Rules and Regulations

BT In Your BackYard
Citytv, a division of Rogers Broadcasting Limited

1. “Contest Period” starts at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 21 and continues until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, May 11, 2008 (the “Contest Closing Date”).   All times are Eastern Time.  No purchase necessary. 

(a) To enter, go to www.citytv.com and follow the link to the D.O.T Patio & Home microsite, (or visit http://www.dotpatioandhome.yowinner.com), complete the entry ballot in full and submit it together with a photograph of your backyard before the Contest Closing Date.  Only one (1) entry per person

All photographs submitted, and all concepts or ideas depicted therein, become the sole property of Rogers, together with its parent and affiliate companies, representatives and agents, directors, officers, agents, representatives, employees and assigns and will not be acknowledged or returned.  By submitting photographs, entrants grant Rogers permission to use the photographs for any purpose and in any media whatsoever, without additional compensation.  Any person featured in any photograph submitted (or parent or legal guardian if such person is a minor) must have provided his/her consent to entrant for the submission of his/her image in this Contest.  By entering this Contest, entrants represent that they have received this consent.  Failure to obtain such consent will deem the entry ineligible.  By submitting an entry or accepting any prize, entrants also represent and warrant that all photographs submitted by the entrant have not been copied in whole or in part from any other work, do not violate or infringe any copyright, moral right, trademark or other proprietary right of any person or entity, and are, together with the copyright and moral rights therein, the sole and exclusive property of the entrant.  Entrants assume all risk of lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, or illegible entries.  By submitting photographs, entrants waive, as against Rogers, all claim of copyright and moral rights in the photographs pertaining to Rogers use or reproduction of the photographs for any purpose and in any media whatsoever, without further compensation to entrants.  Entrants agree to indemnify and hold harmless Rogers for any action brought by a person whose consent was not obtained by entrant or by any person claiming that (i) its intellectual property rights, including without limitation, copyright, moral right (including rights of integrity, attribution and anonymity), trademark rights, or (ii) its personality or privacy rights, are infringed by Rogers use or reproduction of a submitted photograph. 
                 
(b)  A random draw by a representative of the “Contest Sponsor” Citytv, a division of Rogers Broadcasting Limited ("Rogers") from all entries received will be made at 11:59 a.m. on Monday, May 12 at at 1920 Yonge St, Toronto, Ontario.  Selected entrants will be contacted by telephone or email, as set out on their entry form.

(c)  If a selected entrant cannot be reached within 3 days following the draw, incorrectly answers the skill-testing question, declines the prize, is unavailable for the Breakfast Television broadcast during the week of June 9th, unable to received a Live Eye signal from their backyard, or fails to return a release of liability as specified below, another entrant will be selected.

2. (a)  Participants are eligible to win one (1) of five (5) prizes:

Grand Prize(s):  There is one (1) Grand Prize available to be won, consisting of a “Pallasades” Deep Seating Patio Sofa Set, which includes(1) one deep seating resin wicker sofa with cushions, (2) two deep seating resin wicker chairs with cushions, (2) two resin wicker ottomans with cushions and (1) one resin wicker coffee table; and a Live broadcast of Breakfast Television on June 13, 2008 from the winner’s back yard.  The approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is $3,500.

Secondary Prizes:  There are four (4) Secondary Prizes available to be won

#1 Secondary Prize:  One (1) “Elisabeth” patio furniture set, consisting of one (1) 42”x72” flowertop table, six (6) Elisabeth cast aluminum chairs with cushions, one (1) 10’ umbrella and base; and a Breakfast Television Live Eye broadcast from the winner’s back yard during the week of June 9, 2008 (exact date to be determined by the contest sponsors).  The approximate retail value of #1 Secondary Prize is $2,300.

 #2 Secondary Prize:  One (1) “Copperteak” patio furniture set consisting of one (1 71”/87”/102”x30” extendable table, six (6) folding side chairs, two (2) folding armchairs, one (1) 10’ Umbrella and one (1) base, and a Breakfast Television Live Eye broadcast from the winner’s back yard during the week of June 9, 2008 (exact date to be determined by the contest sponsors).  The approximate retail value of #2 Secondary Prize is $1,750.

