other interested parties participating in the 25 January 2016 Public Hearing to respond to the following questions, where applicable, by 15 February 2016.

1. Please comment on the following proposed definitions.

   1. Local programming

      In order to be considered local, programming must:

      • be at least five minutes in duration (excluding commercials);

      • refer directly to the community, which could be defined as:

        • the station’s contours;

        • BDU service area;

        • municipality; or

        • census metropolitan area or census agglomeration¹.

      • be produced by the personnel of the local station, independent local producers or members of the community for the local station.

   2. Local presence

      A local presence is defined as:

      • Providing seven-day-a-week original local news coverage distinct to the community;

      • Employing full-time journalists on the ground in the community; and

      • Operating a news bureau or news gathering office in the community.

   3. Local news

      Local news is defined as category 1 (News), category 2a) (Analysis and Interpretation) and category 3 (Reporting) programs as defined in BRP 2010‑808 and is considered local if it also meets the definition of local programming.

   In commenting on these definitions, please specify if the proposed definitions can be applied to all elements of the system: public, private and community.

2. Using the definitions proposed in question 1., identify, in the format set out below, the amount of local programming broadcast from 3 January 2016 to 23 January 2016 by each of your conventional stations that would be considered:

   1. local programming under the proposed definition for local programming; and

   2. local news under the proposed definition for local news.

   	Number of hours of local programming per week			Number of hours of local news per week
   Station call sign	01/03/2016 to 01/09/2016	01/10/2016 to 01/16/2016	01/17/2016 to 01/23/2016	01/03/2016 to 01/09/2016	01/10/2016 to 01/16/2016	01/17/2016 to 01/23/2016
   CXXX-XX	0:00:00

3. Using the definitions proposed in question 1., identify, in the format set out below, the expenditures on local programming broadcast from 3 January 2016 to 23 January 2016 allocated to programs that would be considered:

   1. local programming under the proposed definition for local programming; and

   2. local news under the proposed definition for local news.

   	Amounts allocated to local programming per week ($)			Amounts allocated to local news per week ($)
   Station call sign	01/03/2016 to 01/09/2016	01/10/2016 to 01/16/2016	01/17/2016 to 01/23/2016	01/03/2016 to 01/09/2016	01/10/2016 to 01/16/2016	01/17/2016 to 01/23/2016
   CXXX-XX	0.00

4. Based on current requirements and on the answers you provided to questions 2 and 3, please propose appropriate minimum weekly requirements for the exhibition of and expenditure on local news going forward, and justify.

5. For the 2013-2014 broadcast year, with respect to your linear community channel,  provide audience information (AMA) using data collected from your set-top boxes:

   	Access programs	Non-access programs
   Broadcast day
   Evening broadcast period (6pm to midnight)

   Should you be unable to provide such data, please explain why.

Date modified:

2016-01-25