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Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2002-79

 

Ottawa, 20 December 2002

 

The Commission has received the following application:

 

DEADLINE FOR INTERVENTION

24 January 2003

1.

Across Canada (e)
Application No. 2002-0825-8

 

Application by FOOD NETWORK CANADA INC. (Food Network) to amend the licence of the specialty television programming service known as Food Network Canada.

 

The licensee proposes to delete the condition of licence relating to the shareholdings of Corus Entertainment Inc. (Corus) in Food Network, which reads as follows:

 

"8. In addition to the requirement set out in section 10 of the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990, the licensee shall obtain the prior approval of the Commission in respect of any act, agreement or transaction that directly or indirectly would result in Corus Entertainment Inc., by itself or with an affiliate, owning or controlling more than 10% of the voting shares of the licensee. For the purposes of this condition, "affiliate" means a person who controls Corus, or who is controlled by Corus or by a person who controls Corus."

 

This application is further to Food Network's application (No. 2002-0727-6) for authority to increase Corus' shareholdings in Food Network beyond the 10% limit imposed by condition of licence in Decision CRTC 2000-217 (dated 4 July 2000). This application was approved in Decision CRTC 2002-465, issued on this day.

 

Food Network asked that the foregoing condition of licence be deleted, since it has become redundant following the Commission's Public Notice CRTC 2002-24 (dated 9 May 2002), amending the Commission's regulations to remove the 10% restriction imposed on cable ownership of analog discretionary services by deleting s. 10(4)(d) of the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990 and s. 6(4)(d) of the Pay Television Regulations, 1990.

 

Licensee's address:

Food Network Canada Inc.
c/o Alliance Atlantis Broadcast Group
121 Bloor Street East
Suite 200
Toronto, Ontario
M4W 3M5
Fax: (416) 967-0044

 

Examination of application:

At the licensee's address

 

(e) application filed electronically

 

[ Intervention Form]

 

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

 

DEADLINE FOR INTERVENTION

 

24 January 2003

 

The intervention must be received by the CRTC and by the applicant ON OR BEFORE the above-mentioned date. The Commission cannot be held responsible for postal delays.

 

Your intervention will be considered by the Commission, and will form part of the public record of the proceeding without further notification to you, provided the procedure set out below has been followed. You will be contacted only if your submission raises procedural questions.

 

Submit your written intervention to the Secretary General of the Commission in ONLY ONE of the following formats:

 

by using the form
[intervention form]

 

OR

 

by electronic mail to
procedure@crtc.gc.ca

 

OR

 

by mail at
CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2

 

OR

 

by fax to the
Secretary General - (819) 994-0218

 

A true copy MUST be sent to the applicant and proof that this has been done must accompany the intervention sent to the Commission.

 

Where the intervention is filed by electronic means, the line ***End of document*** should be entered following the last paragraph of the document, as an indication that the document has not been damaged during electronic transmission.

 

Please note that only the documents (applications and interventions) electronically filed will be available on the Commission's web site. You will be able to access these documents by indicating the public notice or the notice of public hearing number.

 

Each paragraph of the document should be numbered.

 

Your intervention should clearly identify the application and indicate whether you support or oppose the application, or if you propose changes to it, include the facts and grounds for your proposal.

 

In the event that the application is brought to the oral phase of the hearing, and if you wish to appear, you must provide reasons why your written comments are not sufficient and why an appearance is necessary.

 

In exceptional circumstances, the Commission may allow an intervenor to present its intervention by teleconference. At the time of filing its intervention, the intervenor must clearly indicate why the Commission should grant such a request.

 

EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS DURING NORMAL OFFICE HOURS

 

Documents are available at the local address provided in this notice and at the Commission offices and documentation centres directly involved with these applications or, upon request, within 48 hours, at any other CRTC offices and documentation centres.

 

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

 

 

Metropolitan Place
99 Wyse Road, Suite 1410
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 4S5
Tel: (902) 426-7997 - TDD: 426-6997
FAX: (902) 426-2721

 

405 de Maisonneuve Blvd East
2nd 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 - 11th 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

 

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

 

Secretary General

Date Modified: 2002-12-20

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