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Canadian Content
What is Canadian Content?
Why is it important?
CRTC's Role
What is the Canadian broadcasting system?
Broadcasting Policy Monitoring Report
Related Information
What is Canadian Content?
Simply put, it's about Canadian artists and Canadian stories having access
to Canadian airwaves.
Why is it important?
- Culturally, Canadian programs and music give voice to Canadians, to
their talent and their shared experiences.
- Economically, it means jobs for thousands of Canadians – from
creation to production and distribution on the airwaves.
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CRTC's Role
Canadian content is the cornerstone of Canada's Broadcasting Act.
The CRTC has established policies and regulations to ensure that Parliament's
objectives for the development and presence of Canadian content in our
broadcasting system are met. These policies and regulations address the
following:
- creation and production of Canadian programs and music;
- financial support by the broadcasting system for the creation of Canadian
content;
- how much Canadian content must be aired on radio and television;
- ratio of Canadian and non-Canadian programming services distributed
by Canadian cable companies, direct-to-home satellite services (DTH)
and multipoint distribution systems (MDS);
- Canadian ownership and control of the broadcasting system.
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What is the Canadian broadcasting system?
The Canadian broadcasting system is made up of all the Canadian programming
and distribution services involved in broadcasting:
- programming services (such as radio, television, specialty or pay-television
services) that decide what programs to carry; and
- distributions services (such as cable television, direct-to-home satellite
(DTH) or multipoint distribution systems (MDS) that deliver programming
services to the public.
The Canadian broadcasting system is composed of public, private and community
elements.
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Broadcasting Policy Monitoring Report
The CRTC produces an annual Monitoring
Report. The
report presents data as well as a number of performance indicators used by
the CRTC to examine the broadcasting industry in Canada. The CRTC uses
this information to measure the success of its broadcasting policies,
regulations and decisions, as well as to identify areas that may require
further review or adjustment. The report is also intended to help foster a
more open and better-informed public discussion of broadcasting policy in
Canada.
Related Information
Canadian Content on Radio and Television
Canadian Program Certification
MAPL System
Non-Canadian Programming Services
Substituting Television Programming
Date Modified: 2004-02-18
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