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CRTC takes major step forward to modernize Canada’s broadcasting framework
canada.ca ^ | September 29, 2023

Posted on 10/01/2023 6:26:39 PM PDT by lowbridge

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)

Today, the CRTC is advancing its regulatory plan to modernize Canada’s broadcasting framework and ensure online streaming services make meaningful contributions to Canadian and Indigenous content.

On May 12, 2023, the CRTC launched its first public consultations. After thoroughly examining all the evidence on the public record, including over 200 interventions, the CRTC is issuing its first two decisions.  

First, the CRTC is setting out which online streaming services need to provide information about their activities in Canada. Online streaming services that operate in Canada, offer broadcasting content, and earn $10 million or more in annual revenues will need to complete a registration form by November 28, 2023. Registration collects basic information, is only required once and can be completed in just a few steps.

Second, the CRTC is setting conditions for online streaming services to operate in Canada. These conditions take effect today and require certain online streaming services to provide the CRTC with information related to their content and subscribership. The decision also requires those services to make content available in a way that is not tied to a specific mobile or Internet service.

A third consultation is ongoing. It considers contributions traditional broadcasters and online streaming services will need to make to support Canadian and Indigenous content. The CRTC will hold a three-week public proceeding starting on November 20, 2023, and will hear from 129 intervenors representing a broad range of interests.

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Quick facts

Social media services must register; however, users do not.

Online services that offer podcasts must register; however, individuals who use social media to share podcasts do not.

Online services that only provide video game services or audiobooks do not have to register.

A list of registered services will be published on the CRTC’s website.

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TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bureaucracy; canada; censorship; greatwhitenorthkorea; internet; socialmedia

1 posted on 10/01/2023 6:26:39 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

UNSIPID


2 posted on 10/01/2023 6:33:40 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: lowbridge

INSIPID.....Not paying attention...ooops


3 posted on 10/01/2023 6:34:09 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: lowbridge

Sounds like a censorship/cancelation operation to me.


4 posted on 10/01/2023 6:35:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: lowbridge

Creeping control over content-speech.


5 posted on 10/01/2023 6:38:19 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: lowbridge
 
 
Social media services must register; however, users do not.
 
Yet
 
 

6 posted on 10/01/2023 6:48:41 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: lowbridge

Do not believe for a second that users will not have their information submitted to the government. They will absolutely have their information submitted to the government.


7 posted on 10/01/2023 6:51:29 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: ridesthemiles

“CRTC is advancing its regulatory plan”

Regulatory Plan? Regulatory Plan. Methinks I know their problem.


8 posted on 10/01/2023 6:54:29 PM PDT by Tupelo (( e pluribus unum is now ex uno multis))
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To: lowbridge

This is undoubtably Orwellian control.

Canada is way down the rabbit hole. Even worse than us.


9 posted on 10/01/2023 7:06:56 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: lowbridge

50% of the tv content....
https://www.britannica.com/video/180030/Overview-curling

And
hockey and stories about growing hardy wheat.

Saying: It takes stones to start a career in curling.


10 posted on 10/01/2023 7:12:13 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Jonty30

We all need to pay attention. They are sneaking in digital cash instead of currency and requiring digital ID to go on-line. They want to persecute you for wrongthink.


11 posted on 10/01/2023 7:50:15 PM PDT by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to South)
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To: lowbridge

Looks like government control for the common good... some calll it communism.


12 posted on 10/01/2023 8:33:12 PM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: lowbridge

I briefly had a canadian webhost and found that they were censoring my emails I was sending to a relative of mine.
I contacted their support and they came across as proud that they were censoring.

The words? I called biden a pedophile.
When I removed the line the email went thru...


13 posted on 10/01/2023 11:12:01 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: lowbridge; All

The Internet does not involve “the public airwaves” (RF spectrum/CRTC/FCC)...”online streaming services” should be exempt from govt. regulation like cable TV programming providers.


14 posted on 10/01/2023 11:18:32 PM PDT by Drago
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