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Notice Of Public Hearing CRTC 2000-3-6 |
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| Also See: 2000-3, 2000-3-1, 2000-3-2, 2000-3-3, 2000-3-4, 2000-3-5 | |
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Ottawa, 7 June 2000 |
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MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC 27 JUNE 2000, 9:00 A.M. |
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Further to its Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2000-3 dated 19 April 2000 relating to its Public Hearing which will be held on 27 June 2000 at the Holiday Inn Select, 99 Viger Avenue West, Montréal, Quebec, the Commission announces the following: |
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THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS AMENDED. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO AMEND THE CONDITIONS OF LICENCE RELATING TO THE REPRESENTATION OF COMMUNICATIONS QUEBECOR INC. (CQI) AND QUEBECOR ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TQS INC. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IS UNDERLINED AND IN BOLD: |
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Issue No. 1, Item 11 |
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MONTRÉAL, RIMOUSKI AND QUEBEC CITY, Quebec |
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Applications (200005381, 200005399, 200005414) by TQS INC.: |
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a) to renew the broadcasting licences of the television programming undertakings CFJP-TV Montréal and its transmitter CJPC-TV Rimouski, CFAP-TV Quebec City, as well as the licence for the French-language television network expiring on 31 August 2001; |
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b) to delete the following condition of licence related to independent production expenditures, imposed in 1997, at the time of the transfer of TQS to Quebecor: |
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c) to amend its commitment, taken at the time of the transfer, to always make significant use of the independent production sector, as follows: |
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d) to be relieved of the requirement of the policy on closed captioning requiring that all local news and at least 90% of the programming during a broadcasting day be closed captioned. The applicant proposes a level of closed captioning of 30% the first year, with an increase to 75% the seventh year upon the development of the technology which allows such a level and that it is financially viable. |
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To remove the following as underlined. |
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e) that none of the persons holding the positions of chairperson of the board of directors, president, or chief executive officer of Quebecor are members of the board of directors of the licensee: |
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that a majority of the members of the board of directors of the licensee are persons who are not now and have never been a member of the board of directors of Quebecor, CQI or any corporation or business undertaking controlled directly or indirectly by Quebecor or CQI. |
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The applicant proposes to add the following condition of licence: |
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The licensee will ensure that not more than sixty per cent (60%) of the members of its board of directors are persons who are now or have been a member of the board of directors of Quebecor, CQI, or any corporation or business undertaking controlled directly or indirectly by Quebecor or CQI. |
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Interveners have until the opening of the hearing on 27 June 2000 to file an intervention on this issue only. |
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Examination of applications: |
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TQS inc. 612 Saint-Jacques Street Suite 200 Montréal, Quebec H3C 5R1 |
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500 Bouvier Street Quebec City, Quebec |
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Office of the Town Clerk City Hall 205 de la Cathédrale Avenue Rimouski, Quebec |
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This document is available in alternative format upon request and may also be viewed at the following Internet site: www.crtc.gc.ca |
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| Secretary General |
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