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PUBLIC HEARING
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Agenda
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1 November 2004 |
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APPEARING ITEMS
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1 . TVA Group Inc. and Sun Media Corporation
2. Canadian Satellite Radio Incorporated
3. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, on behalf
of
4229444 Canada Inc.
4. CHUM Limited and Astral Media Radio inc.
5. Newcap Inc.
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A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL INTERVENTIONS RECEIVED
CONCERNING THE APPLICATIONS SCHEDULED FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS AVAILABLE
ON THE PUBLIC EXAMINATION FILE
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Toronto and Hamilton , Ontario
Application Nos. 2004-0974-9 and 2004-1031-6 |
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Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing
CRTC 2004-6-4, item 39 |
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Applications by TVA Group Inc.
(TVA) and Sun Media Corporation (Sun Media), on behalf of a corporation
to be incorporated (Newco), seeking authority to transfer
the effective control of Newco. Newco is the proposed licensee
of the television programming undertaking
CKXT-TV Toronto, its transmitter CKXT-TV-1 Hamilton and its associated
transitional digital television service at Toronto, CKXT-DT ( collectively,
Toronto 1). |
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The transaction would be effected through
the transfer of all of the shares to be issued of Newco to TVA (75%)
and Sun Media (25%). |
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TVA and Sun Media also request authority
to amend the licence of Toronto 1 to add a condition of licence relating
to editorial independence. The proposed condition would follow
a similar model as the one imposed on the conventional television
stations of CTV Television Inc. and Global Communications Limited
(Decisions CRTC 2001-457 and 2001-458 respectively). |
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The Commission notes that the proposed
transaction follows two pending applications that have been
considered at the 7 September 2004 public hearing (Broadcasting Notice
of Public Hearing CRTC 2004-5) :
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Application 2004-0546-6, filed by Craig Media Inc. (Craig) for
authority to transfer the assets of Toronto 1 to Newco; and,
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Application 2004-0514-3, filed by CHUM Limited (CHUM), on behalf
of Craig for authority to transfer the effective control of Craig
to CHUM.
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Both TVA and
Sun Media are controlled by Quebecor Media Inc. (QMI), a corporation
ultimately controlled by Les Placements Péladeau inc.
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TVA is the
largest private broadcaster in the French-language conventional television
market in Canada . In addition to its conventional television
stations, TVA owns a certain number of specialty services.
Furthermore, TVA is involved in production and distribution of audiovisual
products, and in magazine publishing. |
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Sun Media is
the second largest newspaper publishing company in Canada , publishing
a number of daily newspapers across Canada . Sun Media also
publishes an important number of weekly newspapers and shopping guides
in addition to specialty publications. |
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TVA and Sun
Media propose a tangible benefits package of $4.6 million (10% of
the value of the transaction). The benefits are described as follows:
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New Voices Fund ($1 million);
Priority Program Fund ($3 million);
Quebecor Fund ($500,000);
Market Studies ($100,000).
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FOR THE APPLICANT
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Groupe TVA Inc.
Serge Bellerose
Paul Buron
Renault Poliquin
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Quebecor Inc.
Serge Gouin
Édouard G. Trépanier
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CHUM Television
Peter Miller
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Sun Média Corporation
Pierre Francoeur
Kin-Man Lee
Barbara Williams
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Toronto 1
Karen King
James Nelles |
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APPEARING INTERVENER
1. City of Hamilton, Sonja Macdonald, Paul Shaker (int. 2398)
2. Asian Television Network International Limited, Shan Chandrasekar
(int. 2401)
3. Canadian Diversity Producers Association, Derek Luis (int. 2402)
4. The Canadian Film and Television Production Association, Guy Mayson,
Stephen Ellis (int. 2400) |
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Across Canada
Application No. 2003-1081-3 |
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Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing
CRTC 2004-6, item 1 |
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Application by Canadian Satellite
Radio Inc. (CSR) , for a broadcasting licence to carry on
a national multi-channel subscription radio service, to be delivered
by satellite and terrestrial transmitters, for direct reception by
subscribers. |
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The Commission notes that CSR, a Canadian
corporation, is presently wholly owned by John Bitove, a
Canadian resident and citizen. |
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The proposed service would initially offer
101 channels, four of which would be produced in Canada by CSR. |
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The applicant proposes to charge a basic
monthly fee of $12.99. |
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FOR THE APPLICANT
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John Bitove
Stephen Tapp
Bob Mackowyzc
Stewart Lyons
Melissa Clark
John Cassaday |
Michael Grimaldi
Gary Parsons
Bob Buchan
Mark Lewis
Brandon Alexandroff
Jim Miller
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Gord Rawlinson
Elmer Hildebrand
Mark Breslin
Andre DiCesare
John Healey |
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Across Canada
Application No. 2003-1885-9 |
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Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing
CRTC 2004-6, item 2 |
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Application by the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation (CBC), on behalf of 4229444 Canada Inc. , recently
incorporated, for a broadcasting licence to carry on a national multi-channel
subscription radio service, to be delivered by satellite and terrestrial
transmitters, for direct reception by subscribers. |
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The Commission notes that 4229444 Canada
Inc. is owned by three corporations, being the CBC (40%), Standard
Radio Inc. (40%), an Ontario corporation and Sirius Satellite Radio
(20%), a Delaware corporation ( United States ). |
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The proposed service would initially offer
78 channels, four of which would be produced in Canada by the CBC.
