OTTAWA – The CRTC knows all its needs to know about over-the-top online and mobile broadcasting, at least for now.
In a letter to industry stakeholders this week, the Commission said that it has scrapped plans to hold another OTT fact-finding exercise this May. Since last year’s investigation and subsequent report, the Regulator said that it has continued to study trends related to over-the-top programming services and their impact on the Canadian system, which has included monitoring consumer behaviour, technology and financial trends, as well as reviewing third-party expert analysis.
“Based on this monitoring and expert analysis, the Commission considers that over-the-top programming services have not had an impact sufficient to warrant another fact-finding exercise at this time”, reads the letter, signed by secretary general John Traversy. “The Commission however will continue to closely monitor over-the-top services in the context of the evolving Canadian communications landscape.”