 #3 Secondary Prize:  One (1) “Galaparos” patio furniture set consisting of one (1) 42”x72” glass top table, four (4) chairs, two (2) swivel chairs, one (1) 10’ umbrella and base, and a Breakfast Television Live Eye broadcast from the winner’s back yard during the week of June 9, 2008 (exact date to be determined by the contest sponsors).  The approximate value of the  #3 Secondary Prize is $1,800.

#4 Secondary Prize:  One (1) “Romana” patio furniture set consisting of one (1) 42”x72” glass top table, four (4) chairs, two (2) swivel chairs, one (1) 10’ umbrella and base, and a Breakfast Television Live Eye broadcast from the winner’s back yard during the week of June 9, 2008(exact date to be determined by the contest sponsors_ .  The approximate retail value of the  #4 Secondary Prize is $1,750.

In order to be declared the ‘Grand Prize Winner’, finalists must meet the eligibility requirements of the Live Eye (the crew must be able to receive a signal from your home).

(b)  Prizes must be accepted as awarded and may not be transferred or exchanged.  Rogers reserves the right to substitute a prize of at least equal value in the event of the unavailability, for whatever reason, of the advertised prize.

3.  To be declared a winner, selected entrants must first correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question posed by telephone at a mutually convenient time and may also need to return a signed release of liability and acknowledgment form.  Contest judges' rulings are final and without appeal in all matters related to the promotion and the awarding of prizes.

4.  By entering this contest, entrants consent to the use of their entry, name, city of residence and/or any photograph or video of or that may be taken in publicity carried out by Rogers and/or their advertising agencies, without further notice or compensation in perpetuity. 

5.  This contest is open to residents of Toronto who are over the age of majority excluding employees of the “Contest Sponsors” (namely Rogers and D.O.T. Patio & Home Ltd.) their parent and affiliated companies, representatives, dealers and agents, contest suppliers and judges, and those with whom they are domiciled.  The contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. 

6.  No communications will be entered into except with selected entrants.  To receive a copy of the list of the winners, visit www.citytv.com after the Contest Closing Date.

7.  Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries.  All entries that are incomplete, illegible, damaged, irregular, have been submitted through illicit means, or do not conform to or satisfy any condition of the rules may be disqualified by the Contest Sponsors.  Contest Sponsors take no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, misdirected, late or destroyed entries, or for typographical or other production errors.  Contest Sponsors are not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising this contest.  All entries become the property of the Contest Sponsors and will not be returned.

8.  Contest Sponsors are collecting personal data about entrants for the purpose of administering this contest. No further informational or marketing communications will be received by entrants unless entrants provide Contest Sponsors with explicit permission to do so as indicated on the entry form. Please see Rogers’ Privacy Policy at www.rogers.com or D.O.T Patio & Home Ltd. Privacy Policy at http://dot-canada.com information on its policy towards maintaining the privacy and security of user information.

9.  By entering this contest, entrants release and hold harmless the Contest Sponsors, their advertising and promotional agencies and the contest judge(s), their affiliates and respective directors, officers, owners, partners, employees, agents, dealers, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively the “Releasees”) from any liability in connection with this contest or, if declared a winner, the prize(s).  Before being declared a winner, entrants may be required to sign and return, within a stipulated period of time, a Declaration of Compliance with the Contest Rules and a full Liability and Publicity Release.  By accepting a prize, winners consent to the use of their name, place of residence, voice, statements, photographs or other likenesses for publicity, advertising or informational purposes in any medium or format without further compensation or notice.

10.  This contest will be run in accordance with these rules, subject to amendment by Contest Sponsors. Contestants must comply with these rules, and will be deemed to have received and understood the rules by participating in the contest.  The terms of this contest, as set out in these rules, are not subject to amendment or counter-offer, except as set out herein.

11.  (a)  Contest Sponsors assume no responsibility for failure of the internet or the website during the promotional period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the promotion.  Contest Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel or suspend the email portion of this contest should a virus, bug or other cause beyond their reasonable control corrupt the security or proper administration of the contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any web site or to undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws.  Should such an attempt be made, Contest Sponsors reserve the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.