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September 28, 2007

CRTC approves Rogers Media Inc. purchase of Citytv stations

OTTAWA-GATINEAU — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today approved Rogers Media Inc.'s (Rogers Media) acquisition of the Citytv stations in Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver.

In its decision, the Commission is requiring that Rogers Media sell, within the next 12 months, its two religious stations, CHNU-TV Fraser Valley and CIIT-TV Winnipeg, since maintaining these two stations would contravene the CRTC's policy on common ownership.

In addition, Rogers Media will fulfill by August 31, 2011, the benefits payments left outstanding by the previous owners of the Citytv stations. Regarding the benefits package associated with the current transaction, Rogers Media will direct annual payments to programming and industry initiatives, including the Allan Waters Canadian Content Initiative.

Rogers Media also made a commitment to maintain independent news departments and separate presentation structures for its Citytv and OMNI stations.

Today's decision (Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-360) follows a public process that included a public hearing, which began on August 29, 2007.

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Reference document: Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2007-9 [.htm][.pdf]

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September 28, 2007

Backgrounder on the Rogers Media Inc. purchase of Citytv stations

Rogers Media Inc. has acquired the following conventional television stations:

Location

Conventional television
stations

Transmitters

Alberta

CKAL-TV Calgary

CKAL-TV-1 Lethbridge

CKEM-TV Edmonton

CKEM-TV-1 Red Deer

British Columbia

CKVU-TV Vancouver

CKUV-TV-1 Courtenay Bay

Manitoba

CHMI-TV Portage La Prairie / Winnipeg

 

Ontario

CITY-TV Toronto

CITY-TV-2 Woodstock

CITY-TV-3 Ottawa

CITY-DT Toronto
(Transitional digital undertaking)

 

Date Modified: 2007-09-28

 

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