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Canadian Heritage committee That has not happened yet, but...
December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting
Luc Perreault
Canadian Heritage committee We hope not. You pointed out first of all that we cannot directly reach subscribers, but we do reach them through the BDUs. You are absolutely right. At recent CRTC hearings, my colleague Paul and I told the commission that with the arrival of digital technology, BDUs are in a p
December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting
Luc Perreault
Canadian Heritage committee We do not.
December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting
Luc Perreault
December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting
Luc Perreault
Canadian Heritage committee We deal with Nielsen and they provide us with monthly reports. The BDUs have reports that are up to date to the second. Vertical integration comes into play because these people, now... If you look at the sheet we distributed, you will see that there are not very many independe
December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting
Luc Perreault
Canadian Heritage committee They are all linked to BDUs.
December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting
Luc Perreault
Canadian Heritage committee Yes, let's put it that way. A BDU that owns programming services can use the information from the decoders to determine which programs are the most watched. Then, if that programming belongs to an independent or if it has been acquired from a producer, all they need to do is fin
December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting
Luc Perreault
Canadian Heritage committee We mentioned that briefly here. We are talking about perhaps—not favours—but openings on basic service so that independents can benefit from them.
December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting
Luc Perreault
Canadian Heritage committee Precisely. In addition, if we want to sustain independents in their development... I read many of the debates that take place here in committee. Some people say that a company has to be big to succeed, but that is not true. All large companies were small at one time. Small comp
December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting
Luc Perreault
Canadian Heritage committee No, not for the time being. We will come back to that in our document on vertical integration, because copyright is not taken into account. That is another area that needs to be looked at.
December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting
Luc Perreault
Canadian Heritage committee MeteoMedia and The Weather Network are among the most widely distributed specialty channels, with 98% of all cable and satellite households receiving one or more of our services. This broad access, essential to our success, is in part thanks to early CRTC regulations requiring ou
December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting
Luc Perreault