ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-291
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| Ottawa, 19 May 2009 | ||
| Notice of application received | ||
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Across Canada Deadline for submission of interventions/comments: 23 June 2009 |
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| The Commission has received the following application: | ||
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[Broadcasting interventions/comments form] |
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Bragg Communications Incorporated Across Canada Application No. 2009-0684-4 |
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Across Canada Application No. 2009-0684-4 |
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| Application by Bragg Communications Incorporated to amend the broadcasting licence for the regional, English-language video-on-demand (VOD) programming undertaking serving the provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador. | ||
| The licensee is requesting to modify its VOD service by expanding the authorized service area to include all of Canada under the same terms and conditions presently authorized by the Commission in Video-on-demand service, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-63, 15 February 2007. | ||
| The licensee also proposes to make the above-noted service available for distribution in high definition (HD) format. | ||
| In accordance with the frameworks set out in The regulatory framework for the distribution of digital television signals, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2003-61, 11 November 2003, and 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: 6080 Young Street 8th Floor Station A Halifax, Nova Scotia B3K 5M3 Fax: 902-406-3140 E-mail: kim.hayes@corp.eastlink.ca |
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Examination of application: At the licensee's address |
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Public Participation |
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Deadline for Interventions/Comments |
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23 June 2009 |
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| The intervention must be received by the Commission and by the applicant on or before the above-mentioned date. The Commission cannot be held responsible for postal delays and will not notify a party whose intervention is received after the deadline date. The intervention will not be considered by the Commission and will not be part of the public file. | ||
| Interventions will be considered by the Commission and will form part of the public record of the proceeding without further notification to intervening parties, provided the procedure set out below has been followed. Parties will be contacted only if their submissions raise procedural questions. | ||
| Written interventions should be submitted to the Secretary General of the Commission in only one of the following formats: | ||
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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. | ||
| Parties must ensure, before initiating service through electronic mode, that they 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. | ||
| Interventions should clearly identify the application referred to and indicate whether parties support or oppose the application, or, if they propose changes to it, include the facts and grounds for their proposal. | ||
| Important notice | ||
| Note that all information that parties provide as part of this public process, except information granted confidentiality, whether sent by postal mail, facsimile, e-mail or through the Commission's website at www.crtc.gc.ca, becomes part of a publicly accessible file and will be posted on the Commission's website. This information includes personal information, such as full names, e-mail addresses, postal/street addresses, telephone and facsimile numbers, and any other personal information parties provide. | ||
| The personal information that parties 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 website in their entirety exactly as received, 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 that parties 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 web page 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 that was provided as part of this public process. | ||
| Examination of documents | ||
| An electronic version of the applications is available from the Commission's website by selecting the application number within this notice. | ||
| A list of all interventions/comments will also be available on the Commission's website. 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 website. | ||
| 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 Commission offices and documentation centres. | ||
| Location of Commission offices | ||
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Toll-free telephone: 1-877-249-2782 Toll-free TDD: 1-877-909-2782 |
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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 Fax: 819-994-0218 |
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| Regional offices | ||
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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 2220 – 12th Avenue, Room 260 Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 0M8 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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