CRTC Changes Canadian TV Content Rules

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says it is changing its approach toward broadcast content, and will no longer require specialty channels to include a specific amount of Canadian content. In addition, daytime Canadian tv will no longer include a specific Canadian content. However, nighttime Canadian tv will still include a 50-50 mix of Canadian and non-Canadian television content. Said CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais, ‘The system cannot remain frozen in time when the world around us is changing.” More here from the CRTC website.

Update  March 13 2015: The Globe and Mail reviews six important points of the new CRTC rules here.