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Route reference: 2011-595

Ottawa, 16 December 2011

Rogers Broadcasting Limited, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Across Canada

Application 2011-1199-7, received 17 August 2011
Public hearing in the National Capital Region
21 November 2011

FX Canada – Acquisition of assets

1.      The Commission approves the application by Rogers Broadcasting Limited (Rogers), on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated (Rogers OBCI), for authority to acquire from Rogers the assets of the specialty Category B service to be known as FX Canada^[1] and for a broadcasting licence under the same terms and conditions as those set out in Broadcasting Decision 2011-103, with the exception that the standard conditions of licence set out in Public Notice 2000-171-1 will be replaced by the standard conditions of licence for Category B services set out Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2010-786-1. The Commission did not receive any interventions concerning this application.

2.      Rogers is wholly owned and controlled by Rogers Communications Inc.

3.      Upon closing of the transaction, the new licensee, Rogers OBCI, will be a corporation whose voting shares will be held by a corporation to be incorporated (Holdco) (80%) and FX Networks, LLC (FX) (20%), a non-Canadian. The voting shares in Holdco will be held by Rogers (83.3%) and FX (16.7%).

4.      The above transaction will not affect the effective control of the undertaking, which will continue to be exercised by Rogers Communications Inc.

5.      Upon surrender of the broadcasting licence currently issued to Rogers Broadcasting Limited, the Commission will issue a broadcasting licence to the licensee authorized herein under the terms and conditions set out in the appendix to this decision.

Secretary General

Related documents

• Standard conditions of licence, expectations and encouragements for Category B pay and specialty services – Corrected Appendices 1 and 2, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-786-1, 18 July 2011

• Highwire – Category 2 specialty service, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-103, 17 February 2011

• Regulatory frameworks for broadcasting distribution undertakings and discretionary programming services – Regulatory policy, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-100, 30 October 2008

• Introductory statement – Licensing of new digital pay and specialty services – Corrected Appendix 2, Public Notice CRTC 2000-171-1, 6 March 2001

*This decision is to be appended to the licence.

Footnote

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[1] The Commission notes that according to the agreement signed by Rogers and FX Networks, LLC, the service initially approved as Highwire is to be known as FX Canada.