Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Broadcasting Regulatory Policy

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Policy Problem
The recent Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications (CRTC) (2013c) 'Broadcasting Regulatory Policy on the Distribution of Canadian Category C national news speciality services' marks a new regulatory approach to distributing competitive news and sports programming in Canada. This policy is a response to Canadians' concerns over consumer choice due to program bundling and an inability to select news and sports programs on a stand-alone basis (CRTC, 2013c; CRTC, 2014). Based on the Commission's public notice on 'Regulatory Framework for Broadcasting Distribution Undertakings and Discretionary Programming Services', the new regulation demonstrates an effort to reduce national news and sports program regulations and to encourage greater competition in the Canadian cable market (Armstrong, 2010; CRTC, 2008; CRTC, 2013c).
Background
The Commission preambled in 'Review of the Regulatory Framework for Broadcasting Services in Canada' that competition and packaging policies by broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs) would be re-examined in 2010-2013 (Dunbar & Leblanc, 2007). The CRTC (2008) distributed a public notice stating its future intent to leave packaging decisions to be negotiated between broadcasting service providers and programmers. During this time, the majority of stakeholders agreed that packaging restrictions should be reconsidered in future policy frameworks. This delay in regulatory action was, in part, due requirements to “mirror” analog and digital packaging services and thus policy changes would not occur until the majority of the market reached digital saturation in the broadcasting sector. This was predicted to occur in the early 2010s.
The CRTC (2013b, 2013c) revisited mandatory carr...

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...cations for mandatory distribution on cable and satellite under section 9(1)(h) of the Broadcasting Act. Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2013-732. Retrieved from http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-372.htm
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. (2013c). Distribution of Canadian Category C national news speciality services. Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2013-734. Retrieved from http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-734.htm
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. (2014). Let’s talk TV: A report on comments received during Phase I. Retrieved from http://www.crtc.gc.ca/broadcast /eng/hearings/2013/2013-563oc2.htm
Rennie, S. (2013, August 8). CRTC pledges review of news channel rules after rejecting Sun News Network's bid for basic cable slot. Financial Post. Retrieved from www.financialpost.com

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