Canwest

Thursday December 17, 2009Mike Battista

London, ON N6A 5L8

RE: Your complaint concerning

Play-TV Canada

(CBSC File C09/1O-0531)

Dear Mr. Battista:

We are in receipt of your letter via the CBSC regarding Global Television's broadcast of

Play-

TV Canada, December

5th

2009 on Global Ontario (CIII).

In your letter, you have expressed concerns regarding this show and that you felt it was

misleading and unethical. In your letter you also mentioned that you contacted Global

Television, however we have found no record of your contact. Can you please tell us how you

contacted us?

Let me begin by saying that as responsible broadcasters, we are sensitive to the members of

our viewing audience and we apologize if this program has offended you. I assure you that it

is neither Global's nor the producer's intention to do so.

Under

The Broadcasting Act,

broadcasters are required to provide a broad spectrum ofentertainment and information programming for "men, women and children of all ages,

interests and tastes". Television programming is required to be diverse and appealing to a

wide range of audiences. As a result, what one viewer might consider an interesting or

informative program might lead another to turn the channel.Global Television adheres to the television rating system created by the Canadian Associationof Broadcasters (CAB) and the Action Group on Violence on Television (AGVOT). This public

rating system is intended to advise viewers of a program's content in order to allow you, the

viewer to determine a program's suitability for your own viewing needs and desires. As

required, an on-screen key airs for the first fifteen seconds of the program and matching

V-Chip data is encoded into our transmission for the entire duration of the program.

Play-TV Canada

is rated 18+. Programming with this classification contains themes suitable forviewers (and possible participants) 18 or older. We also air the following advisory coming outof each commercial break, so that viewers can make an informed decision whether they wishto watch (or participate in) the program:

The following program requires participants to be 18 years or older. Viewer discretion is

advised.

Independently produced,

Play-TV

is paid programming which consists of a series of puzzles,

riddles, trivia and other general knowledge and skill testing questions, (collectively, the"Quizzes" and individually, a "Quiz') which viewers will be invited to solve interactively duringthe live broadcast of televised episodes of the television program entitled

Play-TV

Canada (the

"Program).

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