Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 158, Number 43: SUPPLEMENT

October 26, 2024

SUPPLEMENT Vol. 158, No. 43

Canada Gazette
Part I

OTTAWA, Saturday, October 26, 2024

COPYRIGHT BOARD

Retransmission of Distant Radio Signals (2019-2023)

• Citation: Radio Retransmission Tariff (2019-2023), 2024 CB 7-T
• See also: Radio Retransmission Tariff (2019-2023), 2024 CB 7

Published pursuant to section 70.1 of the Copyright Act

Greg Gallo
Acting Secretary General
1‑833‑860‑7131 (toll-free number)
registry-greffe@cb-cda.gc.ca (email)

RETRANSMISSION OF DISTANT RADIO SIGNALS (2019-2023)

1. This tariff may be cited as the Radio Retransmission Tariff (2019-2023).

Definitions

2. In this tariff,

“CRTC”

means the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission; (« CRTC »)

“distant signal”

has the meaning attributed to it in subsection 2(2) of the Definition of Local Signal and Distant Signal Regulations, SOR/89-254, as amended by SOR/2004-33, which reads:

• “ For the purposes of subsection 31(2) of the Copyright Act, ‘distant signal’ means a signal that is not a local signal.”; (« signal éloigné »)

“DTH”

means a direct-to-home satellite system; (« SRD »)

“local signal”

has the meaning attributed to it in subsection 2(1) of the Definition of Local Signal and Distant Signal Regulations, and corresponds to a signal received in premises located within a terrestrial radio station’s area of transmission (as defined in section 1 of the Regulations); (« signal local »)

“LPTV”

means a Low Power Television Station or a Very Low Power Television Station as described in and established pursuant to sections 4 to 7 of the Broadcasting Procedures and Rules of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada effective February 2016; (« TVFP »)

“MDS”

means a multichannel multipoint distribution system; (« SDM »)

“premises”

has the meaning attributed to it in section 2 of the Definition of “Small Retransmission Systems” Regulations, SOR/89-255, as amended by SOR/94-754 and SOR/2005-147, which reads:

• “ ‘premises’ means
  • (a) a dwelling, including a single unit residence or a single unit within a multiple-unit residence; or
  • (b) a room in a commercial or institutional building.”; (« local »)

“retransmitter”

has the meaning attributed to it in section 31 of the Copyright Act, and includes a person who operates one or more of a cable retransmission system, an LPTV, an MDS or a DTH; (« retransmetteur »)

“service area”

has the meaning attributed to it in section 2 of the Definition of “Small Retransmission Systems” Regulations, which reads:

• “ ‘service area’ means an area in which premises served in accordance with the laws and regulations of Canada by a retransmission system are located.” (« zone de service »)

“signal”

has the meaning attributed to it in subsection 31(1) of the Copyright Act, which reads:

• “‘signal’ means a signal that carries a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work and is transmitted for free reception by the public by a terrestrial radio or terrestrial television station.”,

but, for the purposes of this tariff, except section 8, this meaning is restricted to a radio signal only; (« signal »)

“small retransmission system”

means a small retransmission system as defined in sections 3 and 4 of the Definition of “Small Retransmission Systems” Regulations, which read:

• “3. (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4) and section 4, ‘small retransmission system’ means a cable retransmission system, or a terrestrial retransmission system utilizing Hertzian waves, that retransmits a signal, with or without a fee, to not more than 2,000 premises in the same service area.
• (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), where a cable retransmission system is included in the same unit as one or more other cable retransmission systems, the number of premises to which the cable retransmission system retransmits a signal is deemed to be equal to the total number of premises to which all cable retransmission systems included in that unit retransmit a signal.
• (3) For the purpose of subsection (2), a cable retransmission system is included in the same unit as one or more other cable retransmission systems where
  • (a) they are owned or directly or indirectly controlled by the same person or group of persons; and
  • (b) their service areas are each less than 5 km distant, at some point, from at least one other among them, and those service areas would constitute a series of contiguous service areas, in a linear or non-linear configuration, were it not for that distance.
• (4) Subsection (2) does not apply to a cable retransmission system that was included in a unit on December 31, 1993.
• 4. The definition set out in subsection 3(1) does not include a cable retransmission system that is a master antenna system if it is located within the service area of another cable retransmission system that retransmits a signal, with or without a fee, to more than 2,000 premises in that service area.”; (« petit système de retransmission »)

“year”

means a calendar year. (« année »)

Application

3. This tariff applies to the retransmission of one or more distant signals that carry any work owned or controlled by a member of any collective society listed in Appendix A.

