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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-1

  Ottawa, 4 January 2008
  Bell ExpressVu Inc. (the general partner), and BCE Inc. and Bell Canada (partners in BCE Holdings G.P., a general partnership that is the limited partner), carrying on business as Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership
Across Canada
  Application 2007-1490-9, received 16 October 2007
Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-124
8 November 2007
 

Bell ExpressVu direct-to-home satellite distribution undertaking - Licence amendment

1.

The Commission approves the application by Bell ExpressVu Inc. (the general partner), and BCE Inc. and 4119649 Canada Inc. (partners in BCE Holdings G.P., a general partnership that is the limited partner), carrying on business as Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership (ExpressVu),1 to amend the licence of its direct-to-home satellite distribution undertaking by extending the suspension of the requirement for it to perform program deletion under sections 42(1)(b) and 43(1) of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations (the Regulations), pursuant to the terms set out in its conditions of licence. The previous condition of licence relating to relief from program deletion requirements is set out in Broadcasting Decision 2006-572.

2.

The Commission received an intervention in support of this application.

3.

The Commission hereby replaces the previous condition of licence with the following condition of licence:
 

The application of sections 42(1)(b) and 43(1) of the Regulations is suspended until a date six months after the Commission releases its determination pursuant to Review of the regulatory frameworks for broadcasting distribution undertakings and discretionary programming services, Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2007-10, 5 July 2007 (Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing 2007-10), so long as the licensee:

 

(a) fulfils all of the measures set out in the Schedule that is appended to these conditions of licence; and

 

(b) contributes the amount set out below to a new, independently administered fund to assist small market, independently owned broadcasters in meeting their commitments to local programming as set out in Contributions to Canadian programming by broadcasting distribution undertakings, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC  2003-38, 16 July 2003, when such a fund is established and, before such time, places the required contribution in trust in an interest-bearing account, to be conveyed with interest to such fund when it is established:

 

(i) in the broadcast years ending 31 August 2004 and 31 August 2005, an amount not less than 0.4% of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in each year;

 

(ii) in the period ending 12 August 2006, an amount not less than 0.4% of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in the period beginning 1 September 2005 and ending 12 August 2006;

 

(iii) in the period ending six months after the Commission releases its determination pursuant to Review of certain aspects of the regulatory framework for over-the-air television, Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC  2006-5, 12 June 2006 (Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing 2006-5), an amount not less than 0.4% of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in the period beginning 13 August 2006 and ending six months after the Commission releases its determination pursuant to Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing 2006-5; and

 

(iv) in the period ending six months after the Commission releases its determination pursuant to Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing 2007-10, an amount not less than 0.4% of its gross revenues from broadcasting activities in the period beginning 17 November 2007 and ending six months after the Commission releases its determination pursuant to Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing 2007-10.

  Secretary General
 

Related documents

 
  • Corporate reorganization (Assets), Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-432, 21 December 2007
 
  • Review of the regulatory frameworks for broadcasting distribution undertakings and discretionary programming services, Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2007-10, 5 July 2007, as amended by Review of the regulatory frameworks for broadcasting distribution undertakings and discretionary programming services, Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2007-10-1, 12 September 2007, Review of the regulatory frameworks for broadcasting distribution undertakings and discretionary programming services, Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2007-10-2, 26 September 2007, Review of the regulatory frameworks for broadcasting distribution undertakings and discretionary programming services, Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2007-10-3, 5 November 2007, and Review of the regulatory frameworks for broadcasting distribution undertakings and discretionary programming services, Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2007-10-4, 30 November 2007
 
  • Bell ExpressVu direct-to-home satellite distribution undertaking - Licence amendment, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-572, 3 October 2006
 
  • Review of certain aspects of the regulatory framework for over-the-air television, Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC  2006-5, 12 June 2006, as amended by Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2006-5-1, 8 September 2006, Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2006-5-2, 2 October 2006, and Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2006-5-3, 21 November 2006
 
  • Contributions to Canadian programming by broadcasting distribution undertakings, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2003-38, 16 July 2003
  This decision is to be appended to the licence. It is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be examined in PDF format or in HTML at the following Internet site: www.crtc.gc.ca 

Footnote:
1 In Broadcasting Decision 2007-432, the Commission approved an application by this same applicant for authority to effect a corporate reorganization consisting of the wind up of 4119649 Canada Inc. into Bell Canada, and for the issuance of new licences to the new partners to continue the operations of ExpressVu's broadcasting undertakings under the same terms and conditions as those in effect under the current licences. As such, as of 21 December 2007, the licensee of the direct‑to‑home satellite distribution undertaking that is the subject of the present decision is Bell ExpressVu Inc. (the general partner), and BCE Inc. and Bell Canada (partners in BCE Holdings G.P., a general partnership that is the limited partner), carrying on business as Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership.

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