CRTC document says streaming platforms will be required to provide funds to support Canadian film, TV and music, but platforms that make less than $10-million a year in Canada will be exempt
Streaming platforms will have to promote Canadian and Indigenous films and television shows not only in Canada but around the world under the new federal online streaming law, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says.Online Streaming ActIn a consultation document published Friday, the commission says promoting Canadian and Indigenous content domestically and internationally and making it easy to find is one of its policy objectives.
The regulator also says it intends to explore what constitutes a “social media service,” to help it develop a clear understanding of which “online undertakings” fall within its jurisdiction under the new law. Asked why the CRTC had issued the consultation notice before receiving ministerial guidance on the bill, commission spokesperson Valérie Lavallée said the regulator is ”moving as quickly as possible.”
The CRTC document refers to a section of the bill that caused controversy because of its ambiguous wording on whether the legislation covered videos posted by social media users.
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