Canada’s broadcast regulator is re-writing the rules that protect Canadian television programs, hoping it can nurture better, more popular shows by relaxing quotas that ensure blocks of the broadcast day are made in Canada.
To encourage producers and broadcasters to focus their spending on quality, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is substantially reducing the number of hours each day that must be filled with Canadian content. But it will keep half of the prime time evening schedule earmarked for Canadian programs on local networks.
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CRTC to relax Canadian content rules on television - The Globe and Mail
now if they could just clean up all that nickleback crap on the radio.
To encourage producers and broadcasters to focus their spending on quality, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is substantially reducing the number of hours each day that must be filled with Canadian content. But it will keep half of the prime time evening schedule earmarked for Canadian programs on local networks.
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CRTC to relax Canadian content rules on television - The Globe and Mail
now if they could just clean up all that nickleback crap on the radio.
