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Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2004-35 |
| Ottawa, 28 May 2004 | |
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DEADLINE FOR INTERVENTIONS/COMMENTS |
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APPLICANT AND LOCALITY |
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Encore Avenue Ltd. British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories |
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Vidéotron ltée Montréal, Québec, Sherbrooke, Saguenay, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Montréal and/et Laval, Ascot Corner, Buckingham, Coaticook, Cowansville, East Angus, Gatineau, Granby, Lachute, La Pocatière, Lennoxville, Rivière-du-Loup, Sorel, Terrebonne and Waterloo, Quebec; and Rockland, Ontario |
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Rogers Cable Communications Inc./Communications Rogers Câble inc. Ottawa, St. Thomas, Strathroy and Tillsonburg, Ontario |
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902890 Alberta Ltd. Wetaskiwin, Alberta |
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British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories Application No. 2003-1664-7 |
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| Application by ENCORE AVENUE LTD. (formerly MOVIEMAX! LTD.) to amend the licence of the pay television undertaking formerly known as MovieMax! and now operating as Encore Avenue and Comic Strip (Encore Avenue). | |
| Encore Avenue is currently an encrypted, discretionary pay television service available in Western Canada. | |
| The licensee is seeking the authority to permit the distribution of Encore Avenue as an unencrypted service to allow it to be distributed on a discretionary analog tier. | |
| The applicant submitted that the proposed change is necessary to address the competitive imbalance created by the current carriage restrictions and the numerous discretionary services offering similar programming without the encryption restriction. | |
| When asked if Encore Avenue would consider increasing its Canadian content and program expenditures upon approval of this application, Encore Avenue proposed that its current Canadian content requirement be maintained until it meets its revenue forecast for 2004 at which time it would be in a position to increase from 20% to 25%. Encore Avenue further submitted that any change in Canadian content would need to be linked to an expansion of its nature of service to include the addition of program categories 7a (On-going dramatic series) and 7b (On-going comedy series) copyrighted at least five years before they are to be distributed. | |
| Encore Avenue also submitted that an increase in Canadian programming expenditures would not be warranted in light of its declining revenue and underperformance relative to the projections it had filed at licence renewal. | |
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Licensee's address: 181 Bay Street, Suite 1630 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3 Fax: (416) 642-3779 E-Mail: kathleen.mcnair@corusent.com |
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Examination of application: At the licensee's address |
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[Intervention/comments form] |
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Montréal, Québec, Sherbrooke, Saguenay, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Montréal and Laval, Ascot Corner, Buckingham, Coaticook, Cowansville, East Angus, Gatineau, Granby, Lachute, La Pocatière, Lennoxville, Rivière-du-Loup, Sorel, Terrebonne and Waterloo, Quebec; and Rockland, Ontario Application no 2003-1111-8 |
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| Application by VIDÉOTRON LTÉE on its behalf and on behalf of its subsidiaries CF CABLE TV INC. and VIDEOTRON (REGIONAL) LTD., collectively known as "Vidéotron" (the applicant), to amend the licences of the cable distribution undertakings serving the above localities. | |
| The applicant proposes to distribute the following set of four U.S. commercial network signals: KOMO-TV (ABC) Seattle, Washington, KING-TV (NBC) Seattle, KIRO-TV (CBS) Seattle and KCPQ (FOX) Tacoma, Washington. These signals will be selected from the list of Part 3 Eligible Satellite Services (the Part 3 list). | |
| The applicant also proposes to distribute Canadian signals included on the Part 3 list. These Canadian stations are those which can presently be distributed by Class 3 cable systems. | |
| The applicant has stated that these services would be offered on a discretionary basis and as part of its digital service offering. | |
| The applicant submitted that the U.S. commercial network signals for which it is seeking authority to distribute will constitute a third set of such signals that it will distribute. The applicant indicated that it would accept a condition of licence that would prohibit it from distributing to any subscriber more than two sets of U.S. commercial network television signals. | |
| The applicant has also agreed to accept a provision of approval serving to protect the program rights of local broadcasters similar to the provision set out in Carriage of Canadian and U.S. 4+1 signals on a digital basis, Decision CRTC 2000-437, 8 November 2000. The applicant submitted a copy of an executed agreement with the Canadian Association of Broadcasters regarding the distribution, on a discretionary basis, of the signals referred to herein. | |
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Applicant's address: 6th Floor 300 Viger Avenue East Montréal, Quebec H2X 3W4 Fax: (514) 380-4664 E-Mail: trepanier.edouard@quebecor.com |
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Examination of application: TCV Cap-de-la-Madeleine 190 Fusey Street, Suite 101 Trois-Rivières (zone Cap-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec Vidéotron ltée 2200 Jean-Perrin Street Québec, Quebec Vidéotron ltée 300 Viger Avenue East Montréal, Quebec TCV Saguenay 1 Mont Ste-Claire Saguenay (zone Chicoutimi), Quebec SuperClub Vidéotron 379 Bois-Francs Boulevard South Victoriaville, Quebec TCV Sherbrooke 3330 King Street West, Suite 182 Sherbrooke, Quebec TCV Buckingham and Masson Angers 150 MacLaren Street East Gatineau (zone Buckingham), Quebec TCV Granby 611 Cowie Street Granby, Quebec TCV Outaouais 190 Edmonton Street Gatineau (zone Hull), Quebec TCV Argenteuil 335 A Grâce Street Lachute, Quebec TCV La Pocatière 88 - 11th Avenue La Pocatière, Quebec TCV Rivière-du-Loup 279-A Lafontaine Street Rivière-du-Loup Quebec TCV Rockland 954 Giroux Street Rockland, Ontario TCV Sorel 256 des Patriotes Road Sorel, Quebec Télévision régionale des Moulins 1284 Saint-Henri Road Mascouche, Quebec |
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[Intervention/comment Form] |
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Ottawa, St. Thomas, Strathroy and Tillsonburg, Ontario Application No. 2004-0220-7 |
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| Application by ROGERS CABLE COMMUNICATIONS INC. to amend the licences of the cable distribution undertakings serving the above-mentioned locations. | |
| The applicant seeks authority to substitute, at their option, signals of WGRZ-TV (NBC), WIVB-TV (CBS), WKBW-TV (ABC) and WUTV (FOX) Buffalo, New York for the corresponding Detroit, Michigan signals. The applicant proposes to carry the Buffalo signals only when all of the following criteria are met: | |
