Today's Releases - October 21, 2005
Broadcasting Decisions:
2005-510
TELETOON Canada Inc., across Canada. APPROVED – National, French-language
Category 2 specialty programming undertaking to be known as TELETOON Rétro. The
licence will expire 31 August 2012.
2005-511
TELETOON Canada Inc., across Canada. APPROVED – National, English-language
Category 2 specialty programming undertaking to be known as TELETOON Retro. The
licence will expire 31 August 2012.
2005-512
VISTA The Virtual Window Inc., across Canada. APPROVED – National, English- and
French-language Category 2 specialty programming undertaking to be known as Vista
The Virtual Window. The licence will expire 31 August 2012.
2005-513
Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting Inc., on behalf of a corporation to be
incorporated, across Canada. APPROVED – National, English-language Category 2
specialty programming undertaking to be known as D.I.Y. Television. The licence
will expire 31 August 2012.
2005-514
MediaNet Canada Ltd., across Canada. APPROVED – National, English-language
Category 2 specialty programming undertaking to be known as The Cricket Channel.
The licence will expire 31 August 2012.
2005-515
Entertainment Without Limits Inc., across Canada. APPROVED – National,
English-language Category 2 specialty programming undertaking to be known as The
PRIVATE Channel. The licence will expire 31 August 2012.
2005-516
Entertainment Without Limits Inc., across Canada. APPROVED – National,
English-language Category 2 specialty programming undertaking to be known as PURE
PLAY Clips Channel. The licence will expire 31 August 2012.
2005-517
Showcase Television Inc., across Canada. APPROVED – National, English-language
Category 2 specialty programming undertaking to be known as Girls TV. The licence
will expire 31 August 2012.
2005-518
Showcase Television Inc., across Canada. APPROVED – National, English-language
Category 2 specialty programming undertaking to be known as ZTV. The licence will
expire 31 August 2012.
2005-519
2953285 Canada Inc., across Canada. APPROVED – National, English-language
Category 2 high definition (HD) specialty programming undertaking to be known as
Discovery HD Theatre. The licence will expire 31 August 2012.
2005-520 TVA
Group Inc., across Canada. APPROVED – National, French-language Category 2
specialty programming undertaking to be known as Humour. The licence will expire
31 August 2012.
2005-521 TVA
Group Inc., across Canada. APPROVED – National, French-language Category 2
specialty programming undertaking to be known as Télé-Services. The licence will
expire 31 August 2012.
2005-522
Dennis M. Dyck, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, Yorkton,
Saskatchewan. APPROVED – English-language specialty low-power FM radio
programming undertaking that would provide a Christian music service to listeners
in Yorkton. The licence will expire 31 August 2012.
2005-523
3077457 Nova Scotia Limited, Amherst, Nova Scotia. APPROVED – Authority to
acquire the assets of the radio programming undertaking CFNS-FM Amherst from
Central Nova Tourist Association. The licence will expire 31 August 2010.
2005-524 CHUM
Limited and 1640576 Ontario Inc., partners in a general partnership carrying on
business as Pulse 24 Partnership, across Canada. APPROVED – Acquisition of the
assets of the English-language specialty programming undertaking known as
CablePulse 24 (CP24) by CHUM Limited (CHUM) and 1640576 Ontario Inc. (1640576),
partners in a general partnership carrying on business as Pulse 24 Partnership
(Pulse 24), from the current partners, CHUM and 3661458 Canada Inc. (3661458).
CHUM and 1640576 also requested a broadcasting licence to be issued to the new
partners to continue the operation of CP24. The licence will expire 31 August
2010.
2005-525
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Ottawa and Toronto, Ontario. APPROVED –
Transitional digital television undertaking in association with CBOFT Ottawa with
a transmitter in Toronto. The licence will expire 31 August 2007.
2005-526
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario. APPROVED – Transitional
digital television undertaking in association with CBOT Ottawa. The licence will
expire 31 August 2007.
2005-527 TVA
Group Inc., across Canada. APPROVED – National, French-language Category 2
specialty programming undertaking to be known as Nostalgie. The licence will
expire 31 August 2012.
2005-528 TVA
Group Inc., across Canada. APPROVED – National, French-language Category 2
specialty programming undertaking to be known as Star Système. The licence will
expire 31 August 2012.
Telecom Decision:
2005-63 Issues
with respect to the provision of optical fibre. The Commission directs TELUS
Communications Inc. to file, within 60 days of this Decision, a general tariff
for the provision of interexchange optical fibre in its operating territory. The
Commission also directs that if Aliant Telecom Inc., MTS Allstream Inc. or
Saskatchewan Telecommunications decide to provide optical fibre, proposed general
tariff rates must be filed for approval at the same time as the customer specific
tariff. Finally, the Commission finds that it would not be appropriate to confirm
its preliminary view expressed in Xit Télécom v. TELUS Québec - Provision of
fibre optic private networks, Telecom Decision CRTC 2003-58, 22 August 2003,
to forbear from regulating the provision of optical fibre on interexchange
private line routes that have been forborne. Reference: 8638-C12-200311283 and
8638-C12-200312728.
Broadcasting Public Notice:
2005-66-3
Further to its Broadcasting Public Notices CRTC 2005-66 dated 13 July 2005,
2005-66-1 dated 19 July 2005 and 2005-66-2 dated 12 August 2005 the Commission
announces a correction to item 3 - CTV Specialty Television Inc., across Canada.
The intervention deadline has been extended to 25 November 2005.
Telecom Orders:
2005-356 The
Commission approves on an interim basis the following tariff application: Aliant
Telecom Inc. TNs 178 and 178A. (streamlined order)
2005-357 The
Commission approves the following tariff application: Aliant Telecom Inc. TNs 175
and 175A. (streamlined order)
Date Modified: 2005-10-21 |
