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Decision CRTC 99-553

Ottawa, 22 December 1999

CHUM Limited and Sun Company, on behalf of a company to be incorporated, partners in a general partnership to be known as Pulse 24
Across Canada – 199910907

6 December 1999 Public Hearing
National Capital Region

Acquisition of assets

1. The Commission approves the application for authority to acquire the assets of Pulse 24 (CP 24) from Pulse 24 Inc., and for a broadcasting licence to continue the operation of this specialty programming undertaking, under the same terms and conditions as those in the current licence.

2. Upon surrender of the current licence, the Commission will issue a licence to CHUM Limited (CHUM) and Sun Company, on behalf of a company to be incorporated (OBCI), partners in a general partnership to be known as Pulse 24. The licence will expire 31 August 2003 (the current expiry date) and will be subject to the conditions specified in the appendix to this decision and in the licence to be issued.

3. This authority will only be effective and the Commission will only issue the licence at such time as it receives documentation establishing that Sun Company is an eligible Canadian corporation that has been incorporated in accordance with the application in all material respects and that it may be issued a licence.

4. This transaction is part of a corporate reorganization, under which CP 24, currently a corporation, will become a general partnership with CHUM and Sun Company (OBCI) as partners. There will be no change occurring in the control, programming or management of the licensee.

5. Currently, CHUM owns 70% of CP 24 and Sun Company (OBCI) owns 30% of the specialty service.

Secretary General

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Appendix to Decision CRTC 99-553

Conditions of licence for
Pulse 24

1. (a) The licensee shall provide a regional (Ontario) English-language specialty service, and shall draw its programs exclusively from category 1 (News), category 2 (Analysis and interpretation), category 3 (Reporting and actualities), category 5(b) (Education – informal) and category 6 (Sports), as set out in item 6 of Schedule I of the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990.

(b) The licensee shall not broadcast live coverage of sporting events.

2. The licensee shall devote to the exhibition of Canadian programs no less than 90% of the broadcast year and no less than 90% of the evening broadcast period.

3. (a) Subject to subsection (b) the licensee shall not distribute during each clock hour more than twelve (12) minutes of advertising material that shall consist exclusively of national paid or regional paid advertising.

(b) In addition to the twelve minutes of advertising material referred to in subsection (a), the licensee may distribute during each clock hour, a maximum of 30 seconds of additional advertising material that consists of unpaid public service announcements.

(c) The licensee shall not distribute any paid advertising material other than national paid or regional paid advertising.

(d) In addition to the twelve minutes of advertising material referred to in subsection (a), the licensee may broadcast partisan political advertising during an election period.

4. From the date of commencement of service, the licensee shall charge each exhibitor of this service a maximum wholesale rate of $0.30 per subscriber per month, where the service is distributed as part of the basic service.

5. The licensee shall adhere to the guidelines on gender portrayal set out in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' (CAB) Sex-Role Portrayal Code for Television and Radio Programming, as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission.

6. The licensee shall adhere to the provisions of the CAB's Broadcast Code for Advertising to Children, as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission.

7. The licensee shall adhere to the guidelines on the depiction of violence in television programming set out in the CAB's Voluntary Code Regarding Violence in Television Programming, as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission.

For the purpose of these conditions of licence, the terms "broadcast day", "broadcast year", "evening broadcast period" and "clock hour" shall have the same meaning as those set out in the Television Broadcasting Regulations, 1987; "broadcast week" shall have the same meaning as that set out in the Radio Regulations, 1986; "national paid advertising" shall mean advertising material as defined in the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990 and that is purchased at a national rate and receives national distribution on the service; and "regional advertising" shall mean advertising material which represents retail chains who have locations in various central market areas.

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