The Canadian programming budget figures in the following list of Category 1 digital channels are the channels’ best estimates prior to launch, and are quoted in the CRTC licence approvals. The figures for an hour of programming are included where available and are also estimates. Rates will vary depending on the project.

LIFESTYLE PROGRAMMING

Discovery Health Channel

Phone: 416-967-1174

Web: www.discoveryhealth.ca (under construction)

Key execs: Norm Bolen, exec VP of programming, Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting; Barbara Williams, senior VP, lifestyle programming, AAB; Erica Benson, director of programming, Discovery Health Channel; Dr. Brian Goldman, senior production exec, DHC

Overview: Personal stories, medical breakthroughs and frontline emergency care.

Ownership: AAB (65%), Discovery Networks International (35%)

Flagship programs:

Themes are ‘Being Human,’ the workings of the body; ‘Condition,’ critical, emergency health care; and ‘Medical Wonders,’ scientific breakthroughs.

Programming needs: All proposals should fall in the above three categories.

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $39 million over the licence term to acquire or produce programming, based on 51% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Independent production: At least 35% of original Canadian programming to be acquired from independents.

Average per hour, commissions: $20,000-$35,000

Average per hour, acquisitions: $500-$5,000

Cancon: 60% in the first year of the licence term, rising to 63% until the fourth year, with 65% in years five and six, and 70% in year seven.

ONE: the Body,

Mind & Spirit channel

Phone: 416-595-6465

Fax: 416-595-1340

Web: www.onebodymindspirit.com

Key execs: Bill Roberts, CEO and chair of the board; Mark Prasuhn, GM; Lyse Lajoie, director, programming; Susan Bower, VP finance; Alberta Nokes, VP communications; Beverly Shenken, manager, acquisitions; Joan Jenkinson, director, programming operations; Erika Kramer, director, technical operations

Overview: Subject matter includes natural healing, non-traditional exercise, nutrition, environmentally sustainable living, the quest for meaning, and relationships with other people and with the planet.

Ownership: Vision Digital (41.7%), AAB (29.9%), Radio Nord (20%), Renewal Partners (5%)

Flagship programs:

* Ghost Stories: real people telling their stories about encountering ghosts.

* Healing Quest: narrated by Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry (LA Law), the series asks: What path would you take on your quest for health that encompasses body, mind and spirit?

* Quest, Women of Wisdom and Power explores how women’s timeless wisdom and infinite power help achieve personal and societal change.

Commissioned vs. acquired programming: For year one, approximately 98% of programming is acquired, primarily due to time constraints. For 2002/03 and beyond, it is intended that at least one-third of programming is prelicensed from independent producers or original ‘in-house’ production; however, this will depend on availability and afforda-bility.

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $26 million over the licence term, based on 41% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues. ($2 million in first year.)

Independent production: Approximately 75% of total Canadian programming expenditures is to be spent on independents.

Average per hour of programming: $500-$5,000

Cancon: 50% for the first two years of the licence term, increasing gradually to 60% from the fifth to the seventh year.

The FashionTelevision Channel

Phone: 416-591-7400

Fax: 416-591-3545

Web: www.fashiontelevision.com (until launch)

Key execs: Marcia Martin, VP and GM; Ellen Bain, program manager; Scott Greig, creative director; Jay Levine, director of original production

Overview: Series on fashion, architecture, beauty and photography. Flow of short-form fashion and design-related items incorporating news, views, videos, tips and trends.

Ownership: Chum Limited (100%)

Flagship programs:

* Jeanne Unzipped: flow segment hosted by Jeanne Beker.

* Glen for Men: host Glen Baxter covers car and product design, dressing for success and other aspects concerned with male appreciation of design.

Other series: Feng Shui, Behind the Lens

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $19 million over the licence term, based on 41% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Independent production: Majority of shows will be station-produced. $700,000 is available over the licence term for the production of fashion videos and documentary programming, with $525,000 to be spent with independents or in-house for script or concept development.

Average per hour of programming: $500-$10,000

Cancon: 40% in the first year of the licence term, rising to 50% by year seven. 100% Cancon between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Travel TV

Phone: 416-332-5000

Web: www.exn.ca

Key execs: Paul Lewis, senior VP programming, Discovery Channel; John Panikkar, VP production, Discovery; Carol Ann Davidson, acquisitions, Discovery; Marni Shulman, director of programming; Joanne MacIntosh, director, scheduling

Overview: Programs will include all types of travel, from adventure to outdoor to sporting to cultural and historic. Programming will also focus on practical travel tips.

