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Foreign streamers must pay into fund to boost Canadian content, CRTC says

Online streaming services operating in Canada will be required to contribute five per cent of their Canadian revenues to support the domestic broadcasting system, the country's telecoms regulator said on Tuesday.

Online streaming services operating in Canada will be required to contribute five per cent of their Canadian revenues to support the domestic broadcasting system, the country's telecoms regulator said on Tuesday. "Today's decision will help ensure that online streaming services make meaningful contributions to Canadian and Indigenous content," wrote CRTC chief executive and chair Vicky Eatrides in a statement. While Forget noted that the directors guild has worked extensively with U.S. and international streamers, helping build up a talent pool and creating employment opportunities, "we have stories to tell as Canadians."

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