CRTC says streamers must pay three times as much for Canadian content
The new rules also require streamers to help fund Canadian and Indigenous programming as the regulator shifts more support onto large foreign platforms.
- 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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Canada’s Regulator Orders Major Streamers to Allocate 15% of Revenue to Canadian Content
Major television streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney will now be required to direct 15 percent of their annual Canadian revenues toward Canadian and indigenous content, the federal broadcast regulator has announced. The new threshold triples the original five percent contribution requirement established by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 2024. That policy is currently being challenged before the …
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