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Apr 27, 2023 · The Senate has passed Bill C-11, which will force streaming platforms like Netflix and YouTube to contribute to funding Canadian content. Critics say the bill is too ambiguous, leaving many...
- What Is The Point of Bill C-11?
- Who Defines Canadian Content?
- What Changes Is C-11 Trying to Make?
- C-11 and Foreign Broadcasters
- How Does It Impact Online Creators?
Since 1968, the Broadcasting Acthas set a series of goals for Canada's broadcasting system, including that it should strengthen Canada's cultural fabric, and that it should make use of Canadian talent. To do this, the country has rules that define what counts as Canadian programming and how much of it Canadian TV and radio broadcasters have to play...
Bill C-11 doesn't define what counts as Canadian content on the internet, or say how much Canadian content a foreign streaming service needs to have. That task would fall to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), an independent organization that regulates and supervises Canada's broadcasting system. It's the CRTC's ...
The Broadcasting Act was last updated in 1991, before the internet and streaming changed how we consume much of our entertainment. Bill C-11 brings the CRTC into the internet age, giving the regulator the authority to impose conditions on how online streamers support Canadian content and contribute to production funds, as well as ensuring Canadian ...
While supportive of the bill overall, the WGC is concerned about a clause that would make foreign broadcasters subject to different rules than their Canadian equivalents. The current Broadcasting Act has language that requires Canadian broadcasters to make "in no case less than predominant use" of Canadians in making and presenting content. Bill C-...
There has been a lot of discussion surrounding how Bill C-11 might impact user-generated content from creators on sites like TikTok or YouTube. The bill would allow the CRTC to create discoverability rules to ensure Canadians are able to see Canadian content online. Some creators are worried that if those rules extend to social media sites, it may ...
Jun 4, 2024 · Based on the public record, the CRTC is requiring online streaming services to contribute 5% of their Canadian revenues to support the Canadian broadcasting system. These obligations will start in the 2024-2025 broadcast year and will provide an estimated $200 million per year in new funding.
Online Streaming Act (Bill C-11): Makes Canadian stories and music widely available to Canadians in the digital age. Online News Act (Bill C-18): Require large digital platforms to bargain fairly with news businesses for their content.
Jun 8, 2023 · The Online Streaming Act will help highlight Canadian stories and music on streaming platforms and will reinvest in future generations of artists and creators in Canada. The CRTC is being asked to: · support Canadian creators and creative industries; · advance Indigenous storytelling;
- Canadian Heritage
Nov 22, 2021 · An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts. Short title: Online Streaming Act. Bill type. House Government Bill. Sponsor. Minister of Canadian Heritage. Text of the bill. This bill received royal assent on April 27, 2023.
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Mar 8, 2023 · The Liberal government's controversial Online Streaming Act is back in the House of Commons, where MPs are set to debate the Senate's amendments. Bill would require streaming service...
