CRTC Exhibit 1 - Gatineau, Quebec - Renewal of Television Licences Held by Large English- and French-Language Ownership Groups

The Commission requires that licensees of conventional television stations respond, where applicable, to the following undertakings by 9 December 2016.

In Policy framework for local and community television, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-224, 15 June 2016, the Commission set out a definition of locally reflective news programming. In Standard requirements for television stations, discretionary services, and on-demand services, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-436, 2 November 2016, the Commission set out its amended definition of local programming.

  1. For each of your conventional television stations, identify, in the format set out below, the number of hours of locally reflective news programming and of other local programming broadcast from 30 October 2016 to 18 November 2016 that would be considered:
    1. locally reflective news programming
    2. other local programming
 

Number of hours of locally reflective news programming

Number of hours of other local programming

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  1. For each of your conventional television stations, identify, in the format set out below, the expenditures on locally reflective news programming and on other local programming broadcast from 30 October 2016 to 18 November 2016 allocated to programs that would be considered:
    1. locally reflective news programming
    2. other local programming
  Amounts allocated to locally reflective news programming ($) Amounts allocated to other local programming ($)
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  1. Pursuant to section 10(5)b) of the Television Broadcasting Regulations, 1987, please retain the audio-visual recordings of all locally reflective news programming and other local programming broadcast by each of your conventional stations from 30 October 2016 to 18 November 2016. The Commission may request these recordings in the future in order to complete its analysis.
  2. Please provide an estimate of the additional yearly costs that would be associated with entering information detailing locally reflective news programming segments separate from other local programming segments in each conventional station’s program log, in the manner contemplated by section 10(4) of the Television Broadcasting Regulations, 1987. Please provide all assumptions that have been used to calculate this estimate.
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