ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Procedural Letter Addressed to David Bennett (Bell Canada)

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Ottawa, 17 November 2016

By email

Our file number: 2016-1170-8

Mr. David Bennett
Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs
Bell Canada
david.bennett@bell.ca

Re: Application by Bell Canada – request for additional information with regard to Part 1 process

Dear Mr. Bennett,

This is regarding a request by Bell Canada to add WBTS-TV to the List of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution in Canada (the List).

In order to continue processing this application in a timely fashion, please submit the following:

  1. We note that in Section 2 of the application form (form 304) that you submitted as part of the application, you indicated that you were not requesting that the Commission make an exception to its Rules of Procedure in the treatment of the application. However, in the supplementary brief, you requested that the Commission expedite this application. Please confirm whether you request an expedited process in the treatment of this application.

A copy of this letter and your answer to the question above will be added to the record of this proceeding and made available for public examination.

The information requested herein should be received at the Commission by no later than 18 November 2016.

We also ask that you repeat each question in your reply.

The Commission requires that your response and/or other documents be submitted electronically by using the secured service “My CRTC Account” (Partner Log In or GCKey) and filling in the “Broadcasting Cover page” or the “Broadcasting Online Form and Cover Page” located on this web page. Also on this web page you will find information on the submission of applications to the Commission “Submitting applications and other documents to the CRTC using My CRTC Account.”

Should you need further information concerning the above, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours truly,

Pierre-Louis Prégent
Senior Policy Analyst
Distribution Regulatory Policy, Broadcasting
(819) 639-8102
pierre-louis.pregent@crtc.gc.ca

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