These services cover the telecommunications services consisting of the transmission and reception of radio and television broadcast by satellite (the uninterrupted chain of transmission via satellite required for the distribution of TV and radio programme signals to the general public).

Its schedule is made up almost completely of National Public Radio and other public radio programming, but it receives a similar proportion of CPB funding.

This year, the 938 staff at L'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel will spend the Canadian equivalent of $170 million, 100% of which is provided by the national government, on the collection and preservation of France's radio, television, cable, and satellite programming an assignment they've been working on since 1975.

The SOCAM wants to improve communications between the various communities through newspapers, magazines, radio and television programs, films, and basically any written, spoken or visual communications tools; provide live broadcasting of news programs on aboriginal issues pertaining to culture, the economy and community life in the language of each of those two nations; involve community radio stations in the business' organizational activities; provide technical support and training to local stations to ensure proper rebroadcasting of the network's programs; launch projects designed to improve communications and relationships betwee ...[+++]n aboriginal peoples, between the two nations and between member communities by using new information technologies and communications; operate a broadcasting network for 14 local member stations; establish cooperative and complementary ties with local community radio stations; organize adequate programming that reflects the Atikamekw and Innu culture; inform the locals of major news events that directly affect them; provide local radio stations and their staff with adequate equipment, tools and communication techniques; implement training programs; provide translation and interpretation services; design a television production centre; develop community access via Internet to new information technologies and communications technologies by implementing multimedia access centres for communities—and I could name 23 or 24 communities in Quebec—; implement communication services and infrastructures to support initiatives pertaining to health, learning and community access to cover social and community activities, a project that was in fact taken over by Industry Canada.

Consumer benefits from digital TV compared with analogue TV are wider choice, thanks to more TV and radio channels; greater impact and realism for the viewer, thanks to the possibility of improved picture quality and better sound; greater flexibility, thanks to better portable and mobile reception, and enhanced information services leading to greater participation thanks to interactivity.

Items affecting a single organization are the following: $550 million to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for contributions for agricultural risk management under the Farm Income Protection Act; $225.3 million to the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency to address operational workload pressures and pursue revenue generation initiatives; $221.9 million to Transport Canada to provide assistance to air carriers for losses incurred due to the temporary closure of Canadian air space, and additional payments to VIA Rail in support of an expanded capital investment program; $152.5 million to National Defence for additional costs associated with NATO Flying Training in Canada and other professional services; $114.8 million to Fisheries and Oceans ...[+++]Canada for the Fisheries Access program; $109.7 million to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for program enhancements; $97.1 million to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade for contributions to provinces related to softwood lumber export controls; $74.5 million to Indian and Northern Affairs Canada for the settlement of specific claims with the Horse Lake First Nation and the Fishing Lake First Nation; $60 million to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to strengthen and revitalize radio and television programs; $57.7 million to Health Canada in support of federal hepatitis C initiatives; $57.3 million to the Cape Breton Development Corporation for additional costs, including workforce adjustments; $53 million to the Privy Council Office for the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada; and $50 million to the Canadian International Development Agency for programming against hunger and malnutrition through international development and nutritional institutions.