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Prime Time in Ottawa: Netflix exec lauds the golden age of the storyteller

OTTAWA - Today’s TV content market may one day be referred to as the golden age of the storyteller where creators, no longer limited by the linear requirements of the traditional broadcast industry, turned in great numbers to online distributors unencumbered by the constraints of eight minutes of advertising for every 30 minutes of programming.Now, that may be looking a little too far into the future but the rise of online platforms has undoubtedly given content creators the ability to tell their stories in their way, and some say more effectively target their audiences – and all this without having...