CRTC formalizes Canadian content rules for streamers, raises programming funding requirement
The new rules triple the previous base rate and are expected to stabilize funding for Canadian and Indigenous content at more than $2 billion a year.
- On Thursday, the CRTC finalized rules requiring streaming services and broadcasters with at least $25 million in annual Canadian revenues to contribute 15 per cent of those earnings to Canadian content.
- This 15 per cent mandate triples the initial 5 per cent requirement set in 2024, a policy currently facing legal challenges from major streamers including Apple, Amazon, and Spotify.
- Streamers with over $100 million in revenues must direct 30 per cent of spending toward partnerships with Canadian broadcasters, helping stabilize total industry funding at more than $2 billion.
- The regulator also reduced contribution requirements for traditional broadcasters to 25 per cent while mandating that online platforms ensure Canadian and Indigenous content remains visible to audiences.
- Implementation of the Online Streaming Act has emerged as a trade irritant, signaling potential friction during upcoming trade negotiations with Canada as a July 1 CUSMA deadline approaches.
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