Ownership: CTV Television (100%)

Flagship programs:

* Inside Travel: Marni Shulman, exec producer; Nancy Franklin, senior producer

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $41 million over the licence term, based on 53% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Independent production: One-third of programming budget will be spent on commissions from independents, at a cost of approximately $13.5 million over the licence term.

Rate per hour, acquisitions: $500-$5,000

Rate per hour, commissions: $5,000-$20,000

Cancon: 53% in the first year of the licence term, increasing to 70% by year seven.

PrideVision TV

Phone: 416-979-2900

Fax: 416-979-1300

Web: www.PrideVisionTV.com

Key execs: John Levy, chairman and CEO, Headline Media Group; Robert Malcolmson, president, Headline Media; Shaun Purdue, CFO, Headline Media; David Errington, senior VP and GM, The Score and PrideVision; Don Moen, VP of sales, The Score and PrideVision; Bruce Glawson, VP programming; Anna McCusker, VP marketing

Overview: National news and information, current affairs, lifestyle and entertainment programming designed to meet the needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

Ownership: Headline Media Group (100%)

Flagship programs:

* Shout: a PrideVision signature in-house series, a weekly (52 episodes) half-hour current affairs magazine featuring hosts Guy Gagnier, Rachel Giese and Michael Serapio.

* SoGayTV: 26 half-hour episodes of the U8TV hit Internet show featuring the gay loft mate from The Lofters, Mathieu Chatelois.

* Orbit: a 26 x 30 travel series produced by Bumper 2 Bumper Media.

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $32 million over the licence term, based on 49% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Independent production: Approximately $14 million to be spent on independent production over the licence term.

Rate per hour, acquisitions: $350-$4,000

Rate per hour, commissions: $5,000-$10,000

Cancon: 65% between 6 a.m. and midnight, and 50% between 6 p.m. and midnight for every year of the licence term.

Connect

Phone: 403-508-2222

Overview: Programming primarily targeted to teens aged 12-17, as well as to young people between 18 and 24. Focused on health, sex, relationships, careers, news, music, fashion and trends.

Ownership: Craig Broadcast Systems (66.7%), TD Capital Group (33.3%)

Canadian programming budget: The channel will spend an estimated $29 million over the licence term to acquire or produce programming. The figure is based on 43% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Independent production: At least $16.8 million to be spent over the licence term to acquire programming from independents.

Cancon: 50% in each of the first two years of the licence term, rising to 60% by year seven.

MenTV

Phone: 416-446-5311

Overview: Programming related to luxury goods, gourmet foods, men’s beauty and fitness. Also features programs about outdoor adventure and leisure sports.

Ownership: Groupe TVA (51%), Global Television Network (49%)

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $27 million over the licence term, based on 39% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Cancon: 50% for every year of the licence term.

NEWS & ISSUES

i channel

Phone: 416-756-2404

Fax: 416-756-5526

Web: www.stornoway.com

Key execs: Martha Fusca, president and CEO; Carolyn Meland, head of programming

Overview: Programming will focus on public affairs and include documentaries, talk shows, biographies, drama and humor.

Ownership: Stornoway Investors’ Group (50%), Cogeco Radio Television (50%)

Flagship programs:

* Look Better Naked: a series on cosmetic surgery, hosted by Leslie Cote

* Open I: an examination of personal issues.

* Wrongfully Accused: hosted by Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter.

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $42 million over the licence term, based on 37% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Independent production: Approximately 76% of all programming expenditures will be spent on independents, on either commissions, acquisitions or coproductions.

Cancon: 55% in year one, increasing to a maximum of 65% in year seven.

Country Canada

Phone: 416-642-3770

Web: www.corusent.com

Key execs: John Cassaday, president and CEO, Corus Entertainment; Paul Robertson, president, television, Corus; Bryan Ellis, group VP, television-adult, Corus; Michael Harris, VP and GM, The Documentary Channel and Country Canada, Corus; Karen Gifford, programming director, Country Canada, Corus

Overview: Country Canada features six hours of news reporting each day, as well as reporting on natural resources and country-style living.

Ownership: Corus (70%), CBC (30%)

Flagship programs:

* Wake up with CBC News: Countrywide: a groundbreaking service focusing on land, seas and natural resources.

* Get CBC News: Countrywide: evening roundup of the important domestic news of the day.

