ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-195

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Ottawa, 23 April 2013

Notice of hearing

26 June 2013
Gatineau, Quebec
Deadline for submission of interventions/comments/answers: 23 May 2013

[Submit an intervention/comment/answer or view related documents]

The Commission will hold a hearing on 26 June 2013 at 2:00 p.m., at the Commission Headquarters, 1 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau, Quebec. The Commission intends to consider the following applications, subject to interventions, without the appearance of the parties:

Applicant/licensee and locality

1. Canadian Teen Television Network Inc.
Across Canada
Application 2012-1271-1

2. Bathurst Radio Inc.
Bathurst, New Brunswick
Application 2012-1444-4

3. Saugeen Community Radio Inc.
Mount Forest and Wellington North, Ontario
Application 2012-0326-5

4. Beanfield Technologies Inc.
Toronto, Ontario
Application 2012-1622-6

5. The Westport Telephone Company, Limited
Kingston, Ontario
Application 2013-0008-7

6. Wightman Telecom Ltd.
Stratford/St. Mary’s, Ontario
Application 2013-0013-6

7. Golden West Broadcasting Ltd.
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
Application 2012-1616-9

1. Canadian Teen Television Network Inc.
Across Canada
Application 2012-1271-1

Application by Canadian Teen Television Network Inc. to renew the broadcasting licence for the national, English-language Category 2 specialty programming undertaking known as The Canadian Teen Television Network, expiring 31 August 2013.

The licensee confirmed that it would adhere to the standard conditions of licence for specialty Category B services set out in 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.

The licensee proposes to operate the undertaking under the same terms and conditions as those in effect under the current licence, apart from changes resulting from adherence to the standard conditions of licence mentioned above.

The Commission notes that this licence renewal application was to be examined as part of the public hearing scheduled to begin on 23 April 2013, but was removed from that proceeding given that documents regarding the ownership of the service had not been filed with the Commission in time to complete the review of the application before the publication of Applications for mandatory distribution on cable and satellite distribution systems pursuant to section 9(1)(h) of the Broadcasting Act and applications for the licence renewal of independent conventional, pay and specialty television services, Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-19, 21 January 2013.

Licensee’s address:

67 Ruthven Crescent
Alliston, Ontario
L9R 0A5
Email: frogers@bell.net
Email to request electronic version of application: frogers@bell.net

2. Bathurst Radio Inc.
Bathurst, New Brunswick
Application 2012-1444-4

Application by Bathurst Radio Inc. for a broadcasting license to operate a low-power English-language community FM radio programming undertaking in Bathurst.

The proposed station would operate at 103.3 MHz (channel 277LP) with an effective radiated power of 50 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height or antenna above average terrain of 32 metres).

The applicant proposes to broadcast 126 hours of programming each broadcast week, of which 84 hours would be local programming.

Applicant's address:

716 Golf Street
Bathurst, New Brunswick
E2A 2K9
Fax: 506-206-3301
Email: profitconltd@gmail.com
Address to request copy of application: at the applicant’s address

3. Saugeen Community Radio Inc.
Mount Forest and Wellington North, Ontario
Application 2012-0326-5

Application by Saugeen Community Radio Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language community FM radio programming undertaking in Mount Forest and Wellington North.

The proposed station would operate at 88.7 MHz (channel 204A) with an effective radiated power of 1,648 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 73.1 metres).

The applicant proposes to broadcast 126 hours of programming each broadcast week, of which 112 hours would be local programming.

The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that the application is technically acceptable.

Applicant’s address:

7490 Sideroad 7 West
P.O. Box 125
Kenilworth, Ontario
N0G 2E0
Email: andymack@bluewaterradio.ca
Email to request electronic version of application: andymack@bluewaterradio.ca

4. Beanfield Technologies Inc.
Toronto, Ontario
Application 2012-1622-6

Application by Beanfield Technologies Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate a regional video-on-demand (VOD) programming undertaking to serve multi-dwelling condominiums in downtown Toronto, concentrated in the East Bayfront and West Don Lands Precincts in Toronto.

The applicant proposes to offer current Hollywood studios’ titles, including movies and episodes of current television series (within 24 hours) that are only available to VOD services.

The applicant confirmed that it would adhere to the standard conditions of licence for VOD undertakings set out in Standard requirements for video-on-demand undertakings, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2011-59, 11 January 2011, and Standard requirements for video-on-demand undertakings – Provision of an outlet for local expression, measures to control the loudness of commercial messages and annual filing of aggregate statistical data, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2011-59-1, 8 May 2012, with the exception of an increased requirement for Canadian programming other than feature films and increased contributions to the Canada Media Fund.

