GATINEAU – CRTC chairman and CEO Jean-Pierre Blais will deliver a speech to the Canadian Club of Ottawa on Thursday at lunch, announcing the Commission's next decisions stemming from the Let’s Talk TV proceeding.
Blais is scheduled to speak at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa starting at 12:00 noon ET. The speech will be webcast by CPAC starting at 12:45 PM and will be available on the CRTC website at 1:00 PM, in junction with the release of the official decisions.
As Cartt.ca reported two weeks ago, Thursday’s announcement is expected to be focused on Canadian content or, as it said in the Let’s Talk TV working document released in August, the decisions will answer questions on: “ways to foster compelling Canadian programming, including program production, promotion, exhibition and Canadian programming expenditures.”
That could include issues like genre protection, whether or not to include online revenues as part of Canadian programming expenditure calculations, whether or not over-the-top services should make Cancon contributions, and the issue of discoverability of Canadian content in TV schedules.
The parts of the TV Policy Review decision that will include pick and pay and a skinny basic is not expected until next week, or the week after.
