Canadian Heritage committee  I think “border” is very relevant, in that if you're a Windsor resident and you work in Detroit and you're dependent on local news in the morning for weather, traffic and sports going in to work and there's no local television news in Windsor, then obviously it's relevant. Those communities are directly impacted and identify with that shared community of interest that's being televised.

Canadian Heritage committee  Exactly. It varies across the country. Boston has a very special connection with the Maritimes—Halifax, obviously. You're hard pressed to go anywhere in the country and not find Detroit television stations on the cable package. Minneapolis is relevant to northern Ontario and Winnipeg.

Canadian Heritage committee  I can give you an example. KSTP in Minneapolis, an ABC affiliate, became aware that it was being distributed by Canadian distributors in Canada because it started receiving complaints from northern Ontario that its closed captioning was not working properly. At KSTP, there is a very regulated process whereby complaints are followed.

Canadian Heritage committee  Madam Chair, vice-chairs, members, clerk and committee staff, thanks for the opportunity to appear before you today as part of your study on remuneration models for artists in the creative industries in the context of copyright. My name is Frank Schiller. I'm here as a Canadian adviser to Border Broadcasters, Inc., a not-for-profit copyright collective representing 26 local over-the-air American television stations, including ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox affiliates located along the Canada-U.S border from coast to coast.