The applicant proposes to broadcast 95% of its programming in the English-language, 1.3% in the French-language and 3.7% in other languages, including Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Filipino, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish.

Applicant’s address:

506 – 77 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M6K 3E3
Fax: 416-532-1554
Email: regulatory@beanfield.com
Email to request electronic version of application: regulatory@beanfield.com

5. The Westport Telephone Company, Limited
Kingston, Ontario
Application 2013-0008-7

Application by The Westport Telephone Company, Limited (doing business as WTC Communications) for a broadcasting licence to operate a terrestrial broadcasting distribution undertaking to serve Kingston.

The applicant proposes the following condition of licence:

The licensee is authorized to distribute, at its option, as part of its basic service, the signals of WDIV-TV (NBC) Detroit, Michigan, WUHF-TV (FOX) Rochester, WWTI-TV (ABC), WWNY-TV (CBS) and WPBS-TV (PBS) Watertown, New York, or, alternatively for each signal, the signal of a different affiliate of the same network located in the same time zone as that of the licensed area and included on the appropriate List of non-Canadian programming services authorized for distribution, as amended from time to time.

Applicant’s address:

28 Main Street
Westport, Ontario
K0G 1X0
Fax: 613-273-2323
Email: mike@wtccommunications.ca
Email to request electronic version of application: regulatory@wtccommunications.ca

6. Wightman Telecom Ltd.
Stratford/St. Mary’s, Ontario
Application 2013-0013-6

Application by Wightman Telecom Ltd. for a broadcasting licence to operate a terrestrial broadcasting distribution undertaking to serve Stratford/St. Mary’s.

The applicant proposes the following condition of licence:

The licensee is authorized to distribute, at its option, as part of its basic service, the signals of WKBW-TV (ABC), WIVB-TV (CBS), WUTV (FOX), WGRZ-TV (NBC) and WNED-TV (PBS) Buffalo, New York, or, alternatively for each signal, the signal of a different affiliate of the same network located in the same time zone as that of the licensed area and included on the appropriate List of non-Canadian programming services authorized for distribution, as amended from time to time.

Applicant’s address:

100 Elora Street North
Clifford, Ontario
N0G 1M0
Fax: 519-327-8010
Email: tsullivan@wightman.ca
Email to request electronic version of application: tsullivan@wightman.ca

7. Golden West Broadcasting Ltd.
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
Application 2012-1616-9

Application by Golden West Broadcasting Ltd. (Golden West) for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language commercial FM radio programming undertaking in Portage La Prairie.

The proposed station would replace Golden West’s existing rebroadcasting transmitter CFRY-FM-1 Portage La Prairie, which serves as a transmitter for CFRY Portage La Prairie.

The applicant proposes a Classic Rock music format targeting listeners between the ages of 18 and 54.

The proposed station would operate at 93.1 MHz (channel 226B) with an effective radiated power of 27,000 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 73.5 metres) according to the same technical parameters as those currently authorized for CFRY-FM-1.

Subject to approval of this application, Golden West also proposes to amend the broadcasting licence for the radio programming undertaking CFRY by deleting the rebroadcasting transmitter CFRY-FM-1.

Applicant's address:

9 Centre Avenue
P.O. Box 950
Altona, Manitoba
R0G 0B0
Fax: 204-346-5323
Email: rhildebrand@goldenwestradio.com, lfriesen@goldenwestradio.com
Email to request electronic version of application: rhildebrand@goldenwestradio.com

Procedure

Deadline for interventions or answers

23 May 2013

The new Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure, SOR/2010-277 (the Rules of Procedure), set out, among other things, the rules for content, format, filing and service of interventions and answers of respondents, the procedure for filing confidential information and requesting its disclosure, and the conduct of the public hearing. Accordingly, the procedure set out below must be read in conjunction with the Rules of Procedure and its accompanying documents, which can be found on the Commission’s website under “CRTC Rules of Practice and Procedure.”

An intervention or an answer from a respondent must be filed with the Commission and served on the applicant on or before the above-mentioned date. An answer from a respondent must also be served on any other respondent.