* Talk Back: a daily phone-in show hosted from Winnipeg that covers the issues of the day with Canadians from coast to coast, augmented by continuing discussion on the Internet.

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $28 million over the licence term to acquire or produce programming, based on 51% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Average per hour, acquisitions: $3,000

Cancon: 50% in the first three years of licence term, rising to 60% in the last two years.

TechTV

Phone: 416-260-0055

Fax: 416-260-3810

Web: Under construction

Key execs: Alison Clayton, GM; Julie Osborne, director of marketing; Melanie Farrell, director of sales; David Heath, director of programming; Craig Smeaton, manager on-air, creative

Overview: Digital lifestyle channel, with schedule organized into five zones: news, products, money, help and fun.

Ownership: Rogers Media (33.3%), Shaw Communications (33.3%), TechTV, [U.S. corporation controlled by Paul Allen] (33.3%)

Flagship programs:

* Silicon Spin

* Screen Savers

* Fresh Gear

Commissioned vs. acquired programming: Most Canadian programming to be produced in-house.

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $32 million over the licence term, based on 40% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenue.

Independent funding: Approximately $3.3 million to be spent on Canadian programs acquired from Canadian producers, starting with a minimum of $308,000 in the third year of the licence term.

Average per hour, acquisitions: $300-$5,000

Average per hour, commissions: $5,000-$10,000

Cancon: 25% in the first year of the licence term, increasing by 5% each year until year five, when it will rise to 50%.

ARTS PROGRAMMING

The Independent Film Channel Canada

Phone: 902-420-1577

Fax: 902-420-0521

Web: www.ifctv.ca

Key execs: Deborah Carver, GM and VP marketing; Johanna Lunn Montgomery, director of programming; Mark Campbell, senior production exec

Overview: Dedicated to independent films from Canada and around the world. Sixty percent feature films, with the balance coming from documentaries, series and shorts.

Ownership: *Salter Street Broadcasting (95%), Triptych Media (5%)

(*In trust pending CRTC approval of the change of control of the licence resulting from the purchase of Salter by Alliance Atlantis Communications)

Flagship programs:

* A 2 x 1 documentary film series from Paperny Films, Vancouver.

* Other in-house magazine programming to be announced.

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $17 million over the licence term to acquire or produce programming, based on 37% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Independent funding: 50% of annual Canadian budget to be spent on independents.

Average rates per hour: $5,000 (exact figures not available pending approval of the sale of Salter).

Cancon: 40% in the first three years of the licence, 45% in the next three years, 50% in the seventh year. Seven new, original Canadian programs in the first year. Between five and 10 new, feature-length Canadian films and 10 to 20 short films starting in the third year of the licence term.

Mystery Channel

Phone: 416-446-5311

Overview: Dedicated to suspense, espionage, thrillers, police dramas and classic mysteries.

Ownership: Global Television Network (45.05%), Groupe TVA (45.05%), Rogers Broadcasting (minority shareholder)

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $19.5 million over the licence term, based on 43% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Independent production: Mystery indicated to the CRTC that it will work with Aboriginal Peoples Television Network to obtain original programming reflecting the culture of myths and legends.

Cancon: 50% in the first three years of the licence term, increasing to 55% for the following three years and to 60% in year seven.

BookTelevision: The Channel

Phone: 780-440-7777

Fax: 780-440-8899

Web: www.booktelevision.com

Key execs: Dr. Ron Keast, president and CEO; Moses Znaimer, chairman and exec producer; Jill Bonenfant, director, programming; Daniel Richler, editor-in-chief/supervising producer.

Overview: The channel is about writing that propels our daily lives from communicating ideas, artistic expression and verbal power.

Ownership: Chum (60%), Olympus Management (20%), 1006228 Ontario Inc. (15.5%), Jay Switzer (4.5%)

Flagship programs:

* The Word: book news flow with Daniel Richler.

* The Word this Week with Daniel Richler.

* BookTelevision.

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $10 million over the licence term, based on 40% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Independent production: Approximately $5 million will be spent on acquiring programs from independents, with no more than half of such programs acquired from affiliate stations.

Cancon: 40% in the first two years of the licence term, increasing to 50% in the third year and remaining at that level.

