US EditionCRTC kicks off CanCon hearing as big streamers cancel appearances
- The CRTC began a two-week hearing in Ottawa on May 14, 2025, to define Canadian content under the Online Streaming Act.
- The hearing is part of the CRTC’s efforts to implement new legislation that extends broadcasting regulations to include internet-based platforms and mandates financial contributions from streamers.
- Netflix, Paramount, and Apple canceled last-minute appearances while MPA-Canada representing major streamers rescheduled for Friday.
- Netflix reported investing over $5 billion in Canada in five years, while Canadian broadcasters warned foreign streamers took significant market share.
- The hearing could affect how streaming services support Canadian broadcasting and might impact trade relations with the U.S. Due to ongoing legal challenges.
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Canada’s audiovisual industry should better reflect the country’s diversity
An important reason for underrepresentation in cultural industries is the citizenship-based approach to defining what classifies as Canadian content. (Shutterstock) The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has recently undertaken a consultation on defining Canadian programming in the film and television industry. A longstanding focus has been to base the definition of Canadian programming on having Canadian citizens…
CRTC Kicks Off CanCon Hearing as Big Streamers Cancel Appearances
The CRTC’s hearing on defining Canadian content began Tuesday with Netflix, Paramount and Apple dropping off the schedule at the last minute. MPA-Canada, which represents a number of the big streaming companies, rescheduled its appearance for the end of the day Friday. The federal broadcast regulator’s two-week hearing will consider a new definition of Canadian content. It’s part of the CRTC’s implementation of the Online Streaming Act, which up…
Streamers must contribute to news because they are pulling money away from it: CAB
By Ahmad Hathout Foreign streamers should be made to put money toward Canadian news funds because they are drawing money that used to go to support it out of the system, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) argued on the first day of the CRTC’s hearing on the definition of Canadian content in the audio-visual... Read more »
CRTC hearings on modernizing 'Canadian program' definition get underway - Broadcast Dialogue
CRTC hearings aimed at modernizing the definition of what constitutes a “Canadian program” got underway in Gatineau Wednesday morning. The commission will hear from nearly 80 speakers through May 27. Also considering how to support the creation and distribution of Canadian programming in the audio-visual sector, CRTC Chairperson Vicky Eatrides opened the hearings by outlining the commission’s desire to reflect “today’s reality” in its policy. “T…
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