The delay has been greeted with dismay by industry experts who questioned why the CRTC’s original timetable has been extended
The CRTC plan says that implementing the new regulatory framework for the online streaming act will start in late 2025, which is when it will finalize how much online streaming services and traditional broadcasters will have to pay to support the creation of Canadian and Indigenous content.The timetable for implementing the online streaming act has been delayed by a year, according to a new regulatory plan published by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
“The CRTC told Parliament and Canadians in May, 2023, that it would be implementing Canada’s new broadcasting legislation by the end of this year,” said Monica Auer, executive director of the Forum for Research and Policy in Communications. But the consultations will continue. In the winter of 2025-2026, from December to March, the CRTC plans to carry out consultations on inclusion and diversity, the new timetable says.
It was welcomed by broadcasters, which complained that foreign streaming giants have an advantage over them with fewer regulations. Members of Canada’s TV, music and film industry, especially in Quebec, also backed the bill, which would make streaming platforms promote Canadian content and support it financially.
The CRTC told The Globe it plans to make decisions while the consultation process is going on and will not wait until the very end to act. It said by 2026 the central features of the new broadcasting framework would be complete.
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