Tag: Online Streaming Act

OP-ED: Why Ottawa’s $600M Streamer Replacement is a One-Year Severance Cheque

Skip the speech. Go to page 250. That’s where Budget 2026 books the line called “Supporting Canadian stories, journalism, and media.” Here’s the money,...

Brad Danks on Canadian content funding and the future of media...

Brad Danks is the CEO of OUTtv Media Global and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Victoria. Danks is a frequent...

Canadian screen sector urges Ottawa to preserve foreign streamer contribution requirements

A coalition of 50 Canadian screen sector organizations have written an open letter, appealing to Ottawa to preserve Canadian content contribution requirements for foreign...

Stakeholders call for clarity following reports Ottawa plans to scrap foreign...

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) and media advocacy group Friends of Canadian Media are among the groups expressing concern over a lack of...

OP-ED: When the U.S. Collects, Not If

The regulatory bet Canada made assumes American tolerance. That tolerance is not guaranteed. Operator Series - Part 1 On June 3, Ottawa announced it was...

Adaptation always part of regulatory landscape, CRTC Chair tells BANFF

Despite the federal government reversing course on the Online Streaming Act, CRTC Chair Vicky Eatrides told the Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) on Monday that...