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Ottawa, 29 November 2011

Notice of hearing

5 December 2011

Montréal (Québec)

BY EMAIL

Addresses:

Astral Media inc.,

Quebecor Media inc. (QMI),

Serdy Média inc. (Serdy),

V Interactions inc. (V).

Subjet: Notice of consultation 2011-525 - Request for additional information.

Dear Madam, Dear Sir:

The Commission requires that you complete the information in the table of the attached document. This information will be discussed in phase 1 of the hearing commencing on 5 December in Quebec City.

Responses must be filed with the Commission by 2 December 2011 at noon, via Access Key.

  1. Please provide your expenditures for first-run original programming and your expenditures for scripted original programming for the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 broadcast years:
    • Separately for each pay and specialty service included in the licence renewal process;
    • On an aggregate basis for conventional services included in the licence renewal process.
  2. Please also provide your programming expenditures from minority official language communities (OLMC) for the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 broadcast years:
    • On an aggregate basis for pay and specialty services included in the licence renewal process;
    • On an aggregate basis for conventional services included in the licence renewal process.

Please use the file named “Original Programming” to submit the requested financial data via Access Key.

Sincerely,

Original signed by:

John Traversy
Secretary General

Attachment (1)

 

FIRST-RUN ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING EXPENSES - Pay & specialty services
  2008 2009 2010 2011
  $ % of category total $ % of category total $ % of category total $ % of category total
                 
First-Run Original Programming                
News (Cat. 1)                
Long Form Documentary (Cat. 2b)                
Drama and Comedy (Cat. 7)                
Music/Variety (Cat. 8 and 9)                
Entertainment Magazine Programs (Cat. 11)                
Regionally Produced Priority Programs (Cat. 4, 5, 10 and 11 only)                
Other                
Total                
  $ % of total programming expenditures $ % of total programming expenditures $ % of total programming expenditures $ % of total programming expenditures
Scripted original programming (Pay & Specialty Services Aggregate)                

 

FIRST-RUN ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING EXPENSES - Conventional services
  2008 2009 2010 2011
  $ % of category total $ % of category total $ % of category total $ % of category total
                 
First-Run Original Programming                
News (Cat. 1)                
Long Form Documentary (Cat. 2b)                
Drama and Comedy (Cat. 7)                
Music/Variety (Cat. 8 and 9)                
Entertainment Magazine Programs (Cat. 11)                
Regionally Produced Priority Programs (Cat. 4, 5, 10 and 11 only)                
Other                
Total                
  $ % of total programming expenditures $ % of total programming expenditures $ % of total programming expenditures $ % of total programming expenditures
Scripted original programming (Conventional Services Aggregate)                
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