Canada to Hike Domestic Content Rules For US Streaming Giants
Canada will require streaming giants such as Netflix Inc. and Spotify Technology SA to spend 15% of their domestic annual revenues on Canadian content, moving ahead with a law that’s been identified as a trade irritant by the US Trade Representative.
Cancon rules for streamers tripled
- Canadian regulator triples US streamers' financial contributions to Canadian content ABC News —
- CRTC says streamers must pay three times as much for Canadian content CTV News —
- Canada triples US streamers' financial contributions to Canadian content Associated Press —
- Major Studios Slam Canada For Slapping “Discriminatory Investment Obligations” on U.S. Streamers The Hollywood Reporter —
- CRTC issues formal Canadian content rules for streamers, raises programming funding requirement The Globe and Mail —