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Ottawa, 7 May 2014
VIA EMAIL: execdir@frpc.net DM5#: 2125221
Ms. Monica L. Auer
Executive Director
Forum for Research and Policy in Communications
Ottawa, Ontario
Re: Final reply submitted by Rogers - Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2014-26-1
Ms. Auer:
This is in response to the Forum for Research and Policy in Communications’ (FRPC) letter dated 1 May 2014 which requests that the Commission decline to accept the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC’s) letter which was filed by Rogers Broadcasting Limited (Rogers) along with its final reply dated 30 April 2014.
FRPC submits that the letter, which provides the CBC’s perspective on its arrangement with Rogers with respect to the broadcast of NHL hockey games, appears to constitute new evidence since Rogers did not provide any information regarding this arrangement in its licence renewal applications and the CBC has not participated in this proceeding. As a result, it considers that the inclusion of this letter on the record of this proceeding falls outside the parameters of the process set out in Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2014-26-1.
While the Commission notes that the CBC did not participate in the proceeding announced in Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2014-26, the content of the letter does not constitute new evidence since it does not provide any new information that was not already discussed at the hearing. The Commission notes that extensive discussion occurred during the hearing regarding Rogers’ arrangement with the CBC for the continued broadcast of NHL hockey games on CBC’s program Hockey Night in Canada beginning with the next hockey season. Therefore, the Commission does not consider the inclusion of the letter by Mr. Lacroix to Rogers’ final reply to be new evidence submitted on the record of this proceeding nor does it fall outside the parameters set out in Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2014-26-1. Consequently, the Commission is accepting Rogers’ final reply has submitted on the record of this proceeding.
In addition, the Commission wishes to inform the FRPC that the additional reply comments in its letter dated 1 May 2014 will not be taken into consideration in its deliberation regarding this proceeding.
Please note that the letter by the FRPC and this response will be added to the public record of this proceeding.
Should you have any questions regarding this letter, please do not hesitate to contact Caroline Poirier, the hearing coordinator, at the following phone number: 819-994-2700 or at the following e-mail address: caroline.poirier@crtc.gc.ca.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
John Traversy
Secretary General
Cc: Ms. Susan Wheeler, Rogers Media Inc.
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