ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-119
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| Ottawa, 18 December 2008 | |||
Notice of consultation |
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| Applications received Various locations Deadline for submission of interventions/comments: 22 January 2009 |
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| The Commission has received the following applications: | |||
[Broadcasting intervention/comments form] |
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Bragg Communications Inc., on behalf of itself and its wholly-owned cable subsidiaries K-Right Communications Ltd., Bay Communications Inc., Access Communications Inc. and Halifax Cablevision Ltd., all carrying on business as EastLink (collectively, "EastLink") Charlottetown and surrounding areas, Prince Edward Island; Bedford, Sackville and surrounding areas, Dartmouth and surrounding areas, Debert and surrounding areas, Great Village and Glenholme, Halifax and surrounding areas, Masstown, Mount Uniacke/Lakelands, New Glasgow and surrounding areas, Sydney and surrounding area, Truro and surrounding areas, Bridgewater, Blockhouse, Lunenburg and surrounding areas, Kentville/New Minas and area, and St. Margaret's Bay and area, Nova Scotia Application No. 2008-1548-3 |
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MTS Allstream Inc. Winnipeg and surrounding areas and Brandon, Manitoba Application No. 2008-1273-6 |
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| 1. | Charlottetown and surrounding areas, Prince Edward Island; Bedford, Sackville and surrounding areas, Dartmouth and surrounding areas, Debert and surrounding areas, Great Village and Glenholme, Halifax and surrounding areas, Masstown, Mount Uniacke/Lakelands, New Glasgow and surrounding areas, Sydney and surrounding area, Truro and surrounding areas, Bridgewater, Blockhouse, Lunenburg and surrounding areas, Kentville/New Minas and area, and St. Margaret's Bay and area, Nova Scotia Application No. 2008-1548-3 | ||
| Application by Bragg Communications Inc. (Bragg), on behalf of itself and its wholly-owned cable subsidiaries K-Right Communications Ltd. and Bay Communications Inc., all carrying business as EastLink (collectively, "EastLink"), for a condition of licence authorizing these licensees to distribute the special programming service EDUC, formerly known as Distance University Educational Television (DUET), on their cable broadcasting distribution undertakings serving Charlottetown and surrounding areas, Prince Edward Island, Debert and surrounding areas, Great Village and Glenholme, Masstown, New Glasgow and surrounding areas, Sydney and surrounding area, Truro and surrounding areas, Bridgewater, Blockhouse, Lunenburg and surrounding areas, Kentville/New Minas and area, and St. Margaret's Bay and area, Nova Scotia, which would read as follows: | |||
The licensee is authorized to distribute, at its option, without advertising material, the special programming service EDUC. |
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| Furthermore, Bragg, on behalf of itself and its wholly-owned cable subsidiaries K-Right Communications Ltd., Access Communications Inc. and Halifax Cablevision Ltd., all carrying on business as EastLink (collectively, "EastLink"), also requests an amendment to the current condition of licence authorizing these licensees to distribute this special programming service as follows: | |||
a) For Bedford, Sackville and surrounding areas and Dartmouth and surrounding areas, Nova Scotia: |
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From: The licensee is authorized to distribute, at its option, without advertising material, the special programming service Distance University Educational Television (DUET). |
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To: The licensee is authorized to distribute, at its option, without advertising material, the special programming service EDUC. |
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b) For Halifax and surrounding areas and Mount Uniacke/Lakelands, Nova Scotia: |
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From: The licensee is authorized to distribute, at its option, without advertising material, the special programming service Distance University Educational Television (DUET), as part of the basic service. |
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To: The licensee is authorized to distribute, at its option, without advertising material, the special programming service EDUC. |
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| This special programming service is provided to these cable broadcasting distribution undertakings by Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax. | |||
| Licensee's address: 6080 Young Street, 8th Floor P.O. Box 8660, Station "A" Halifax, Nova Scotia B3K 5M3 Fax: 902-406-3140 E-Mail: Regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca |
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| Examination of application: Access Communications Inc. Dartmouth EastLink Kiosk Mic Mac Mall 21 Mic Mac Boulevard Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Bay Communications Inc. Kentville/New Minas 1001 Howe Avenue New Minas, Nova Scotia St. Margaret's Bay J.D. Shatford Memorial Public Library 10353 St. Margaret's Bay Road Hubbards, Nova Scotia Bragg Communications Inc. Bridgewater 140 Cornwall Road Blockhouse, Nova Scotia Halifax Cablevision Ltd. Halifax 6080 Young Street, 8th Floor Halifax, Nova Scotia K-Right Communications Ltd. Bedford/Sackville 367 Sackville Drive Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia Charlottetown EastLink Kiosk Charlottetown Mall 670 University Avenue Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Debert Colchester Regional Development Agency 439 MacElmon Road Debert, Nova Scotia Great Village and Masstown The Masstown Market 10622 Highway #2 Masstown, Nova Scotia Mount Uniacke/Lakelands Colchester-East Hants Public Library Mount Uniacke Branch 555 Highway 1 Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia New Glasgow 111 Park Street New Glasgow, Nova Scotia Sydney 61 Melody Lane Sydney, Nova Scotia Truro 69 Walker Street Truro, Nova Scotia |
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| 2. | Winnipeg and surrounding areas and Brandon, Manitoba Application No. 2008-1273-6 |
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| Application by MTS Allstream Inc. (MTS) to extend the authorized service area of its terrestrial broadcasting distribution undertaking (BDU) serving Winnipeg and surrounding areas, Manitoba, which it operates under a Class 1 regional licence, to include Brandon, Manitoba. | |||
| MTS also proposes to develop an outlet for local expression for subscribers in Brandon, similar to the service it offers in Winnipeg. | |||