THE TARIFF

Small Retransmission Systems

4. (1) The royalty for a small retransmission system shall be $12.50 per year and shall be due

• (a) for systems retransmitting a distant signal on December 31 of the previous year, on January 31 of that year; and
• (b) for all other systems, on the last day of the month after the month in which a distant signal is first retransmitted in that year.

(2) A system shall be deemed to be a small retransmission system for a given year if

• (a) on December 31 of the previous year, the system retransmitted a distant signal and was a small retransmission system;
• (b) the system did not retransmit a distant signal on December 31 of the previous year and is a small retransmission system on the last day of the month in which it first retransmits a distant signal in the year; or
• (c) the average number of premises, determined in accordance with the Definition of “Small Retransmission Systems” Regulations, the system served or was deemed to serve on the last day of each month of the previous year during which it retransmitted a distant signal was no more than 2 000.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(c), where a system was included in a unit on December 31 of the previous year and not on December 31, 1993, only those months during which the systems included in the unit were the same as on December 31 of the previous year shall be used.

Unscrambled LPTVs and Unscrambled MDSs

5. The royalty for an LPTV or an MDS whose signals are not scrambled shall be $12.50 per year and shall be due

• (a) for systems retransmitting a distant signal on December 31 of the previous year, on January 31 of that year; and
• (b) for all other systems, on the last day of the month after the month in which a distant signal is first retransmitted in that year.

Other Retransmission Systems

6. (1) The royalty for any other retransmission system shall be 8¢ per year for each premises served by the system on the later of December 31 of the previous year or the last day of the month in which it first retransmits a distant signal in the year, and shall be due

• (a) for systems retransmitting a distant signal on December 31 of the previous year, on January 31 of that year; and
• (b) for all other systems, on the last day of the month after the month in which a distant signal is first retransmitted in that year.

Unauthorized Reception of Retransmitted Signals

7. In determining the amount of royalties payable by a retransmitter, no account shall be taken of premises receiving a signal without the direct or indirect authority of the retransmitter.

Francophone Markets

8. (1) Subject to subsection (3), royalties payable under section 6 for a cable retransmission system located in a Francophone market or for premises receiving scrambled signals from an LPTV or MDS located in a Francophone market shall be calculated at a rate equal to 50% of the rate otherwise payable under that section.

(2) A cable retransmission system or an LPTV or an MDS is deemed to be located in a Francophone market if

• (a) the system is located in the province of Quebec;
• (b) the system’s service area encompasses, in whole or in part, the cities, towns or municipalities of
  • (i) Bathurst, Campbellton, Dalhousie, Edmundston, Kedgwick or Shediac, New Brunswick;
  • (ii) Cochrane, Fauquier-Strickland, Hawkesbury, Hearst, Hornepayne, Kapuskasing, Mattice-Val Côté, Opasatika or Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario; or
  • (iii) Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan; or
• (c) the population of French mother tongue represents more than 50% of the total population of all cities, towns or municipalities, encompassed in whole or in part of the system’s service area, according to the most recent population figures published by Statistics Canada.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to premises which receive an English language signal or service, other than a pay-per-view or video on demand service, that is provided on a stand-alone basis or in a package that includes only English language signals or services.

(4) Royalties payable under section 6 for a DTH in respect of premises which receive a French language basic service shall be calculated at a rate equal to 50% of the rate otherwise payable under that section, unless the premises also receive

• (a) signals or services included in the English language basic service that are not included in the French language basic service; or
• (b) a basic service intended for bilingual subscribers.

Discount for Certain Non-Residential Premises

9. The royalty payable for the following types of premises shall be reduced as follows:

• (a) rooms in hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities: by 75%;
• (b) rooms in hotels: by 40%;
• (c) rooms in schools and other educational institutions: by 75%.

Allocation of the Retransmission Royalty

10. A retransmitter shall pay to the collective societies the following portions of the royalty:

• 1. CBRA: 36.605%
• 2. CRRA: 10.945%
• 3. FWS: 3.68%
• 4. SOCAN: 48.77%

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Reporting Requirements: General

11. Subject to sections 12 to 18, every retransmitter shall provide each collective society with the following information in respect of each retransmission system it operates:

• (a) the name of the retransmitter, that is,
  • (i) the name of a corporation and a mention of its jurisdiction of incorporation,
  • (ii) the name of the proprietor of an individual proprietorship, or
  • (iii) the names of the principal officers of all other retransmitters,
• together with any trade name (other than the above) under which it carries on business;
• (b) the address of the retransmitter’s principal place of business;
• (c) the retransmitter’s address (including any fax number and email address) for the purposes of notice;
• (d) the name and address of any other retransmitter that receives a distant signal from the retransmitter, and the list of all signals retransmitted to that other retransmitter;
• (e) a precise description of the system’s service area;
• (f) a copy of any current map of a service area in which the system is located which is on file with the CRTC, or, if there is no such map, upon request, a current map of its service area, unless such a filed map or other map has already been provided to the collective society;
• (g) the monthly fee charged by the retransmitter for basic service;
• (h) the number of premises of each type served, divided into residential, health care, hotels, educational institutions and others;
• (i) the number of premises of each type authorized to have more than one outlet for the retransmitted signals;
• (j) where possible, the number of premises of each type authorized to have more than two outlets; and
• (k) for each service or signal distributed
  • (i) the name or call letters,
  • (ii) the frequency band,
  • (iii) any network affiliation,
  • (iv) if the signal is a repeater, the call letters of the mother signal, and
  • (v) the number of premises of each type receiving the service or signal,
• provided that if the retransmitter claims a discount pursuant to section 8, the information shall be provided separately for premises served to which the discount applies.

Additional Reporting Requirements: Small Retransmission Systems

12. A retransmitter who operates a small retransmission system shall provide, in addition to the information required under section 11, the following information:

• (a) if the small retransmission system qualifies as such by virtue of paragraph 4(2)(c), the number of premises, determined in accordance with the Definition of “Small Retransmission Systems” Regulations and section 4, the system served or was deemed to serve on the last day of each month of the previous year during which it retransmitted a distant signal;
• (b) if the small retransmission system is a master antenna system and is located within the service area of another cable retransmission system, the name of that other system and a statement to the effect that the other system retransmits a signal, with or without a fee, to no more than 2 000 premises in its service area;
• (c) if the small retransmission system is included in a unit within the meaning of the Definition of “Small Retransmission Systems” Regulations,
  • (i) the date the system was included in the unit,
  • (ii) the names of all the systems included in the unit,
  • (iii) the names of the person or group of persons who own or who directly or indirectly control the systems included in the unit, and
  • (iv) the nature of the control exercised by these persons; and
• (d) whether the small retransmission system is licensed by the CRTC, and if it is not, the date of cancellation of its licence, or the date the system began operations as a system exempt from the CRTC’s licensing requirements, whichever first occurred.

Reporting Requirements: LPTVs and MDSs

13. (1) A retransmitter who operates an LPTV whose signals are not scrambled or an MDS whose signals are not scrambled shall provide each collective society with the following information in respect of each LPTV or MDS it operates:

• (a) the information referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) and (k) of section 11; and
• (b) a description of the location of the LPTV or MDS.

(2) A retransmitter who operates any other LPTV or MDS shall provide each collective society, in respect of each system it operates, the information referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) and (g) to (k) of section 11.

Reporting Requirements: DTH

14. A retransmitter who operates a DTH shall provide each collective society, in respect of each such system it operates, the information referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) and (g) to (k) of section 11.

Additional Reporting Requirements: MATV Systems

15. A retransmitter who operates a master antenna system shall provide, in addition to the information required under section 11 or 12, the address where its transmitter is located, and the address of any other building in which premises served by it are located, and shall indicate whether or not it is licensed by the CRTC.

Additional Reporting Requirements: Francophone Markets

16. A retransmitter who operates a cable retransmission system or a scrambled LPTV or MDS located in a Francophone market, other than a system located in the Province of Quebec, shall provide, in addition to the information required under sections 11 and 15,

• (a) the name of the city, town or municipality listed in paragraph 8(2)(b) which is encompassed in whole or in part in the service area of the system; or
• (b) a list of all the cities, towns and municipalities encompassed in whole or in part by the system’s service area, specifying for each its total population and its population of French mother tongue, according to the most recent population figures published by Statistics Canada.

Additional Reporting Requirements: Multi-System Operators

17. A retransmitter who operates more than one retransmission system shall provide a list of all the retransmission systems operated by that retransmitter.

Reporting Dates

18. The information required under sections 11 to 18 shall be supplied as of December 31 of every year and shall be provided by January 31 of the following year.

Forms

19. The information required under sections 11 to 18 shall be provided on the forms contained in Appendix B, or in any other format that is agreed upon by the collective society and the retransmitter.

Errors

20. A retransmitter who discovers an error in any information provided to a collective society shall promptly provide the correct information.

Supplementary Information, Records and Audits

21. A retransmitter shall provide a collective society, upon request, with the address and number of premises contained in each building within a given system for which the retransmitter claims a discount pursuant to section 9.

22. (1) Subject to the provisions of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5, as amended by the Digital Privacy Act, S.C. 2015, c. 5, a retransmitter shall keep and preserve until December 31, 2029, records from which a collective society can readily ascertain the amounts payable and the information required under this tariff.

(2) A collective society may audit the records referred to in subsection (1) at any time until December 31, 2029, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, provided that the collective society has not audited the system for at least 12 months.

(3) The collective society shall, upon receipt, supply the retransmitter and all other collective societies with a copy of the report of any audit.

(4) If the audit of a retransmission system discloses that royalties due to the collective society for that system have been understated in any month by more than 20 %, the retransmitter shall pay the reasonable costs of the audit of the system within 30 days of the demand for payment being made.

Confidentiality

23. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a collective society and its royalty claimants shall treat in confidence information received from a retransmitter pursuant to this tariff, unless the retransmitter consents in writing to the information being treated otherwise.

(2) A collective society may share information referred to in subsection (1)

• (a) with any other collective society;
• (b) with the Board;
• (c) in connection with proceedings before the Board, if it has first provided the retransmitter with a reasonable opportunity to obtain a confidentiality order;
• (d) to the extent required to effect the distribution of royalties, with its royalty claimants; or
• (e) if required by law.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to information that is publicly available, or to information obtained from someone other than the retransmitter, who is not under an apparent duty of confidentiality to the retransmitter.

Adjustments

24. (1) Subject to subsection (2), adjustments in the amount of royalties owed by a retransmitter (including adjustments as a result of excess payments), as a result of the discovery of an error or otherwise, shall be made on the date the retransmitter’s next royalty payment is due.

(2) A retransmitter may deduct any amount owed to it from its next royalty payments until no money remains owed to it.

Interest on Late Payments

25. (1) Any amount not received by the due date shall bear interest from that date until the date the amount is received.

(2) Any amount found to be owing, through an audit or otherwise, shall bear interest from the date it was due until the date the amount is received.

(3) Any amount that cannot be delivered at the address referred to in section 27 shall bear interest from the date when the person owing the amount receives notice of the new address to which it should be delivered until the date the amount is received.

(4) Interest shall be calculated daily, at a rate equal to 1% above the Bank Rate effective on the last day of the previous month (as published by the Bank of Canada). Interest shall not compound.

Addresses for Notices, etc.

26. (1) Anything that a retransmitter sends to a collective society shall be sent to the address listed in Appendix A, or to any other address of which the retransmitter has been notified.

(2) Anything that a collective society sends to a retransmitter shall be sent to

• (a) the address provided to the collective society in accordance with paragraph 11(d); or
• (b) where no such address has been provided, to any other address where the retransmitter can be reached.

Delivery of Notices and Payments

27. (1) A notice may be delivered by hand, by postage paid mail, by fax or by email.

(2) A notice or payment mailed in Canada shall be presumed to have been received three business days after the day it was mailed.

(3) A notice sent by fax or by email shall be presumed to have been received the day it is transmitted.

Appointment of Designate

28. (1) Any person that a collective society designates to receive a payment or notice shall have an address in Canada.

(2) A collective society shall notify a retransmitter at least 60 days in advance of such a designation or of any change therein.

Transitional Provisions

29. In this part of the tariff,

“overpaid royalties”

means the refund owed to, and enforceable by, retransmitters and their respective successors and assigns as a result of a difference between the rates set in this tariff and the Interim Tariff, whether or not they had been paid by the date this tariff is published in the Canada Gazette. (« redevances additionnelles »)

“Interim Tariff”

means the Interim Radio Retransmission Tariff, 2019-2023 as of January 1, 2019, and issued on December 28, 2018. (« Tarif provisoire »)

“settlement date”

means January 26, 2025. (« date de règlement »)

30. (1) The table of interest rates shall apply for all refunds of overpaid royalties made on or before the settlement date; thereafter, refunds of overpaid royalties shall be treated as late and subject to section 25 of this tariff.

(2) Overpaid royalties shall bear interest from January 1, 2019, to the date of the refund of the overpaid royalties. Interest shall be calculated daily, at an annual interest rate equal to the Bank Rate, as amended from time-to-time, on the last day of the previous month. Interest shall not compound.

(3) The interest rates in the table of interest rates are the Bank Rates published on the last Wednesday of each month at the time of approval of this tariff.

(4) The table of interest rates is

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
January	2.00	2.00	0.50	0.50	4.55	5.25
February	2.00	2.00	0.50	0.50	4.75	5.25
March	2.00	1.20	0.50	0.73	4.75	5.25
April	2.00	0.50	0.50	1.04	4.75	5.25
May	2.00	0.50	0.50	1.25	4.75	5.25
June	2.00	0.50	0.50	1.73	4.94	5.04
July	2.00	0.50	0.50	2.32	5.16	4.94
August	2.00	0.50	0.50	2.75	5.25	4.75
September	2.00	0.50	0.50	3.35	5.25	4.53
October	2.00	0.50	0.50	3.58	5.25	4.50
November	2.00	0.50	0.50	4.00	5.25
December	2.00	0.50	0.50	4.38	5.25
Table a1 note(s) Table a1 note * Note: The October 2024 interests rate accounts for the Bank Rates up until October 9, 2024. Return to table a1 note * referrer

31. A payment that a collective society received before the settlement date and that was allocated pursuant to section 10 of the interim radio retransmission tariff approved on December 28, 2018, shall be deemed to have been properly allocated pursuant to this tariff.

32. A retransmitter shall allocate additional royalties pursuant to section 10 of this tariff.

APPENDIX A: COLLECTIVE SOCIETIES

RADIO TARIFF 2019-2023

Canadian Broadcasters Rights Agency (CBRA)
4115 Canyon Walk Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1V 1P8
613‑822‑1112 (telephone)
613‑822‑7588 (fax)
erin_cbra@rogers.com (email)

Canadian Retransmission Right Association (CRRA)
c/o Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
181 Queen Street
P.O. Box 3220, Station C
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Y 1E4
613‑288‑6276 (telephone)
613‑288‑6279 (fax)
crra@cbc.ca (email)

FWS Joint Sports Claimants Inc. (FWS)
c/o Piasetzki Nenniger Kvas LLP
Barristers and Solicitors
120 Adelaide Street W
Suite 2308
Toronto, Ontario
M5H 1T1
416‑955‑0050 (telephone)
416‑955‑0053 (fax)
gpiasetzki@pnklaw.ca (email)

Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
41 Valleybrook Drive
Toronto, Ontario
M3B 2S6
416‑445‑8700 (telephone)
416‑445‑7198 (fax)
licence@socan.ca (email)

APPENDIX B

RADIO FORMS

• Form 1: General Information
• Form 2: Small Retransmission Systems Declaration
• Form 3: Information About Premises Served and Royalty Calculation
• Form 4: Radio Service Information
• Form 5: Report for Systems Operating in a Francophone Market
• Form 6: Systems Reported by the Same Retransmitter
• Form 7: Report of Premises Entitled to a Discount

FORM 1 (RADIO)

GENERAL INFORMATION
(Radio Tariff, sections 11, 13, 14, 15 and 16)

1) Name of the system:

2) Type of system: PLEASE CHECK WHERE APPROPRIATE

• small system;
• scrambled lptv system;
• unscrambled mds;
• matv system;
• dth system;
• scrambled mds;
• unscrambled lptv system;
• cable system;

other (please specify)

3) Name of the retransmitter:

• (a) if the retransmitter is a CORPORATION, please give
• its name:
• its jurisdiction of incorporation:
• the names and titles of its principal officers:

  NAME	TITLE

• (b) if the retransmitter is an INDIVIDUAL, please give the name of the individual:
• (c) if the retransmitter is anything else, please give the names of all owners of the enterprise and set out its legal nature (partnership, joint venture, etc.):
• Legal nature:

  NAME	TITLE

4) Other trade name(s) under which the retransmitter does business:

5) Address of the retransmitter’s principal place of business:

Street Address:

City: Province: Postal Code:

6) Address where you wish to receive notices (if different from above):

Street Address:

City: Province: Postal Code:

7) Contact person for this system:

Name: Title:

Tel. No.: Fax:

Email:

8) If other retransmitters receive one or more distant radio signals from the system, please attach a list showing their names and addresses, as well as the call letters of the signals they receive.
(NO ANSWER IS REQUIRED IN THE CASE OF AN UNSCRAMBLED LPTV OR AN UNSCRAMBLED MDS.)

9) SERVICE AREA OR LOCATION (NO ANSWER IS REQUIRED IN THE CASE OF A DTH SYSTEM.)

• (a) IN THE CASE OF AN UNSCRAMBLED LPTV OR AN UNSCRAMBLED MDS: please provide a description of the location of the LPTV or the MDS.
• (b) IN THE CASE OF A MATV SYSTEM: please provide the address where the system is located.
• Street Address:
• City: Province: Postal Code:
• Please also provide the address of any other building which is served by the MATV system.
• Street Address:
• City: Province: Postal Code:
• (c) IN THE CASE OF ANY OTHER SYSTEM: please provide a precise description of the area served by the system. Please also provide a copy of any map filed with the CRTC describing or containing that area that was not previously provided to the collective, as well as the date when the most recent map was filed.

10) Basic monthly fee charged within the system, net of taxes:
(NO ANSWER REQUIRED IN THE CASE OF AN UNSCRAMBLED LPTV OR UNSCRAMBLED MDS.)

FORM 2 (RADIO)

SMALL RETRANSMISSION SYSTEMS DECLARATION
(Radio Tariff, section 12)

THIS FORM IS TO BE COMPLETED ONLY FOR SMALL RETRANSMISSION SYSTEMS. PLEASE SEE SECTIONS 2 AND 4 OF THE RADIO RETRANSMISSION TARIFF FOR THE DEFINITION OF SMALL RETRANSMISSION SYSTEM.

NAME OF THE SYSTEM:

YEAR FOR WHICH THIS FORM APPLIES:

UNLICENSED SYSTEMS

If the system is not licensed by the CRTC:

• (a) Under what exemption order does the system operate? PN # , and
• (b) On what date did the system begin operating as an exempt system?

A) GENERAL

PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT APPLY TO THIS RETRANSMISSION SYSTEM.

1. Did the system retransmit a distant signal on December 31 of the previous year?
If NO, do not answer questions 2 through 6 and answer question 7.

2. Was the system included in a unit on December 31, 1993?
If YES, do not answer question 3 and go to question 4.

3. Was the system included in a unit on December 31 of the previous year?
If YES, do not answer question 4 and go to question 5.

4. On December 31 of the previous year, did the system serve 2 000 premises or less?
If YES, indicate that number: . Do not answer questions 5 to 7.
If NO, do not answer question 5. Complete the table in question 6 by using the number of premises served by the system on the last day of each month of the previous year during which the system retransmitted a distant signal. Do not answer question 7.

5. On December 31 of the previous year, did the unit serve 2 000 premises or less?
If YES, indicate the number: . Do not answer questions 6 and 7.
If NO, complete the table in question 6 by using the number of premises served by all cable retransmission systems in the unit on the last day of each month of the previous year in which (a) the composition of the unit was the same as on December 31, AND (b) the system retransmitted a distant signal. Do not answer question 7.

6. Please complete the following table if you answered NO to question 4 or to question 5.

As of the last day of each month during the previous year	Number of premises served
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
Average (Divide total by the number of months for which information is required to be provided)

7. Answer this question only if you answered NO to question 1.
Was the system included in a unit on the last day of the first month in which it retransmitted a distant signal this year?
If YES, how many premises were served by all cable retransmission systems in the unit on that day?
If NO, how many premises did the system serve on that day?

A SYSTEM IS A SMALL RETRANSMISSION SYSTEM IF YOU ANSWERED YES TO QUESTIONS 4 OR 5, IF THE AVERAGE IN QUESTION 6 IS 2 000 OR LESS, OR IF THE NUMBER OF PREMISES SERVED INDICATED IN ANSWER TO QUESTION 7 IS 2 000 OR LESS.

B) IF THE SYSTEM IS A MASTER ANTENNA SYSTEM LOCATED WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA OF ANOTHER CABLE RETRANSMISSION SYSTEM, please also complete the following declaration:

I confirm that (system name) is located within the service area

of (name of cable retransmission system) which as of

(relevant date) served no more than 2 000 premises in its service area.

(Signature)

(Name and Title)

Date:

C) INFORMATION ABOUT PREMISES SERVED

Please provide the following information as of (i) December 31 of the previous year, if the system retransmitted a distant radio signal on that day, or (ii) the last day of the month in which the system first retransmitted a distant radio signal in THIS year, if the system did not retransmit a distant radio signal on December 31 of the previous year.

	Residential Units	Health Care Facilities	Hotels	Educational Institutions	Others	All Premises
Numbers of premises served
Number of premises receiving at least one distant radio signal

D) ROYALTY SHARE OF EACH COLLECTIVE SOCIETY

36.605% of the royalty is payable to CBRA, 3.68% to FWS, 10.945% to CRRA and 48.77% to SOCAN. These amounts are net of any interest that may be owed on late payments, as well as of any applicable federal or provincial taxes, including GST.

E) INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNIT

1. Please complete this table if you answered YES to question 2, i.e. if the system was in a unit on December 31, 1993.

Names of all the retransmission systems in the unit on December 31, 1993	Names of the persons (including corporations) or groups of persons who own or who directly or indirectly control the systems included in the unit	Explain the nature of the control exercised (e.g. the percentage of voting shares directly or indirectly held by the persons exercising the control or by the members of the controlling group)

2. Please complete this table if you answered YES to questions 2, 3, or 7.

If the system was part of a unit on December 31 of the previous year, please provide the information as of that date. If not, please state the date on which the system became part of a unit and provide the information as of the last day of that month.

Date as of which the information is being provided:

Names of all the retransmission systems in the unit	Names of the persons (including corporations) or groups of persons who own or who directly or indirectly control the systems included in the unit	Explain the nature of the control exercised (e.g. the percentage of voting shares directly or indirectly held by the persons exercising the control or by the members of the controlling group)

FORM 3 (RADIO)

INFORMATION ABOUT PREMISES SERVED

ROYALTY CALCULATION FOR (relevant date)

IF YOU CARRY AT LEAST ONE DISTANT RADIO SIGNAL, PLEASE USE THIS FORM TO CALCULATE THE ROYALTY OWED.

UNSCRAMBLED LPTVS AND UNSCRAMBLED MDSS PAY FLAT RATES OF $12.50 PER YEAR, AND NEED NOT CALCULATE THEIR ROYALTIES.

ALL SYSTEMS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY CARRY A DISTANT RADIO SIGNAL, ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE LINES 1, 7, 8 AND 9. SMALL RETRANSMISSION SYSTEMS SHOULD USE FORM 2.

NAME OF THE SYSTEM:

	Type of Premises	Residential Units	Health Care Facilities	Hotels	Educational Institutions	Others	All Premises
1	Number of premises or TVROs served as of December 31 of the previous year
2	Retransmission royalty rate per premises:	8¢	8¢	8¢	8¢	8¢	n/a
3	Gross royalty amount [line 1 × line 2]						n/a
4	Adjustment factor for certain types of premises	1	0.25	0.6	0.25	1	n/a
5	Discount for systems in Francophone markets: use 0.5 if the system operates in a Francophone market, otherwise use 1 (Adjust 0.5 factor upwards to reflect any premises in Francophone markets that are not eligible for the Francophone market discount pursuant to section 8 of the Radio Tariff)						n/a
6	Net royalty amount [line 3 × line 4 × line 5]
7	Number of premises authorized to receive radio signals
8	Number of premises authorized to have more than one outlet
9	Number of premises authorized to have more than two outlets (if known)

The royalty payable is based on the total number of premises of all types served, whether or not these premises receive a distant radio signal, and whether or not subscribers subscribe to the radio service.

The total amount of royalty owed is the total of the amounts listed in line 6.

* per cent of the royalty is payable to CBRA, * per cent to FWS, * per cent to CRRA and * per cent to SOCAN. These amounts are net of any interest that may be owed on late payments, as well as of any applicable federal or provincial taxes, including the GST.

FORM 4 (RADIO)

RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION AS OF (relevant date)

(Radio Tariff, paragraph 11(k))

PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR ALL RADIO SERVICES SUPPLIED TO SUBSCRIBERS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE BROADCAST SERVICES.

Call Letters/Name of the Signal or Service	Call Letters of Mother Signal (if signal carried is a repeater)	Frequency Band	Network Affiliation	Any Other Name Under Which the Signal is Known	City and Province or State Where Signal Originated	Is the Signal Distant (D), Partially Distant (PD), Local (L) or "Unknown" (U)? table b9 note 1
Table b9 note(s) Table b9 note 1 "Unknown" indicates that a technical analysis is required to determine whether the signal is distant, partially distant or local. Return to table b9 note 1 referrer

FORM 5 (RADIO)

REPORT FOR CABLE RETRANSMISSION SYSTEMS OPERATING IN A FRANCOPHONE MARKET AND SCRAMBLED LPTV AND MDS TRANSMITTERS LOCATED IN A FRANCOPHONE MARKET
(Radio Tariff, sections 8 and 17)

Name of system:

I. ELIGIBILITY FOR FRANCOPHONE MARKET DISCOUNT — CABLE RETRANSMISSION SYSTEM

For each city, town or municipality wholly or partly within the system’s service area, provide the following information.

NOTE: The population for the whole city, town or municipality must be used in column (C), even if the cable retransmission system’s service area includes only part of that city, town or municipality.

If the total of column (B) is more than 50 % of the total of column (C), the system is in a Francophone market.

If the cable retransmission system is in the Province of Quebec, or if the total of column (B) is more than 50 % of the total of column (C), the cable retransmission system is in a Francophone market.

Cable retransmission systems whose service area includes all or part of any of the localities listed in paragraph 8(2)(b) of the Radio Tariff are only required to complete column (A).

(A) Name of the City, Town or Municipality	(B) Population Claiming French as Their Mother Tongue According to the Most Recent Statistics Canada Figures	(C) Total Population According to the Most Recent Statistics Canada Figures	(D) Total Number of Premises in Each System in the City, Town or Municipality	(E) Number of Premises out of the Total in (D) that are ineligible for the Francophone Market Discount Pursuant to s. 8(3) of the Radio Tariff

II. ELIGIBILITY FOR FRANCOPHONE MARKET DISCOUNT — SCRAMBLED LPTV AND MDS

If eligibility for the Francophone market discount is claimed with respect to premises receiving distant signals from any transmitter operated by this system, please complete this table for each such transmitter. For each transmitter which is eligible under paragraph 8(2)(a) or (b) of the Radio Tariff, complete only (A), (D) and (E). For each transmitter which is eligible under paragraph 8(2)(c) of the Radio Tariff, complete (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E).

If the total of (B) is more than 50 % of (C), the premises served by this transmitter are deemed to be located in a Francophone market.

(A) Name of the city, town or municipality and province where this transmitter is located	(B) Population of that city, town or municipality for whom French is their mother tongue, according to the most recent population figures published by Statistics Canada	(C) The population of that city, town or municipality, according to the most recent population figures published by Statistics Canada	(D) Total number of premises in each system in the city, town or municipality	(E) Number of premises out of the total in (D) that are ineligible for the Francophone Market discount pursuant to subsection 8(4) of the Radio Tariff

FORM 6 (RADIO)

SYSTEMS REPORTED BY THE SAME RETRANSMITTER
(Radio Tariff, section 18)

Name of the System (as reported on Form 1 for that System)	Service Area

FORM 7 (RADIO)

REPORT OF PREMISES ENTITLED TO A DISCOUNT
(Radio Tariff, section 22)

A COLLECTIVE SOCIETY IS ENTITLED TO ASK THAT THIS FORM BE COMPLETED IF THERE ARE BUILDINGS CONTAINING PREMISES FOR WHICH YOU CLAIM A DISCOUNT UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE TARIFF (ROOMS IN HOTELS, HEALTH INSTITUTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS).

Please give the address of each building containing premises of the type indicated, as well as the number of rooms served in each building.

NAME OF SYSTEM:

DATE AS OF WHICH THE REPORT IS BEING MADE:

HOTELS (this includes motels)

Address	Number of Rooms Served

HEALTH INSTITUTIONS

Address	Number of Rooms Served

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Address	Number of Rooms Served