| 1. the Detroit signals are of poor quality; | |
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2. the program carried on both the Buffalo and Detroit stations is the same (episode for episode); and |
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3. the program distributed by the licensees is not subject to a program substitution request by a local or regional Canadian broadcaster. |
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Licensee's address: Rogers Cable Inc. 333 Bloor Street East 7th floor Toronto, Ontario M4W 1G9 Fax: (416) 935-4875 E-Mail: pam.dinsmore@rci.rogers.com |
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Examination of application: Rogers Cable 475 Richmond Road Ottawa, Ontario Rogers Television 308 Wellington Street St. Thomas, Ontario Rogers Television 800 York Street London, Ontario Rogers Video 164 Broadway, #1 Tillsonburg, Ontario |
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[Intervention/comment Form] |
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Wetaskiwin, Alberta Application No. 2003-1236-4 |
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| Application by 902890 ALBERTA LTD. (known as Tag Broadcasting) relative to the licence of radio programming undertaking CIHS-FM Wetaskiwin. | |
| The licensee proposes to change the authorized contours by increasing the effective radiated power from 50 watts to an average effective radiated power of 1,700 watts by increasing the antenna height and by relocating the transmitter (maximum effective radiated power 6,000 watts/ antenna height 70 metres). | |
| The licensee indicated that the antenna height would be increased from 50 metres to 70 metres. | |
| The licensee indicated that the transmitter would be relocated to a site approximately 2.7 kilometres northwest from the current site. | |
| The Commission notes that the increase in power would result in a change of the CIHS-FM's status from a low power unprotected service to a regular Class A FM station. | |
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Licensee's address : 5216 - 50 Avenue Wetaskiwin, Alberta T9A 0S8 Fax : (780) 352-2502 E-mail : cihs@incentre.net |
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Examination of application At the licensee's address |
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[Intervention/comment Form] |
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION |
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DEADLINE FOR INTERVENTIONS/COMMENTS |
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2 July 2004 |
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| The intervention must be received by the CRTC and by the applicant ON OR BEFORE the above-mentioned date. The Commission cannot be held responsible for postal delays. | |
| Your intervention will be considered by the Commission, and will form part of the public record of the proceeding without further notification to you, provided the procedure set out below has been followed. You will be contacted only if your submission raises procedural questions. | |
| Submit your written intervention to the Secretary General of the Commission in ONLY ONE of the following formats: | |
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by using the link to the intervention/Comment form located below the description of each application within this public notice. |
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by electronic mail to |
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| A true copy MUST be sent to the applicant and proof that this has been done must accompany the intervention sent to the Commission. | |
| Where the intervention is filed by electronic means, the line ***End of document*** should be entered following the last paragraph of the document, as an indication that the document has not been damaged during electronic transmission. | |
| Each paragraph of the document should be numbered. | |
| Your intervention should clearly identify the application and indicate whether you support or oppose the application, or if you propose changes to it, include the facts and grounds for your proposal. | |
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Important All information submitted, including your email address, name and any other personal information as provided, will be posted on the Commission's web site. Documents received in electronic format will be posted on the Commission's web site exactly as you send them, and in the official language and format in which they are received. Documents not received electronically will be available in .pdf format. |
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| EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS | |
| An electronic version of applications is available from the Commission's web site by selecting the application number within this notice. | |
| A list of all interventions/comments will also be available on the Commission's web site. An electronic version of all interventions/comments submitted will be accessible from this list. To access the list, select "Lists of interventions/comments" under "Public Proceedings" from the Commission's web site. | |
| Documents are also available during normal office hours at the local address provided in this notice and at the Commission offices and documentation centres directly involved with these applications or, upon request, within 2 working days, at any other CRTC offices and documentation centres. | |
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Central Building Les Terrasses de la Chaudière 1 Promenade du Portage, Room 206 Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0N2 Tel: (819) 997-2429 - TDD: 994-0423 FAX: (819) 994-0218 |
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Metropolitan Place 99 Wyse Road, Suite 1410 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 4S5 Tel: (902) 426-7997 - TDD: 426-6997 FAX: (902) 426-2721 |
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405 de Maisonneuve Blvd East 2nd Floor, Suite B2300 Montréal, Quebec H2L 4J5 Tel: (514) 283-6607 FAX: (514) 283-3689 |
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55 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 624 Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2 Tel: (416) 952-9096 FAX: (416) 954-6343 |
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Kensington Building 275 Portage Avenue, Suite 1810 Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3 Tel: (204) 983-6306 - TDD: 983-8274 FAX: (204) 983-6317 |
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Cornwall Professional Building 2125 - 11th Avenue, Room 103 Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3X3 Tel: (306) 780-3422 FAX: (306) 780-3319 |
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10405 Jasper Avenue, Suite 520 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4 Tel: (780) 495-3224 FAX: (780) 495-3214 |
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| 530-580 Hornby Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6 Tel: (604) 666-2111 - TDD: 666-0778 FAX: (604) 666-8322 |
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| This document is available in alternative format upon request and may also be examined at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca | |
| Secretary General |
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