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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-319

  Ottawa, 28 July 2006
  Various specialty and pay television programming undertakings
Across Canada
 

Administrative licence renewals

1.

The Commission renews the broadcasting licences for the various specialty and pay television programming undertakings set out in the appendices to this decision, from their current expiry dates (2007 in the case of each undertaking listed in Appendix 1 and 2008 in the case of each undertaking listed in Appendix 2) to 31 August 2009, subject to the terms and conditions in effect under the current licences.

2.

This decision will enable the Commission to consider the further renewal of these licences taking into account the determinations that result from its review, commencing in 2007, of the policy framework for discretionary programming services. This decision does not dispose of any substantive issue that may exist with respect to the renewal of these licences and interested parties will have an opportunity to comment at the appropriate time.
  Secretary General
  This decision is to be appended to each licence. It is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be examined in PDF format or in HTML at the following Internet site: www.crtc.gc.ca 

 

Appendix 1 to Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-319

 

Licences expiring in 2007

 

Category 1 specialty programming undertakings

 

Licensee

Name of service

  3773221 Canada Inc. G4techTV
  3844161 Canada Ltd. Razer
  6166954 Canada Inc. OUTtv
  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Country Canada
  CanWest MediaWorks Inc. and TVA Group Inc., partners in a general partnership carrying on business as Mystery Partnership Mystery
  CanWest MediaWorks Inc. and TVA Group Inc., partners in Men TV General Partnership Men TV
  CHUM Limited Fashion Television: The Channel
  CTV Television Inc. CTV Travel
  Discovery Health Channel Canada ULC Discovery Health Network
  Le Réseau des sports (RDS) inc. Réseau Info Sports (RIS)
  Learning and Skills Television of Alberta Limited BookTelevision - The Channel
  ONE: The Body, Mind and Spirit Channel Inc. ONE: The Body, Mind & Spirit Channel
  Stornoway Communications General Partner Inc. (the general partner) and 1403318 Ontario Limited (the limited partner), carrying on business as Stornoway Communications Limited Partnership i channel
  The Biography Channel (Canada) Corp. The Biography Channel
  The Independent Film Channel Canada Incorporated The Independent Film Channel Canada
  TVA Group Inc. ARGENT Mystère
  YTV Canada, Inc. and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (the general partners), and 3366341 Canada Inc., Barna-Alper Productions Inc., CineNova Productions¸Inc., the National Film Board of Canada and Omni Film Productions Ltd. (the limited partners), carrying on business as The Canadian Documentary Channel Limited Partnership The Canadian Documentary Channe
 

Category 2 specialty and pay television programming undertakings

 

Licensee

Name of service

  1225520 Ontario Inc. AOV Maleflixxx (AOVMF)
AOV XXX Action Clips (AOVXXX)
  1272558 Ontario Inc. ATN Caribbean (CBN)
  1395047 Ontario Inc. Festival Portuguese Television
  1494679 Ontario Inc. Odyssey II
  3850099 Canada Ltd. PunchMuch
  3924181 Canada Inc. Scream
  6268609 Canada Inc. Video Italia Canada
  6268668 Canada Inc. Leonardo World Canada
  6269150 Canada Inc. Sky TG 24
  All TV Inc. All TV
  Animal Planet Canada Company Animal Planet
  Astral Broadcasting Group Inc. CINÉPOP
  CanWest MediaWorks Inc. Cool TV
  CanWest MediaWorks Inc. and Fox Sports World Canada Holdco Inc., partners in a general partnership carrying on business as Fox Sports World Canada Partnership Fox Sports World Canada
  CanWest MediaWorks Inc. and Lonestar Holdco Inc., partners in a general partnership carrying on business as Lonestar Partnership Lonestar
  CanWest MediaWorks Inc. and RetroVista Holdco Inc., partners in a general partnership carrying on business as DejaView Partnership DejaView
  CanWest MediaWorks Inc. and Xtreme Sports Holdco Inc., partners in a general partnership carrying on business as Xtreme Sports Partnership Xtreme Sports
  CHUM Limited Drive-In Classics Channel
MuchLoud
MuchMore Retro
MuchVibe
SexTV: The Channel
  Discovery Civilization Canada Company Discovery Civilization Channel
  Discovery Kids Canada Company Discovery Kids
  HGTV Canada Inc. Fine Living
  Jasper Broadcasting Inc. BBC Canada
  Jasper Junior Broadcasting Inc. BBC Kids
  Learning and Skills Television of Alberta Limited Court TV Canada
  Moviola: Short Film Channel Inc. Moviola
  NGC Channel Inc. NGC - National Geographic Channel
  Persian Vision Broadcast and Media Corporation Persian Vision
  S. S. TV Inc. SSTV
  Showcase Television Inc. Showcase Action
Showcase Diva
  South Asian Television Canada Limited ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi
ATN ARY (Urdu)
ATN B4U Movies
ATN Tamil Channel (Jaya TV)
ATN Zee Gujarati
  Stornoway Communications General Partner Inc. (the general partner) and 1403318 Ontario Limited (the limited partner), carrying on business as Stornoway Communications Limited Partnership BPM:TV (The Dance Channel)

The Pet Network

  Tamil Vision Inc. Tamil Vision Channel
  TEN Broadcasting Inc. Hustler TVX Channel
  The NHL Network Inc. The NHL Network
  The Sports Network Inc. ESPN Classic Canada
  Toronto Maple Leafs Network Ltd. Leafs TV
  Toronto Raptors Network Ltd. Raptors NBA TV
  TV Land Canada ULC TV Land
  Woodbine Entertainment Group HPItv
 

Specialty programming undertakings

 

Licensee

Name of service

  ARTV inc. ARTV
  CHUM Limited Bravo
  Country Music Television Ltd. CMT
  Life Network Inc. Life Network
  Showcase Television Inc. Showcase
  W Network Inc. W Network
 

Pay television programming undertaking

 

Licensee

Name of service

  Astral Broadcasting Group Inc. MoviePix
 

Pay-per-view and direct-to-home pay-per-view programming undertakings

 

Licensee

 

  Bell ExpressVu Inc. (the general partner), and BCE Inc. and 4119649 Canada Inc. (partners in BCE Holdings G.P., a general partnership that is the limited partner), carrying on business as Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership  
  Breakaway PPV Corporation  
 

Video-on-demand programming undertakings

 

Licensee

 

  Cogeco Cable Canada Inc.  
  Rogers Cable Communications Inc.  
  Videon CableSystems Inc.  

 

Appendix 2 to Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-319

 

Licences expiring in 2008

 

Category 2 specialty programming undertakings

 

Licensee

Name of service

  Glassbox Television Inc. BITE Television
  Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation Salt & Light
  Stuart Media Group Inc. CGTV Canada
 

Specialty programming undertakings

 

Licensee

Name of service

  2953285 Canada Inc. The Discovery Channel
  Fairchild Television Ltd. Talentvision
  Le Réseau des sports (RDS) inc. Le Réseau des Sports (RDS)
  MusiquePlus inc. MusiquePlus
  Pelmorex Communications Inc. MétéoMédia/The Weather Network
  The Sports Network Inc. The Sports Network (TSN)
 

Pay television programming undertakings

 

Licensee

Name of service

  Astral Broadcasting Group Inc. Super Écran
The Movie Network
  Encore Avenue Ltd. Encore Avenue
  Movie Central Ltd. Movie Central
 

Video-on-demand programming undertakings

 

Licensee

Name of service

  Archambault Group Inc. Illico sur demande

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