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Van Sun says Shaw, others hear call for Netflix tax

2017-12-08 06:58 ET - In the News

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The Vancouver Sun reports in its Friday edition that the CBC, content producers and actors are once more calling for a tax on Internet service providers and on-line streaming services like Netflix to fund Canadian content -- despite the Liberals' insistence the federal government will do no such thing. Postmedia's Emily Jackson writes that in submissions to the federal broadcast regulator, the CBC, the Canadian Media Producers Association and the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists argued Internet providers should contribute financially to the broadcasting system given Canadians are increasingly ditching cable packages to watch video on-line. The CBC also argued that Internet providers should favour Canadian content, a tactic that could undermine Net neutrality. The submissions are part of the CRTC's consultations on future programming distribution models. Heritage Minister Melanie Joly ordered it to report on potential models by June, 2018. The strategy did not contain specifics on how Canadian content will be funded. Instead, Ms. Joly asked the CRTC to hammer out the details. Under existing legislation, broadcasters must contribute a percentage of their now-declining revenue to Cancon.

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