OTTAWA – The CRTC has agreed to extend the submission deadline for the hearing into the must-carry of cable and satellite channels as outlined in section 9(1)(h) of the Broadcasting Act after receiving requests for an extension from Shaw, Rogers, Cogeco and the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (jointly), Telus and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.
The deadline for the submission of interventions, comments and answers has been extended to February 27, 2013 and the deadline for the submission of replies has been extended to March 11 2013.
In addition, the preamble and the following item are amended and the changes are in bold.
Preamble
Introduction to sections 1 and 2: What is mandatory distribution of its service on the digital basic service?
-CBC News Network (in French-language markets): $0.15
-Réseau de l’information (RDI) (in English-language markets): $0.10
-Avis de recherche (in French-language markets): $0.06
-Weather Network/Météomedia: $0.23
-TVA: offered without a wholesale rate
-Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN): $0.25
-Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC): $0.11
-AMI audio, formerly known as VoicePrint: $0.04
– ccessible Media: $0.20
-Canal M, formerly known as La Magnétothèque: $0.02
Item 21
Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc.
Across Canada
Applications 2012-1107-8 and 2012-1109-4
Applications by Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc. (CPAC) to renew the broadcasting licences for the satellite-to-cable French- and English-language undertaking CPAC, which expire August 31, 2013.
The licensee states that it meets all the criteria set out in paragraph 11 of Criteria for assessing applications for mandatory distribution of its service on the digital basic service, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-629, August 27, 2010 and is proposing an increase to its regulated per subscriber wholesale monthly fee from $0.11 to $0.12.
Procedure
Deadline for interventions or answers, February 27, 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 intervention or answer must include one of the following statements in either the first or the last paragraph:
- I request to appear at the public hearing.
- I do not want to appear at the public hearing.
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, December 10, 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
- by mail to CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2
- by fax at 819-994-0218
