ARCHIVED - Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 1998-6-2
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Ottawa, 28 September 1998
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Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 1998-6-2
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HULL, QUEBEC
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Further to its Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 1998-6 dated 31 August 1998 relating to its public hearing commencing on 12 November 1998, at the Conference Centre, Phase IV, 140 Promenade du Portage, Hull, Quebec, the Commission announces the following:
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THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS AMENDED AND THE CHANGES ARE UNDERLINED
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Issue No. 1 - Item 2
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ACROSS CANADA
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Application (199804068) by TELEVISION NORTHERN CANADA INCORPORATED (TVNC) for a broadcasting licence to operate a national aboriginal television programming network, to be called Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, upon surrender of the current licences issued to TVNC. The network would broadcast programs in English and French as well as in Aboriginal languages, directed to aboriginal and non-aboriginal persons in both the north and south of Canada and would be distributed by satellite.
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The applicant also requests that its programming service be distributed on a mandatory basis as part of the basic service by Class 1 and 2 distribution licensees (such as cable) pursuant to subsection 17(5) of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations (the Regulations) and by DTH distribution undertakings pursuant to subsection 37(b) of the Regulations. In the case of Class 3 terrestrial distribution undertakings, the applicant is proposing that the service be optional to basic.
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The Commission notes that paragraph 9(1)(h) of the Broadcasting Act reads as follows:
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9(1) Subject to this Part, the Commission may, in furtherance of its objects,
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(h) require any licensee who is authorized to carry on a distribution undertaking to carry, on such terms and conditions as the Commission deems appropriate, programming services specified by the Commission.
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The Commission invites interested parties to comment on the possibility of reliance on this paragraph of the Broadcasting Act to achieve the aims of the applicant, should the Commission approve the application.
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The applicant is proposing a maximum monthly per-subscriber fee of $0.15; and that the proposed service would continue to be free of charge in those 96 communities which currently receive TVNC via local low power transmitters.
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Since the proposed service includes TVNC's existing services, approval of this application would eliminate the need to consider the renewal of TVNC's current licences.
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Comments on this matter may be filed, along with any other comments, on or before the intervention date set out in Notice of Public Hearing 1998-6, that is, 19 October 1998.
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Examination of application:
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Television Northern Canada Incorporated
130 Albert Street Suite 1412 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 |
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Communications Centre
5120 - 49th Street Yellowknife, Northwest Territories |
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c/o IBC (Building 1085B)
Iqaluit, Northwest Territories |
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c/o NNBY
4228-A - 4th Avenue Whitehorse, Yukon Territory |
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Laura M. Talbot-Allan
Secretary General |
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