Canada is fumbling its best shot at making U.S. streamers pay.
The Trump administration has repeatedly explained that it is merely charging admission to the world’s biggest consumer market with its policy of steep tariffs on imported goods.
Canada has tried the same thing, more narrowly applied, with its Online Streaming Act. The law is intended to protect and, with luck, further strengthen Canada’s cultural industries.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission recently introduced a significant update to the Online Streaming…
The Trump administration has explicitly opposed any such charges levied against the big streaming firms, most of which are…
More money may be squeezed from foreign digital platforms, but there's concern it won’t subsidize dramas, docs and other content…
Congress and the Trump administration can and should push back against Canada’s — and other nations’ — attempts to punish…
The CRTC announced that major online streaming providers like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video would have to contribute 15 per cent…
Canada's culture minister says the government has directed its television and communications regulator to back down from a recent…
