#DigiCanCon: ACTRA calls on Netflix to pay up

TORONTO – For the sake of Canada’s broadcast industry and content producers, Internet broadcasters like Netflix cannot be exempted from broadcast regulation any longer, says the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) in its submission for Heritage Minister Joly’s Canadian Content in a Digital World consultations.“Our system of balanced regulation has created a world-class industry - if new Internet-based broadcasters don’t have to play by the same rules, this system won’t work in the future,” said national executive director Stephen Waddell, in a statement. “Netflix hauls $620 million out of the country every year without paying a dime...