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The applicant proposes to charge a basic
monthly fee of $12.95.
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FOR THE APPLICANT
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Kevin Shea
Michel Tremblay
Gary Slaight
Andy Gregor
Grant Buchanan
John Lewis
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Jane Chalmers
Sylvain Lafrance
Ray Carnovale
Andreanne Sasseville
Ross Davies
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Across Canada
Application No. 2004-0133-1 |
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Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing
CRTC 2004-6, item 3 |
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Application by CHUM Limited (CHUM)
and Astral Media Radio inc. (Astral Media) for a broadcasting
licence to carry on a national multi-channel subscription radio services,
to be delivered by terrestrial transmitters, for direct reception
by subscribers. |
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The Commission notes that CHUM and Astral
Radio have entered into an agreement in which Astral will hold a 19.9%
ownership interest in the proposed service. |
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The proposed service would initially offer
50 channels, all of which would be produced in Canada by the applicant.
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The applicant proposes to charge a basic
monthly fee of $9.95. |
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FOR THE APPLICANT
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Jay Switzer
Paul Ski
Peter Miller
Duff Roman
Rob Farina |
David Kines
Shelley Sheppard
Kerry French
Sarah Crawford
Roma Khanna |
Wayne Stacey
Saverio Tropiano
Nigel Oakley
Ian Greenberg
Jacques Parisien
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Denis Rozon
Claude Laflamme |
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APPEARING INTERVENERS
1. Catholic Youth Studio and Oblate Fathers of Assumption
Province,
Kenning Marchant (items 2, 3, 4 - int. 316 - 91)
2. The National Campus and Community Radio Association, Melissa
Kaestner, John Stevenson (items 2, 3, 4 - int. 340 - 1812)
3. Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, Ian Morrison (items 2,
3, 4 - int. 690 - 691)
4. Canadian Music Publishers Association, David Basskin (items
2, 3, 4 - int. 330)
5. Canadian Independant Record Production Association, Brian
Chater, Geoff Kulawick (items 2, 3, 4 - int. 341)
6. Corus Entertainment, John Cassaday, John Hayce, Gary Maavara,
Lisa Lyons (items 2, 3, 4 - int. 344)
7. Dan Kurtz (item 2 - int. 390)
8. CKUA Radio Network, Ken Regan (items 2, 3, 4 - int. 536)
9. Canadian Recording Industry Association, Richard Pfohl (items
2, 3, 4 - int. 583)
10. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada,
Paul Spurgeon (items 2, 3, 4 - int. 772)
11. Canadian Music Week, Neill Dixon (items 2, 3, 4 - int. 276 - 697
– 711)
12. CHUM Limited and Astral Media Radio, Peter Miller (items 2, 3
– int. 817)
13. ADISQ, Solange Drouin (items 2, 3, 4 - int. 813)
14. Rob MacArthur (item 2 - int. 27)
15. Pat Silver (item 2 - int. 59)
16. Forerunner Global Media Inc., Paul Weigel (item 2 - int. 218)
17. Indie Pool Inc., Gregg Terrence (item 2 - int. 422)
18. Franz Schuller (item 2 - int. 652)
19. Daniel Lanois (item 2 - int. 716)
20. School of Creative & Performing Arts Humber College
, Joe Kertes
(item 2 - int. 762)
21. David Bray (item 2 - int. 781)
22. Samantha Parton (item 2 - int. 789)
23. Ben Miner (item 2 - int. 797)
24. Christian Legault (item 2 - int. 824)
25. Veda Hille (item 2 - int. 828)
26. Just For Laughs, Bruce Hills (item 2 - int. 829)
27. Susan Aglukark (item 2 - int. 831)
28. Jeff Healy (item 2 - int. 834)
29. Tom Tompkins (item 3 - int. 604)
30. Frank O'Dea (item 3 - int. 660)
31. Jayne Courtney (item 3 - int. 799)
32. Sonogram, André Grenier (item 4 – int. 343)
33. Dogbus Music, Ryan Olivier (item 4 – int. 359)
34. CHIN Radio International, Lenny Lombardi (item 4 - int. 701) |
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Thunder Bay ( Ontario )
Demande No. 2004-0730-6 |
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Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing
CRTC 2004-6-2, item 30 |
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Application by Newcap Inc. (Newcap)
in order to obtain the authority to acquire the assets of the radio
programming undertaking CJUK-FM Thunder Bay. |
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The value of the transaction is $2,300,000.00
and Newcap has proposed $138,000.00 as tangible benefits. |
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The applicant
is also requesting a licence to continue the operation of the undertaking,
upon surrender of the current licence issued to Big Pond Communications
2000 Inc. |
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POUR LA REQUÉRANTE
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Robert Steele
Mark Maheu
David Murray
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Michael Prudhomme
Dennis Landriault |
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FOR THE APPLICANT
1. CKPR and CJSD-FM, H.F. Dougall (int. 1774) |
