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Ottawa, 16 November 1998
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Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 1998-7-2
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MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC
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Further to its Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 1998-7 dated 2 October 1998 relating to its public hearing which will be held on 7 December 1998, at the Guy-Favreau Complex, 200 René-Lévesque Boulevard West, Montréal, Quebec, the Commission announces the following:
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The Commission wishes to advise the applicants and interveners who will participate in the proceedings for specialty television services of the revised procedure it intends to follow. The modifications are underlined.
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During Phase I, the representatives for each application on the agenda will have 20 minutes to make a presentation of their application. Each presentation will be followed by a question period the Commission.
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Phase II will now consist of the oral presentations from the public who will each be permitted a maximum of 15 minutes.
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In Phase III, the representatives for each application will be permitted a maximum of 15 minutes to present their oral interventions to all other applications.
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All appearing interveners may also file a written submission of up to 20 pages concerning all specialty television service applications. This document must be filed no later than at the completion of the presentation of their intervention.
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In Phase IV, the representatives for each application will be permitted a maximum of 10 minutes to reply in the reverse order of appearance to all interventions made to their application.
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Applicants may also file a written reply of up to 10 pages concerning interventions to their applications no later than 23 December 1998.
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Appearing parties are reminded that the additional written submissions and replies must be served on all parties of record.
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The Commission also wishes to advise the parties taking part in these proceedings that it will also sit on the following days:
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Saturday, 12 December 1998 (in the morning)
Monday, 14 December 1998 |
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and, if necessary, on Tuesday, 15 December 1998.
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The Commission also wishes to advise each applicant that it intends at the hearing to discuss, among others, the following matters:
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- The demand for the proposed service, the capacity of the French-language advertising market to support more services.
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- The marketing strategy of the proposed service, including packaging scenarios and retail costs.
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- The impact the proposed service could have on the existing conventional and specialty television services.
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- The impact of the proposed services on the cost of programming and the public funding mechanisms.
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- The appropriateness of granting licences to applicants having an interest (direct or indirect) in distribution undertakings in view of the concerns raised by the Commission concerning access and the potential of undue preference.
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Secretary General
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