ARCHIVED - Public Notice CRTC 1996-28
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Ottawa, 23 February 1996
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Public Notice CRTC 1996-28
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR BROADCASTING LICENCES TO CARRY ON NEW MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS (MDS) RADIOCOMMUNICATION DISTRIBUTION UNDERTAKINGS TO PROVIDE SERVICE IN SASKATCHEWAN
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The Commission announces that it has received applications for broadcasting licences to carry on new MDS radiocommunication distribution undertakings to provide service in Saskatchewan.
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In keeping with its usual procedure in such cases, the Commission hereby calls for applications from other parties wishing to obtain such a licence.
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Persons intending to submit such an application must file a letter of intent with the Secretary General of the Commission on or before 25 March 1996. Applications must be filed on or before 23 April 1996, and all the necessary technical documentation must be filed with the Department of Industry by the same date.
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In Decision CRTC 95-910 dated 20 December 1995, the Commission approved applications by Skycable Inc. for new MDS radiocommunication distribution undertakings to serve various areas in the province of Manitoba. In that decision, the Commission noted that:
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...the evolution of new broadcasting technologies has brought about significant change in the Canadian broadcasting environment. In its 19 May 1995 report to the Government entitled "Competition and Culture on Canada's Information Highway", the Commission expressed the view that consumers should have increased choice among distributors of broadcasting and other services...
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Subsequently, in Public Notice CRTC 1995-183 dated 26 October 1995, the Commission announced that it would no longer routinely impose conditions of licence restricting licensees of radiocommunication distribution undertakings from soliciting or accepting subscriptions within the authorized service areas of other subscription-based distribution undertakings.
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In the Commission's view, the evolution of the Canadian broadcasting environment has been such that the role of MDS must now be seen as competitive, rather than complementary to cable...
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In preparing their applications, prospective applicants for licences to carry on new MDS undertakings in Saskatchewan are referred to the detailed licensing policy respecting MDS undertakings set out in Decision CRTC 95-910.
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Applicants will be required to meet the eligibility requirements set out in the Consolidated Regulations of Canada, 1978, Chapter 376 (Eligible Canadian Corporations) and in P.C. 1985-2108 dated 27 June 1985 (Ineligibility to hold broadcasting licences). Documentation that provides full and complete details regarding the proposed ownership and control of the undertaking will be required.
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The Commission will consider an application to be incomplete unless it includes a detailed business plan, including financial projections of revenues, expenses, capital costs and a statement of changes in financial position for the pre-operating period and each of the seven (7) years of the proposed licence term. A balance sheet as at the beginning of year 1 and as at the end of year 7 along with all of the underlying assumptions used to prepare the projections must also be provided.
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In addition, the applicant must also contain documentary evidence demonstrating that, should the application be successful, all of the proposed funding within the business plan will be unequivocally available on or before the date that Commission renders its decision on the application. For the convenience of applicants, the Commission has available upon request a document entitled "Documentation Required by the Commission to Support the Availability of an Applicant's Proposed Financing".
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The Commission will announce at a later date details of a public hearing which will be scheduled to consider applications received in response to this call.
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A résume of each application will also be published in newspapers of general circulation within the area to be served.
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The public will be given the opportunity to comment on any application by submitting written intervention(s) to the undersigned and by serving a true copy of the intervention(s) on the applicant(s) at least twenty (20) days before the date of the hearing.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General |
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