Consultation on Canadian content for TV and online streaming services
Current status: Decisions issued
Decision about the definition of Canadian content
The CRTC is updating the definition of Canadian content for television and online streaming services. This definition recognizes a wider range of creators and helps support Canadian creative industries. The CRTC is also giving traditional broadcasters and online streaming services flexibility to invest in and promote Canadian content, while ensuring that Canadians maintain meaningful control and benefit from their work.
Read the decision about Canadian content for TV and online streaming services.
Decision about supporting Canadian and Indigenous content across television and online streaming services
The CRTC is setting new rules so that broadcasters with annual Canadian broadcasting revenues above $25 million will make meaningful contributions to the broadcasting system. No broadcasters below that threshold will be required to spend on Canadian content.
Read the decision about the support for Canadian and Indigenous content.
This consultation ran from November 15, 2024 to January 20, 2025.
Who was the focus of this consultation
This consultation was of most interest to:
- Members of the public
- Canadian creators
- Artists, organizations and cultural communities
- Indigenous peoples and members of equity-deserving groups
- Official language minority communities (OLMCs)
- Audio-visual broadcasting services operating in Canada
- Canadian audio-visual production industry members
Key topics for discussion
We invited you to provide your comments on:
- A review of the definition of Canadian content in the audio-visual sector
- A modernized Canadian Programming Expenditure (CPE) framework, including extending expenditure requirements to online streaming services
- The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on Canadian programming and the industry
- Data collection and publication to ensure transparency
Read the Notice of Consultation for more details.
What we learned
- Interventions (comments we received online, by mail and by fax).
- Perceptions of Canadian programming and news (public opinion research report)
- Transcripts of the public hearing
Related information
- CRTC consults on definition of Canadian content and flexible approach for radio
- Defining Canadian Content—Workshops with Stakeholders and Industry: What We Heard Report
- The Path Forward—Supporting Canadian and Indigenous content through base contributions, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2024-121
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