Share your thoughts on Canadian content for TV and online streaming services

Current status: Open

Start date: November 15, 2024
End date: January 20, 2025

We are seeking your comments on how we support the creation and distribution of Canadian audio-visual content. This review will cover the definition of audio-visual Canadian content, requirements to invest in Canadian content, and the potential impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the industry. The goal is to prepare for new, customized conditions of service for broadcasting and online streaming services. Share your thoughts on Canadian content for television and online programming.

How to participate

There are a few ways you can participate. Please note that we will make all comments public. First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples and organizations requiring assistance submitting comments, including oral interventions, can contact the CRTC’s Indigenous Relations Team. The deadline to participate is January 20, 2025, at 8 p.m. (EST).

If you need help submitting your comments, contact our public hearings group by email at hearing@crtc.gc.ca.

Who is the focus of this consultation

We are looking to learn from anyone with an interest in Canadian content.

This consultation may be of 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 invite 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
• A review of the relevance of regulatory tools used to support certain types of Canadian programming that are risky to produce and difficult to monetize
• 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 are learning

• Interventions (comments we received online, by mail and by fax)

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

Date modified:

2024-11-27