| In addition, MTS is seeking approval to accrue the five percent of gross annual revenues derived from broadcasting activities in Brandon during the first two years of operation of its service in that locality. These funds would be directed to local expression programming for Brandon during the third year of operation. MTS argues that this would enable it to accumulate a sufficient amount of money to fund initial VOD-based community programming. | |||
| To that end, MTS proposed the amendment to its condition of licence 7, as follows: | |||
7. The licensee shall be subject to the following conditions of licence as an exception to the requirements set out in section 29 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations (the Regulations): |
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a) 5% of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in the licensed area in the year, less any contribution to local expression made by the licensee in the licensed area in that year, and |
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b) 3% of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in the licensed area in the broadcast year. |
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a) 3% of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in the broadcast year to Canadian programming, and |
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b) 2% of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in the licensed area in the broadcast year to the community programming undertaking. |
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| MTS is also requesting the addition of a condition of licence, as follows: | |||
The licensee is relieved from the requirements of section 17 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations with respect to CKX (CBC) Brandon provided that it is distributed in Brandon. |
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| Licensee's address: 333 Main Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Fax: (613) 688-8303 E-Mail: iworkstation@mtsallstream.com |
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| Examination of application: Security / Reception Bestlands Buildings 191 Pioneer Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba and myphone.ca Unit C, 1417 Rosser Avenue Brandon, Manitoba |
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Public Participation |
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Deadline for Interventions/Comments |
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22 January 2009 |
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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: | |||
by using the |
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by mail to |
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by fax at |
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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. | |||
| The Commission advises those who file and serve by electronic mode to exercise caution when using e-mail for service of documents or notification, as it may be difficult to establish that service has occurred. | |||
| Before initiating service through electronic mode, please ensure that you will be able to satisfy the Commission, upon request, that service of the notification was completed. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Important notice | |||
| Note that all information that you provide as part of this public process, except information granted confidentiality, whether sent by postal mail, facsimile, e-mail or through the Commission's Web site at www.crtc.gc.ca, becomes part of a publicly accessible file and will be posted on the Commission's Web site. This information includes your personal information, such as your full name, e-mail address, postal/street address, telephone and facsimile number(s), and any other personal information you provide. | |||
| The personal information you provide will be used and may be disclosed for the purpose for which the information was obtained or compiled by the Commission, or for a use consistent with that purpose. | |||
| Documents received electronically or otherwise will be put on the Commission's Web site in their entirety exactly as you send them, including any personal information contained therein, in the official language and format in which they are received. Documents not received electronically will be available in PDF format. | |||
| Please note that the information you provide to the Commission as part of this public process is entered into an unsearchable database dedicated to this specific public process. This database is accessible only from the Webpage of this particular public process. As a result, a general search of our Website with the help of either our own search engine or a third-party search engine will not provide access to the information which was provided as part of this public process. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Central Building Les Terrasses de la Chaudière 1 Promenade du Portage, Room 206 Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0N2 Tel: 819-997-2429 Toll free Telephone: 1-877-249-2782 Toll-free TDD: 1-877-909-2782 Fax: 819-994-0218 |
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| Metropolitan Place 99 Wyse Road, Suite 1410 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 4S5 Tel: 902-426-7997 Fax: 902-426-2721 |
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| 205 Viger Avenue West Suite 504 Montréal, Quebec H2Z 1G2 Tel: 514-283-6607 |
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| 55 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 624 Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2 Tel: 416-952-9096 |
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| Kensington Building 275 Portage Avenue, Suite 1810 Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3 Tel: 204-983-6306 – TDD: 204-983-8274 Fax: 204-983-6317 |
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| Cornwall Professional Building 2125 – 11th Avenue, Room 103 Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3X3 Tel: 306-780-3422 |
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| 10405 Jasper Avenue, Suite 520 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4 Tel: 780-495-3224 |
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| 530-580 Hornby Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6 Tel: 604-666-2111 – TDD: 604-666-0778 Fax: 604-666-8322 |
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| Secretary General | |||
| This document is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be examined in PDF format or in HTML at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca | |||
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