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Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by return e-mail.
Ottawa, 13 June 2012
Ms. Monique Lafontaine
Corporate General Council &
VP Regulatory and Business Affairs
ZoomerMedia Limited
64 Jefferson Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M6K 1Y4
Subject: Applications by ZoomerMedia Limited (ZoomerMedia) to amend the conditions of licence pertaining to the payment of Rogers Broadcasting Limited’s (Rogers) remaining tangible benefits assumed by ZoomerMedia with the acquisition of the television stations CHNU-TV Fraser Valley and CIIT-TV Winnipeg (Applications 2012-0673-0 and 2012-0674-8).
Dear Ms. Lafontaine,
Section 28(1)(a) of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure provides that the Commission may request parties to file information, particulars or documents where needed. In order to complete the applications for the amendment of conditions of licence pertaining to the payment of Rogers’ remaining tangible benefits assumed by ZoomerMedia with the acquisition of the television stations CHNU-TV Fraser Valley and CIIT-TV Winnipeg, Commission staff requires the following information:
1. We note that ZoomerMedia has indicated in its applications that, to date, it has spent $303,266 toward Rogers’ remaining tangible benefits and that the balance to be paid by 31 August 2012 comes to $780,220. We note that the Commission received tangible benefits reports by Rogers for the years it operated the stations (2005-2008) and from ZoomerMedia on 30 November 2011 for the broadcast year 2010-2011. The amounts set out in the reports from Rogers and ZoomerMedia are set out in the table below. In order to provide further details on the expenditures paid toward the remaining Rogers benefits, please fill out the table below:
Initiative |
Total commitment |
Payments made by Rogers (2005-2008) |
Payments made by Christian Channel Inc. (2008-2010) |
Payments made by ZoomerMedia (2010-present) |
Remaining payments by ZoomerMedia
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NOWTV Documentary Fund |
$450,000 + $300,0001= $750,000 |
$219,800 |
|
$50,000 |
$335,000 |
Aboriginal Faith and Spirituality Documentary Series |
$300,000 |
$150,000 |
|
|
$100,000 |
Pilot Development Grants for Independent Producers |
$150,000 + $143,5002= $293,500
|
$20,000 |
|
|
$344,940 |
VisionTV Independent Production Initiatives |
$200,000 |
$0 |
|
$78,706 |
|
Willard Thiessen Scholarship/Mentorship Program |
$100,000 |
$14,000 |
|
|
|
Comparative Religious Studies Conference |
$100,000 |
$20,000 |
|
|
|
Benefits - Victoria Transmitter |
$350,000 |
$27,220 |
|
|
|
Total to be paid |
$2,093,500 |
$451,020 |
$558,994 |
$303,266 |
$780,220 |
[1] This amount corresponds to a portion of the additional tangible benefits associated with the revised value of the transaction to be paid by Rogers Broadcasting Limited as approved in Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-207.
[2] The amount corresponds to the balance of additional tangible benefits associated with the revised value of the transaction to be paid by Rogers Broadcasting Limited as approved in Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-207.
Please submit your response to the above question by no later than 22 June 2012 using the Access Key system with a copy to me at caroline.poirier@crtc.gc.ca . Please include the above question in your response. Please note that this letter, along with ZoomerMedia’s response, will eventually be added to the public file.
Best regards,
Original signed by
Caroline Poirier
Senior Analyst
English and Third-language Programming
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