CMPA, Friends, WGC are among the organizations encouraged by the government’s commitment to updating the Broadcasting Act.
The company also said the acquisition will help build Citytv in Western news markets and invest in more coverage of Indigenous communities.
Additional funding for Telefilm, Canada Media Fund and the Indigenous Screen Office are included in the 82-page plan.
The political party says it will “level the playing field” for broadcasters and independent producers if elected in the snap fall election.
The party’s platform, released yesterday, outlines plans to make streamers invest in Cancon production, relieve regulatory obligations for Canadian broadcasters and to review CBC’s English-language TV mandate.
In its decision, the Commission granted large broadcast groups until Aug. 31, 2023 to make up any CPE shortfalls incurred during the pandemic-hit 2019-20 broadcast year.
The future of the Broadcasting Act is now tied to the results of the Sept. 20 election.
The labour lawyer will provide strategic and operational support to producers outside of B.C. in the Toronto-based role.
With the Senate breaking for its summer adjournment last night, the bill’s fate continues to hinge largely on whether or not an election is called this fall.
While the bill was passed in the early hours of Tuesday, reports suggest there’s almost no chance it will receive Senate approval before the summer recess.
BANFF ’21: With time running out on the summer parliamentary session, and the potential of a fall election, the bill’s fate remains uncertain.
“YouTube’s openness is what has made all of this possible and protecting it is our number one priority,” said the report, which referenced Google Canada’s blog post on the “unintended consequences” of Bill C-10.