Local Television Improvement Fund - Make the Companies Pay

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Whereas the CRTC has implemented the the Local Programming Improvement Fund for the betterment of content and coverage within Canada, and

Whereas this fund is generated via a levy imposed upon Broadcasting Distribution Undertakings (Cable and Satellite television providers), and

Whereas, the top 5 BDUs, representing 90\% of the program delivery industry, have enjoyed consitant financial growth for the past 5 years, garnering $7 Billion in 2008, and

Whereas the top 5 BDUs, acting independantly or in concert, have announced that they will directly transfer the LPIF levy on to their customers, and

Whereas the CRTC has a mandate to to ensure that both the broadcasting and telecommunications systems serve the Canadian public,

Therefore

We, the undersigned members of the Canadian public, request that the Commission, acting on our behalf, take the following actions against the BDUs:

1 - By inacting the same policy regarding LPIF fees, the BDUs have demonstrated that, regardless of acting independanly or in concert, the DBUs will act together against the interest of public. Therefore, we request an immediate imposition of rate-regulation upon said BDUs.

2 - The Commission immediatly freeze all BDU customer rates at levels which existed prior to the announcement of the LPIF levy

3 - The Commission impliment a fee-for-carriage plan for formerly exempt stations (Over the Air broadcasters, etc); that carriage such local contant providers remain a condition of lisence; and that consumers also be protected from the passing on of said fee.

4 - The Commission investigate and impliment methods to protect consumers from future attempts by regulated organizations to pass Commission imposed fees, levys, taxes, or other costs along to those consumers.

44 Signatures

Jeff Rose-Martland
- City, Province
- St. John's, NL
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
Darrell Heath
- City, Province
- St. John's, NL
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
Eric Hau
- City, Province
- Toronto, Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
Louis Pian
- City, Province
- london, Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- rogers
- Comments
- This is a ridiculous and totalitarian grab by Rogers to pass on the cost to subscribers, wh o already pay dearly, and placate shareholders. We, the consumer, are the stakeholders in all TV & satellite providers, not the nameless faceless shareholders.
Michelle Pian
- City, Province
- London, Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
- Comments
- I understood the CRTC ruling to intend the TV and satellite providors are responsible for paying the LPIF fee. I am astonished that Rogers and other providors have the audacity to pass this on the consumer!!!!! It's a blatant cash grab that protects shareholders and corporate profits.
Andre Levesque
- City, Province
- Toronto
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Bell
Norman Vincent
- City, Province
- Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
John Gazo
- City, Province
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
- Comments
- No only are the broadcasters avoiding any sort of financial contribution to the LTIF, but they will likely end up making money from the interest they'll earn from holding all the individual contributions before they're transferred to the Fund. Ultimately, broadcasters are avoiding any coporate social responsibility.
Marilee Tait
- City, Province
- Owen Sound, ON
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
- Phone Number
- 519-371-8274
- Comments
- Make Rogers pay for the fund - not consumers
Peter Ferguson
- City, Province
- Pickering, Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers Cable
Francis McCarthy
- City, Province
- St. John's, NL
sherri decembrini
- City, Province
- airdrie alberta
- Comments
- crtc was a built on the idea of buliding canadian arts and culture, making sure companies, as well as future companies understood that ours was a great and vast land that needed canadian culture not american dollars.
arthur bergmann
- City, Province
- airdrie, alberta
Lawrence Williams
- City, Province
- St. John's, NL
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
- Phone Number
- 709-237-1389
Kevin Martland
- City, Province
- Carbonear, NL
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Shaw
Adrienne Rowe
- City, Province
- St. John's, NL
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
Shane martland
- City, Province
- St John's NL
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- none
- Phone Number
- 709-745-4803
Heather Beer
- City, Province
- St. John's, NL
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Bell
Ann Hawboldt
- City, Province
- Regina, SK
Heather Charlton
- City, Province
- Bay Roberts, Newfoundland
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Eastlink
Carmen Gunn
- City, Province
- Ottawa, ON
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
Fiona Shawana
- City, Province
- Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Eastlink
R Pal
- City, Province
- Oshawa Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
- Comments
- No No No Already to much, and commercials to long . Cable tv started out us paying so we didn't have commercials... now they just keep increasing our bill.... STOP THEM
Shawn Staples
- City, Province
- Peterborough, Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Bell Express Vu & Cogeco
- Phone Number
- 7057439364
- Comments
- CRTC needs to protect customers against ever increading fees.
Matthew Cochrane
- City, Province
- Oshawa, Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
Maria
- City, Province
- Calgary, AB
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Bell
Evan Matechuk
- City, Province
- manitouwadge
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- shaw
Janna Barnett
- City, Province
- Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
Thelma Sookman
- City, Province
- Toronto, ON
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers Cable
- Phone Number
- 416-423-0094
- Comments
- К
Julie Dick
- City, Province
- Ottawa, ON
Michael Johnson
- City, Province
- Oshawa Ontario
Kirk Bailey
- City, Province
- Whitby Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
- Phone Number
- 905 404-8676
- Comments
- We pay too much now! STOP any increase
Taylor Bailey
- City, Province
- Oshawa Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
- Phone Number
- 905-922-7015
Bill Cline
- City, Province
- Young, SK
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Shaw satellite
JASMINE MURTAZA
- City, Province
- Mississauga, Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Rogers
- Comments
- We pay enough fees already, why are we being charged for this fund. Stop robbing people.
Barbara Pender
- City, Province
- St. Philip's, NL
Howard Revin
- City, Province
- Toronto, Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Bell Canada
James Slagter
- City, Province
- Waterdown, ON
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Cogeco
Cyndy Haddlesey
- City, Province
- Durham
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Bell
- Phone Number
- 5193692115
Blake Lang
- City, Province
- Sherwood Park, Alberta
James Turuba
- City, Province
- Hearst
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Shaw
- Comments
- why should i pay for something I don't watch
Jessica
- City, Province
- Oshawa, Ontario
- Cable or Satellite Provider
- Bell
- Phone Number
- В
- Comments
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