Media News - Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Canada restricts media ownership
Canada's broadcasting regulator announced new rules Tuesday limiting the
number of conventional television and radio stations a person may
control in the same market, to ensure a diversity of voices. However,
the rules were immediately criticized by the Canadian Media Guild, which
said the regulator ‘has blown a chance to address Canada's highly
concentrated media landscape.’ The Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) said in a statement a person or
company will only be permitted to control two media outlets such as
newspapers, radio and television stations in the same market. As well,
limits were imposed on ownership of broadcasting licences to ensure that
one party does not control more than 45 percent of the total television
audience share as a result of a merger or acquisition. And the CRTC said
it would not approve transactions between cable or satellite companies
that would result in one person effectively controlling the delivery of
programming in a market - a city or region. But critics say the rules,
which are not retroactive, come too late, on the heels of consolidation
in the Canadian broadcasting and newspaper industry that led to the
emergence of media behemoths CanWest Global, CTVglobemedia and Quebecor.
(AFP via Google News)
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