Public Notice CRTC 2000-178

Ottawa, 22 December 2000

Application to the Commission by Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. pursuant to part VII of the CRTC Telecommunications Rules of Procedure

Reference: 8622-S28-01/00

1.

The Commission has received an application dated 29 November 2000 from Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. and its two subsidiaries, Star Choice Television Network Incorporated and Direct Choice T.V. Inc. (Star Choice). The application requests that the Commission issue:

.an order pursuant to sections 27(2) and 28 of the Telecommunications Act prohibiting Telesat Canada from depriving Star Choice of access to Ku-band transponders on the Anik F1 satellite which Telesat Canada previously agreed to sell to Star Choice.

2.

The Commission received comments and replies from the parties having a direct interest in this application, namely Telesat Canada, CTV Inc., CHUM Limited, and Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. It also received comments from Bell ExpressVu Inc. These submissions form part of the public file of this application.

Call for comments

3.

The Commission invites comments that address the matters set out in this notice. The Commission will accept comments that it receives on or before 12 January 2001.

4.

Star Choice will then have an opportunity to respond to these comments on or before 19 January 2001. The Commission intends to deal with this matter on an expedited basis.

5.

The Commission will not formally acknowledge comments. It will, however, fully consider all comments and they will form part of the public record of the proceeding, provided that the procedures for filing set out below have been followed.

Procedures for filing comments

6.

Interested parties can file their comments on paper or electronically. Submissions longer than five pages should include a summary.

7.

Parties wishing to file their comments on paper should send them to the Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa, K1A 0N2.

8.

Parties wishing to file electronic versions of their comments can do so by email or on diskette. The Commission email address is procedure@crtc.gc.ca 

9.

Electronic submissions should be in the HTML format. As an alternative, those making submissions may use "Microsoft Word" for text and "Microsoft Excel" for spreadsheets.

10.

Please number each paragraph of your submission. In addition, please enter the line ***End of document*** following the last paragraph. This will help the Commission verify that the document has not been damaged during transmission.

11.

The Commission will make comments filed in electronic form available on its web site at www.crtc.gc.ca  in the official language and format in which they are submitted. This will make it easier for members of the public to consult the documents.

12.

The Commission also encourages interested parties to monitor the public examination file (and/or the Commission's web site) for additional information that they may find useful when preparing their comments.

Submissions may be examined or will be made available promptly upon request at the following Commission offices during normal business hours:

Central Building
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage, Room G-5
Hull, Quebec K1A 0N2
Tel: (819) 997-2429 - TDD: 994-0423
Fax: (819) 994-0218

Bank of Commerce Building
1809 Barrington Street
Suite 1007
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K8
Tel: (902) 426-7997 - TDD: 426-6997
Fax: (902) 426-2721

405 de Maisonneuve Blvd. East
2^nd Floor, Suite B2300
Montréal, Quebec H2L 4J5
Tel: (514) 283-6607 - TDD: 283-8316
Fax: (514) 283-3689

55 St. Clair Avenue East
Suite 624
Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2
Tel: (416) 952-9096
Fax: (416) 954-6343

Kensington Building
275 Portage Avenue
Suite 1810
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3
Tel: (204) 983-6306 - TDD: 983-8274
Fax: (204) 983-6317

Cornwall Professional Building
2125 - 11^th Avenue
Room 103
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3X3
Tel: (306) 780-3422
Fax: (306) 780-3319

10405 Jasper Avenue
Suite 520
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4
Tel: (780) 495-3224
Fax: (780) 495-3214

530-580 Hornby Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6
Tel: (604) 666-2111 - TDD: 666-0778
Fax: (604) 666-8322

Secretary General

This document is available in alternative format upon request and may also be examined at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca