Canadian Heritage committee  One thing that we have already done is to institute the Local Programming Improvement Fund.

Canadian Heritage committee  In fact, there are all the regulatory aspects that go along with that. The quantum has not yet been set definitively.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, the amount of money. Everything should be in place by early September so that the broadcasters can start receiving funding in the following weeks.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  Ms. Guay, I would like to point out that the quarterly results of the public companies tell us that cable distribution is something of a recession-proof system. All the cable companies are experiencing growth right now. And the operators of those companies say that subscriber numbers increase significantly in every recession.

Official Languages committee  We were given certain figures in the context of the transition-to-digital hearings that we've held in recent weeks. Bell TV's freesat project would be implemented for August 2011, at the time of the transition to digital. The Bell people consider this a development project. It's an option they're putting on the table in the context of discussions on the review of a set of policies.

Official Languages committee  They're correct. BBM confirms from its surveys that 99% of households have access to television. You have to think that some people don't have television receivers in their homes. Indeed, 97% is the percentage that CTV has been using for a few weeks now to inform people of the effort it has made to offer its signals.

Official Languages committee  That makes it possible to add people to reach the 97% figure, particularly because APTN is very much represented in the north, which is not necessarily the case of the other services. That contributes to the supply of services that CTV has established.

Official Languages committee  In Fredericton, Mr. Godin, there will necessarily be cable or satellite.

Official Languages committee  That's correct.

Official Languages committee  I do.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  We know—

Official Languages committee  I'd like to add an additional piece of information. CTV confirmed for us, when we conducted the study that resulted in the March 30 report, that the original number of broadcasting hours would be the same in both English and in French. There's simply a repeat rate factor as a result of which there will be differences in the total number of broadcasting hours.

Official Languages committee  That's correct.