In accordance with the Rules of Procedure, a document must be filed with, not merely sent to, the Commission by 5 p.m. Vancouver time (8 p.m. Ottawa time) on the date it is due. The Commission takes no responsibility for postal delays and will not notify a party whose submission is received after the deadline date. Late submissions will not be considered by the Commission and will not be made part of the public file.

The applicant, respondents and interveners are permitted to coordinate, organize and file, in a single submission, interventions of other interested persons who share their position but do not wish to appear at the hearing as a “Joint Supporting Intervention.” More information on how to do so and a template for the covering letter to be filed by the parties can be found in Changes to certain practices for filing interventions – Expansion of filing practices to include the filing of joint supporting comments for broadcasting policy proceedings, Broadcasting Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-28-1, 10 December 2010.

Interventions and answers will be considered by the Commission and will form part of the public record of the proceeding without further notification to parties, provided the procedures set out in the Rules of Procedure and this notice have been followed. Parties will be contacted only if their submissions raise procedural questions.

Submissions must be filed by sending them to the Secretary General of the Commission by only one of the following means:

by using the
[Intervention/comment/answer form]

or

by mail to
CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2

or

by fax at
819-994-0218

A true copy of each intervention or answer from a respondent must be sent to the applicant and, in the case of a respondent to an application, to any other respondent.

The Commission advises those who file and serve by electronic mode to exercise caution when using e-mail for service of documents, as it may be difficult to establish that service has occurred.

Parties must ensure that, before initiating service through electronic mode, they will be able to satisfy the Commission, upon request, that service was completed. The sender must keep proof of the sending and the receipt of the document for 180 days after the day on which it is filed.

Submissions longer than five pages should include a summary.

Each paragraph of the submission should be numbered. In addition, 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 altered during electronic transmission.

Interventions and answers must 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.

In the event that an application to be considered during the non-appearing phase of the hearing is brought to an oral phase of the hearing, and if parties wish to appear, they must provide reasons why their written interventions or answers are not sufficient and why an appearance is necessary. Parties requiring communication support must state their request on the first page of their intervention. Only those parties whose requests to appear have been granted will be contacted by the Commission and invited to appear at the public hearing.

Persons requiring communications support such as assistance listening devices and sign language interpretation are requested to inform the Commission at least twenty (20) days before the commencement of the public hearing so that the necessary arrangements can be made.

Important notice

All information that parties provide as part of this public process, except information designated confidential, 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.

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 the Commission’s website with the help of either its 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.

The Commission encourages parties and interested persons to monitor the record of the proceeding, available on the Commission’s website, for additional information that they may find useful when preparing their submissions.

Examination of documents

An electronic version of the applications is available on the Commission’s website by selecting the application number within this notice. It is also available from the applicants/licensees, either on their websites or upon request by contacting the applicants/licensees at their email addresses, provided above.

A list of all interventions and answers will also be available on the Commission’s website. The list is accessible by selecting “View all proceedings open for comment” from the “Public Proceedings” section of the Commission’s website and clicking on the “Interventions/Answers” link associated with this notice.

Documents are also available during normal office hours at the Commission offices and documentation centres directly involved with these applications, or, upon request, within two (2) working days, at any other Commission offices and documentation centres.

Location of Commission offices

Toll-free telephone: 1-877-249-2782
Toll-free TDD: 1-877-909-2782

Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
Central Building
1 Promenade du Portage, Room 206
Gatineau, Quebec
J8X 4B1
Tel.: 819-997-2429
Fax: 819-994-0218

Regional offices

Nova Scotia

Metropolitan Place
99 Wyse Road
Suite 1410
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
B3A 4S5
Tel.: 902-426-7997
Fax: 902-426-2721

Quebec

205 Viger Avenue West
Suite 504
Montréal, Quebec
H2Z 1G2
Tel.: 514-283-6607

Ontario

55 St. Clair Avenue East
Suite 624
Toronto, Ontario
M4T 1M2
Tel.: 416-952-9096

Manitoba

360 Main Street
Suite 970
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 3Z3
Tel.: 204-983-6306
Fax: 204-983-6317

Saskatchewan

2220 – 12^th Avenue
Suite 620
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4P 0M8
Tel.: 306-780-3422

Alberta

100 – 4^th Avenue South-West
Suite 403
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 3N2
Tel.: 403-292-6660
Fax: 403-292-6686

British Columbia

858 Beatty Street
Suite 290
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B 1C1
Tel.: 604-666-2111
Fax: 604-666-8322

Secretary General

Date modified:

2013-04-23