The Documentary Channel

Phone: 416-642-3770

Web: www.corusent.com

Key execs: John Cassaday, president and CEO, Corus Entertainment; Paul Robertson, president, television, Corus; Bryan Ellis, group VP, television-adult, Corus; Michael Harris, VP and GM, The Documentary Channel and Country Canada, Corus; Karen Gifford, programming director, Country Canada, Corus;

Christina Pochmursky, program director, The Documentary Channel, Corus

Overview: Programming includes Academy Award winners and Canadian independent films, as well as themed weekend programming and classics from the libraries of the CBC and the NFB.

Ownership: Corus (53%), CBC (29%), NFB (14%), four independent production companies with 1% each.

Flagship programs:

* Masterworks: Academy Award-winning documentaries, such as The Ten Year Lunch: The Wit and Wisdom of the Algonquin Round Table and From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China.

* Director’s Cut: award-winning series starting with Mark Starowicz’s The Dawn of the Eye, which follows the development of television journalism. Directors to follow include John Zaritsky, John Kastner, Shelley Saywell and Sun-Kyung Li.

* Festival: each weekend is dedicated to a single theme such as WWII, jazz, labor, sports, and crime and punishment.

Commissioned vs. acquired programming: Largely acquired programming with a small amount of commissioned programming in the first year. Twenty-six hours of commissioned programming each year from independent producers.

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $28 million over the licence term, based on 47% of its gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Independent funding: At least 50% of acquisition funds to be spent on independents, for a total of 200 hours of such programming a year.

Rate per hour, acquisitions: $3,000

Rate per hour, commissions: $25,000 (maximum)

Cancon: 66% in each of the first six years of the licence term, increasing to 75% in the final year.

The Biography Channel

Phone: 416-260-0033

Fax: 416-260-3810

Web: Under construction

Key execs: Alison Clayton, GM; Julie Osborne, director of marketing; Melanie Farrell, director of sales; David Heath, director of programming; Craig Smeaton, manager on-air, creative

Overview: Profiles every night linked by themes. During the day, the channel will match biographies with documentaries and movies.

Ownership: Rogers Media (33.3%), Shaw Communications (33.3%), A&E Network (33.3%)

Flagship programs:

Themes will include Great Women, Leaders and Legends and Great Entertainers

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $23 million over the licence term, based on 40% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Independent funding: Ninety-five percent of Canadian programming expenditures will go to independent producers

Average per hour, acquisitions: $300-$5,000

Average per hour, commissions: $5,000-$10,000

Cancon: 25% in the first year of the licence term, increasing by 5% each year until the fifth year of the term when it will rise to 50% for the remainder of the term.

SPORTS

WTSN

Phone: 416-494-1212

Fax: 416-490-7060

Web: www.wtsn.ca (launching in early September)

Key execs: Sue Prestedge, senior VP, WTSN; Cheryl Gordon, senior marketing manager; Anna Stambolic, senior programming manager; Linda Masci Linton, senior producer, WTSN Connects; Norma Wick, host, WTSN Connects

Overview: The world’s first 24-hour network dedicated to covering women’s sports.

Ownership: TSN (100%)

Flagship programs:

* WTSN Connects: a one-hour show hosted by Norma Wick, a mix of news, interactivity and entertainment about the women’s sports scene.

* Benchmarks: weekly documentaries focusing on women who have made an impact on the Canadian sports scene.

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $36 million over the licence term, based on 53% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Independent production: Approximately $14 million to be spent on program acquisitions from independent producers.

Average rate per hour: $3,000

Cancon: 30% during the first year of the licence term, increasing to 50% by year seven.

Info Sports

Phone: 514-599-2244,

Fax: 514-599-2299

Web: sclient@rds.ca, website: www.rds.ca.

Key execs: Gerry Frappier, president and GM; Lino Bramucci, senior VP and GM, Ventes NetStar; Michel Gagnon, VP, marketing; Francois Messier, VP, programming; Kevin Dumouchel, director, finance and administration; Robert Turcotte, senior program manager, program administrator; Charles Perreault, exec producer, news; Domenic Vannelli, exec producer, programming; Sylvain Brisson, manager, client services, Ventes NetStar; Robert Morin, manager, operations; Michel Roy, manager, business development.

Overview: Info Sports is the only French-language, 24-hour sports news service, with a morning and primetime news desk, and a 15-minute wheel/news sports desk and live-event regional/amateur programming on weekends.

Ownership: Le Reseau des Sports (100%)

Independent production: $3.7 million will go to independent video journalists to cover regional news and amateur sport for the licence term.

Canadian programming budget: Estimated at $10 million over the licence term, based on 51% of gross advertising, infomercial and subscription revenues.

Cancon: 80% throughout the licence term.