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Did the CRTC try to telegraph a message to\u00a0Bell regarding the Astral deal in its approval of the sale of the broadcasting assets of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment<\/a>? That is a question that Greg O’Brien asked in Cartt.ca<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n

The Cartt.ca article cited two paragraphs from the decision:<\/p>\n

54. As set out in Public Notice 1999-97 and Broadcasting Public Notice 2007-53, applicants are generally expected by the Commission to direct tangible benefits to the communities served and to the broadcasting system as a whole. Further, in order to be accepted as a benefit, the proposed expenditure must be incremental to expenditures that would generally be considered ongoing normal responsibilities of the existing licensee.<\/p>\n

55. The Commission, in applying its benefits test, has been consistent and rigorous in requiring that (1) expenditures proposed as tangible benefits be truly incremental; (2) such expenditures be directed to projects and initiatives that would not be undertaken or realized in the absence of the transaction; and (3) applicants demonstrate that expenditures proposed as tangible benefits flow predominantly to third parties, such as independent producers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In my post last month on tangible benefits<\/a>, I suggested that there is an argument for Bell’s proposal for certain northern broadband upgrades to be considered incremental. And as any of us who watched the Olympics could attest, expenditures for broadband service expansion is indeed providing benefits to the broadcasting system as it evolves from linear over-the-air to the delivery of on-demand across multiple platforms.<\/p>\n

So, with regard to items (1) and (2) from paragraph 55, I think that Bell could make an argument – in fact, a convincing argument. It is item (3) that becomes more difficult: that “applicants demonstrate that expenditures proposed as tangible benefits flow predominantly to third parties.”<\/p>\n

I expressed concerns<\/a> about the use of public benefit funds for broadband expansion: “in a multiple service-provider environment, how can the CRTC grant the benefits funding without distorting the competitive landscape?”<\/p>\n

Perhaps the broadband expansion funds were placed in the hands of a competitively neutral third party administrator – a kind of broadband contribution fund administrator – for distribution to service providers based on their market share. Alternatively, the funds might be distributed\u00a0directly to customers of broadband service providers in certain eligible\u00a0geographic areas, perhaps based on financial need.\u00a0But this is just tinkering with a program that will deliver benefits to an extremely limited number of Canadian households.<\/p>\n

As\u00a0I wrote last month<\/a>, “I am still hoping that\u00a0a major carrier will show the leadership to launch a program for low income households<\/a>\u00a0to acquire connected computers. Perhaps this can be a fallback tangible benefits program?”<\/p>\n

More than 2 million Canadian households lack a computer, let alone broadband connectivity. These are households in our urban core, not in remote communities. If broadband is important for households in remote communities, why are we not concerned with the embarrassingly large number of households that can’t afford service in our urban centres?<\/p>\n

I continue to believe that a Canadian equivalent of the Connect2Compete<\/a> needs to be launched.<\/p>\n

Across Canada, in the next two weeks another school year will get underway.<\/p>\n

As parents head out to buy back-to-school supplies, think about the kids who won’t have access to a connected computer for doing homework.<\/p>\n

A connected computer in every household with school aged children has to become a national objective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did the CRTC try to telegraph a message to\u00a0Bell regarding the Astral deal in its approval of the sale of the broadcasting assets of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment? That is a question that Greg O’Brien asked in Cartt.ca last week. The Cartt.ca article cited two paragraphs from the decision: 54. As set out in …<\/p>\n

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