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CRTC Releases New Definitions Of CanCon For TV & Streaming
After weeks of hearings, here are some of the new regs for TV and streaming services, as published by the CRTC. (I love the rule about Artifical Intelligence. What if the A.I. is Canadian? 
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--Uses a system that awards points for key creative roles filled by Canadians, and requires production and post-production spending in Canada.
--Recognizes a broader range of creative roles that contribute to Canadian productions, including positions such as showrunners, heads of departments responsible for costume design, make-up artists and hair artists, and visual effects directors and special effects directors, alongside existing roles like directors, scriptwriters and lead voice performers.
--Introduces bonus points for specific types of content, such as programs based on Canadian books.
--Reflects modern production realities, acknowledging the many ways artists contribute to the creative process while ensuring that key creative roles remain in Canadian hands.
--Clarifies that key creative positions used to qualify as Canadian content (such as the director and screenwriter) should be held by humans, not artificial intelligence.
--Streamlines reporting requirements for certified productions, as part of the CRTC’s ongoing efforts to reduce regulatory burden on the industry.
--Requires collaboration between foreign streaming services and Canadian companies, ensuring that at least 20 percent of ownership rests with a Canadian partner and that a higher proportion of key creative positions are held by Canadians.
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--Requires collaboration between foreign streaming services and Canadian companies, ensuring that at least 20 percent of ownership rests with a Canadian partner and that a higher proportion of key creative positions are held by Canadians.
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I see where they're going with this and why, but it's just going to lead to Bell and Rogers controlling these services in Canada.
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--Requires collaboration between foreign streaming services and Canadian companies, ensuring that at least 20 percent of ownership rests with a Canadian partner and that a higher proportion of key creative positions are held by Canadians.
CRTC DocumentI see where they're going with this and why, but it's just going to lead to Bell and Rogers controlling these services in Canada.
It's Canadian productions that must be at least 20% Canadian owned, not the streaming services
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--Requires collaboration between foreign streaming services and Canadian companies, ensuring that at least 20 percent of ownership rests with a Canadian partner and that a higher proportion of key creative positions are held by Canadians.
CRTC DocumentI see where they're going with this and why, but it's just going to lead to Bell and Rogers controlling these services in Canada.
It's Canadian productions that must be at least 20% Canadian owned, not the streaming services
Ah, thanks. That makes way more sense.
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My fear - and it may never happen - is that the CRTC will make the lives of the streaming owners so aggravating and expensive that they'll simply give up on providing their signals to Canada.
If these changes cause a streamer like Disney+ to pay for more than they actually make here, why wouldn't they just pull up stakes and say we're not selling to Canadian viewers anymore?
I'm not suggesting the Commission allow them to roll over Canadians, but nobody here wins if that happens. Certainly not the subscribers. Just Bell's Crave.
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Corus' Alan Cross has commented that he's disappointed that the new rules only apply to TV - he wants to know what the CRTC will do about updating CanCon rules for radio and music.
I have to agree with him there. That will be either a sea-change when it happens or more of the same. Or, knowing the CRTC, perhaps worse. We'll have to wait and see.
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Corus' Alan Cross has commented that he's disappointed that the new rules only apply to TV - he wants to know what the CRTC will do about updating CanCon rules for radio and music.
I have to agree with him there. That will be either a sea-change when it happens or more of the same. Or, knowing the CRTC, perhaps worse. We'll have to wait and see.
Audio was a completely separate process with separate hearings, which happened after the TV hearings. He should know this. The audio decision will follow, hopefully this year.......
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I rarely watch Canadian programming other than news and sports. Perhaps unfair, but after watching The Trouble With Tracy in the early 1970's, viewing Canadian television has always left a bad taste in my mouth. There have been a few delightful bits over the years [Degrassi, Street Legal] but for the most part, Canadian produced dramas and sitcoms are uninteresting and unfunny to me. Yes some shows are extremely popular and have had great success in foreign markets. Humour is very sublective. The majority of society howls at Seinfeld. I have never cracked a smile during an episode. Yet while many think Green Acres is dumb and corny, I consider it one of the funniest shows ever produced. RA knows what I am talking about when it comes to Hooterville.
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I rarely watch Canadian programming other than news and sports. Perhaps unfair, but after watching The Trouble With Tracy in the early 1970's, viewing Canadian television has always left a bad taste in my mouth. There have been a few delightful bits over the years [Degrassi, Street Legal] but for the most part, Canadian produced dramas and sitcoms are uninteresting and unfunny to me. Yes some shows are extremely popular and have had great success in foreign markets. Humour is very sublective. The majority of society howls at Seinfeld. I have never cracked a smile during an episode. Yet while many think Green Acres is dumb and corny, I consider it one of the funniest shows ever produced. RA knows what I am talking about when it comes to Hooterville.
I could give college courses on Green Acres - about how the one sane man is in a place where everyone else is crazy. But if crazy is the norm, then the sane man is the really insane one. And on and on.
Any show where characters saw the credits, a pig could talk to a dog (in French no less), Oliver got constantly tongue tied and his wife deliberately mispronounced words - leading to the whole town doing the same thing, (a "special lidevery letter" anyone?) is OK in my ratings book. It was brilliant.
Same with Burns & Allen, which used the considerable talents of George Burns and Gracie Allen to front the show. George had a "magic TV" in his upstairs den and would watch the show while it was in progress, making snide asides about the writing, the plot and the acting. (In one episode, in which Gracie is charged with a traffic offence, he calls the judge on the bench, and threatens that unless he lets her go, he'll never be on his show again. Case dismissed!)
There have never been two more surreal shows on TV.
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With sitcoms it sometimes requires a little patience. When Seinfeld was on as a new show, I never found it that funny, and just watched bits and pieces. It was only when the program was syndicated and when I actually watched full shows to determine that I did like it.
I have watched a few snippets of Georgie's and Mandy's First Marriage and really don't think it is that great or funny. However I also never watched Young Sheldon so the characters are new to me and apparently they are a carry over from Sheldon. Still not a fan of Big Bang Theory. But maybe like Seinfeld, I will force myself to watch a few complete episodes and may find the program entertaining enough to watch. And it isn't like Big Bang Theory isn't on 24/7.
Oddly enough some of the old shows that I couldn't get enough of as a kid, are sort of lame now. A bit disappointed with the Dick Van Dyke show when channel 11 ran it a few years back. Still has it's moments, but very dated now, and I didn't realize the show had as many musical numbers in episodes which were just there to showcase the talents of the cast. Same with Beverly Hillbillies, still funny but a lot more cartoonish characters than I remember.