Consultation about registration of online streaming services
Status: Decision issued
The CRTC’s decision requires online streaming services that operate in Canada, offer broadcasting content, and earn $10 million or more in annual revenues to complete a registration form by November 28, 2023.
Read the decision on the registration of online streaming services.
To help modernize Canada’s broadcasting framework, we wanted to hear from you on how to determine which online streaming services need to be registered with the CRTC. There are a lot of different streaming services out there, but not all of them will need to be registered. We also wanted your views on the type of information that would be collected during registration.
This consultation ran from May 12, 2023 to June 12, 2023.
Who was the focus of this consultation
We encouraged all Canadians to share their views and comments.
It is important to note that registration does not apply to individual Canadians who put their content online. Registration would only apply to certain online streaming services.
This consultation was most interest to:
- Canadian and foreign online streaming services operating in Canada
- Traditional broadcasters operating in Canada that have an online presence
Key topics for discussion
We invited you to provide your comments on the wording of our proposed Online Undertakings Registration Regulations and Exemption Order.
We wanted to hear from you on:
- who will or will not need to be registered and why.
- whether the proposed deadlines to be registered are appropriate.
- the type of information that would be collected during registration.
- our intention to post a list of registered online streaming services on our website.
- whether the proposed revenue threshold on who should be exempted from registration is appropriate.
- how we establish the thresholds for who is exempted from registration.
See the Notice of Consultation 2023-139 for more details.
What we heard
- Interventions (comments we received online, by mail and by fax)
Related information
- Consultation on contributions to the Canadian Broadcasting system
- Consultation on exemption orders and basic conditions of service
- Filing submissions for Commission proceedings in accessible formats, Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2015-242, 8 June 2015
- Guidelines on the CRTC Rules of Practice and Procedure, Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-959, 23 December 2010
- Changes to certain practices for filing interventions – Expansion of filing practices to include the filing of joint supporting comments for broadcasting policy proceedings, Broadcasting Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-28-1, 10 December 2010
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