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Consumers could wind up with many more choices about what they watch on TV and how they pay for it, given sweeping new proposals from the country’s broadcast regulator announced Thursday.
According to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s “Let’s Talk TV” draft paper, Canadian TV could change drastically, from the cost of basic TV programming being capped at $20 to $30 monthly, to American Super Bowl ads being aired north of the border.
“The way of watching TV is morphing. It’s evolving with time and we don’t want to be stuck in a regulatory framework; we want to adapt to how Canadians are consuming TV in the new reality,” said CRTC spokeswoman Patricia Valladao. “We want that to change with them. Everything is on the table for discussion.”
The document, produced after consultations with industry and more than 10,000 public online comments, is meant to focus a public hearing taking place in Quebec from Sept. 8 to Sept. 19 that will explore the future regulation of the Canadian television system. The paper states it is “intended only to provide parties with a possible model and to stimulate discussion and debate.”
The CRTC aims to make regulatory changes by December 2015.
According to the paper, the commission could require broadcasters to offer a basic service made up primarily of local Canadian channels, to which users could add individual channels in a pick-and-pay structure.
https://www.thestar.com/business/20...n_draft_paper_prior_to_september_hearing.html
Consumers could wind up with many more choices about what they watch on TV and how they pay for it, given sweeping new proposals from the country’s broadcast regulator announced Thursday.
According to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s “Let’s Talk TV” draft paper, Canadian TV could change drastically, from the cost of basic TV programming being capped at $20 to $30 monthly, to American Super Bowl ads being aired north of the border.
“The way of watching TV is morphing. It’s evolving with time and we don’t want to be stuck in a regulatory framework; we want to adapt to how Canadians are consuming TV in the new reality,” said CRTC spokeswoman Patricia Valladao. “We want that to change with them. Everything is on the table for discussion.”
The document, produced after consultations with industry and more than 10,000 public online comments, is meant to focus a public hearing taking place in Quebec from Sept. 8 to Sept. 19 that will explore the future regulation of the Canadian television system. The paper states it is “intended only to provide parties with a possible model and to stimulate discussion and debate.”
The CRTC aims to make regulatory changes by December 2015.
According to the paper, the commission could require broadcasters to offer a basic service made up primarily of local Canadian channels, to which users could add individual channels in a pick-and-pay structure.
https://www.thestar.com/business/20...n_draft_paper_prior_to_september_hearing.html
