On Sept. 19, 2007, critics of media concentration spoke to the CRTC as hearings examining the diversity of voices in Canadian media continued in Gatineau, Que.
The Canadian Conference on the Arts, the Canadian Media Guild, two associations of Quebec journalists and Canadian Film and Television Production Association were among those who appeared before the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission.
The CMG, which represents more than 6,000 Canadian media workers, including those at the CBC, is urging limits on both national and local cross-ownership of the media.
On the other side of the issue, private broadcasters such as Astral and CTV Globemedia spent two days telling the CRTC the broadcast environment should be deregulated. Quebecor vice-president of corporate affairs Luc Lavoie told the CRTC that the federal regulators' attempts to control ownership of media outlets were out-of-date and useless.
Media consolidation will go ahead whether the CRTC likes it or not, he said. Diversity in the media is not threatened, but has increased as new players come into the market, he said.
We want to hear your views on this issue. Do you think too much of today's media is in the hands of too few people?
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The Canadian Conference on the Arts, the Canadian Media Guild, two associations of Quebec journalists and Canadian Film and Television Production Association were among those who appeared before the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission.
The CMG, which represents more than 6,000 Canadian media workers, including those at the CBC, is urging limits on both national and local cross-ownership of the media.
On the other side of the issue, private broadcasters such as Astral and CTV Globemedia spent two days telling the CRTC the broadcast environment should be deregulated. Quebecor vice-president of corporate affairs Luc Lavoie told the CRTC that the federal regulators' attempts to control ownership of media outlets were out-of-date and useless.
Media consolidation will go ahead whether the CRTC likes it or not, he said. Diversity in the media is not threatened, but has increased as new players come into the market, he said.
We want to hear your views on this issue. Do you think too much of today's media is in the hands of too few people?
More...
