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Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-93 |
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Additional reference: 2008-93-1
Ottawa, 17 October 2008 |
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Notice of consultation: |
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Applications received
Various locations
Deadline for submission of interventions/comments: 21 November 2008 |
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The Commission has received the following applications: |
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[Broadcasting intervention/comments form] |
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Applicant and Locality |
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Avis de Recherche inc.
Across Canada
Application No. 2008-0898-3 |
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Fairchild Television Ltd.
Across Canada
Application No. 2008-1225-7 |
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TVA Group Inc.
Across Canada
Application No. 2008-1299-2 |
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Ontario French Language Educational Communications Authority
Province of Ontario
Application No. 2008-1303-1 |
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Calgary and Etzikom, Alberta
Application No. 2008-1121-7 |
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Across Canada
Application No. 2008-0898-3 |
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Application by Avis de Recherche inc. to amend Distribution order 2007-4, appended to Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-246. By this order, DTH distribution undertaking licensees, as well as Class 1 and Class 2 distribution undertakings, excluding multipoint distribution system undertakings, must provide Avis de Recherche's programming service to all digital subscribers living in the province of Quebec as part of digital basic service, effective 24 January 2008. |
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The applicant proposes to replace paragraph (d) of the distribution order, which reads: |
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(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, distribution licensees shall not be required to distribute Avis de Recherche's programming pursuant to this Order unless the licensee or a third party pays for the satellite uplink and transponder costs associated with the delivery of its programming service to such licensees.
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with the following paragraph: |
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(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, distribution licensees shall not be required to distribute Avis de Recherche's programming pursuant to this Order unless the licensee or a third party pays for the costs of transporting its programming service, by fibre optic cable, to the Montréal Téléport.
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Applicant's address:
6555 Métropolitain Blvd. East
Suite 401
Montréal, Quebec
H1P 3H3
Fax: 514-376-1213 |
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Examination of application:
At the applicant's address |
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Across Canada
Application No. 2008-1225-7 |
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Application by Fairchild Television Ltd. to amend the licence of the national ethnic specialty programming undertaking known as Fairchild Television. |
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The licensee proposes to delete condition of licence 6, which limits spending on programming purchased from TVB of Hong Kong (TVB) which reads: |
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The licensee shall, in each broadcast year, expend on non-Canadian programs produced by, and acquired from, sources other than TVB or its subsidiaries, an amount representing not less than 15% of its total expenditures on non-Canadian programs.
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The licensee also proposes to amend condition of licence 7, which relates to the reporting of such spending, to remove the reference to the deleted condition of licence. The amended paragraph would read:
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The licensee shall submit a report, by 30 November 2004 and annually thereafter throughout the licence term, containing data setting out the expenditures it has made to comply with the requirements specified in condition of licence 5 above.
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The applicant stated that it is seeking the removal of the spending limit because it believes this limit unnecessarily intrudes on its ability to make prudent business decisions in the acquisition of a variety of non-Canadian, Chinese-language programming from a variety of sources. |
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The impact of the proposed amendment would be to eliminate the applicant's spending limit with respect to TVB programming, while maintaining existing limits on the number of hours of such programming that may be aired. |
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Licensee's address:
Unit 3300-4151 Hazelbridge Way
Aberdeen Centre
Richmond, British Columbia
V6X 4J7
Fax: 604-295-1300
E-Mail: sephtonc@fairchildtv.com |
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Examination of application:
At the licensee's address |
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Across Canada
Application No. 2008-1299-2 |
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Application by TVA Group Inc. to amend the licence of the specialty television service known as Le Canal Nouvelles (LCN). |
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The licensee proposes to make the above-noted service available for distribution in high definition format. |
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In accordance with the framework set out in Regulatory framework for the licensing and distribution of high definition pay and specialty services, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-74, 15 June 2006, programming on the analog service and on the upgraded service will be comparable, that is, not less than 95% of the video and audio components will be the same, exclusive of the commercial messages and of any part of the service carried on a subsidiary signal. Further, all programming making up the 5% allowance will be provided in HD. |
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Licensee's address:
1600 de Maisonneuve Boulevard East
Montréal, Quebec
H2L 4P2
Fax: 514-380-4664
E-Mail: reglementaires@quebecor.com |
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Examination of application:
Department of Regulatory Affairs of QMi
612 St-Jacques Street
15th Floor
South Tower
Montréal, Quebec
and at the following website:
http://www.quebecor.com/NewsCenter/publicfiles.aspx?Culture=en |
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Province of Ontario
Application No. 2008-1303-1 |
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Application by the Ontario French Language Educational Communications Authority to amend the licence of the satellite-to-cable television service known as TFO. |
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The licensee proposes to make the above-noted service available for distribution in high definition format. |
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In accordance with the framework set out in Regulatory framework for the licensing and distribution of high definition pay and specialty services, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-74, 15 June 2006, programming on the analog service and on the upgraded service will be comparable, that is, not less than 95% of the video and audio components will be the same, exclusive of the commercial messages and of any part of the service carried on a subsidiary signal. Further, all programming making up the 5% allowance will be provided in HD. |
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Licensee's address:
21 College Street
Post Office Box 3005
Station F
Toronto, Ontario
M4Y 2M5
Fax: 416-968-8208
E-Mail: lbrunet@tfo.org |
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Examination of application:
At the licensee's address |
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Calgary and Etzikom, Alberta
Application No. 2008-1121-7 |
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Application by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to amend the licence of television programming undertaking CBRT Calgary by adding the existing transmitter CBCA-TV-1 Etzikom to its list of transmitters. |
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The CBC proposes to change the program feed source for CBCA-TV-1 Etzikom from CHAT-TV Medicine Hat (AB) to CBRT Calgary. The change is required as a result of Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-49, which approved the disaffiliation of CHAT-TV Medicine Hat (AB) from the CBC. |
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The CBC agrees to relinquish its present radiocommunication distribution undertaking licence for CBCA-TV-1 Etzikom as it is no longer required. |
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Licensee's address:
181 Queen Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1K9
Fax: 613-288-6257
E-Mail: regulatoryaffairs@cbc.ca |
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Examination of application:
CBC
1724 Westmount Blvd. N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
Office of the County of Forty Mile 8
303 Main Street
Foremost, Alberta |
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Public Participation |
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Deadline for Interventions/Comments |
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21 November 2008 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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
[Broadcasting intervention/comments form] |
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or |
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by mail to
CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2 |
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or |
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by fax at
819-994-0218 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Each paragraph of the document should be numbered. |
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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 notice |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Examination of Documents |
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An electronic version of applications is available from the Commission's Web site by selecting the application number within this notice. |
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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. |
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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
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 |
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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 |