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Canadians value contributions of global studios and streamers to film and TV industry, says MPA-Canada

TORONTO – As the CRTC’s three-week hearing on the implementation of the Online Streaming Act got underway Monday in Gatineau, the Motion Picture Association – Canada (MPA-Canada) published results of a new survey it commissioned from spark*insights that shows Canadians see global studios and streaming companies as valuable contributors to Canada’s film and TV sector. MPA-Canada advocates for the major international producers and distributors of movies, TV and streaming programming in Canada. Some of the global studios it serves include Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery (HBO). According to spark*insights’s August 2023 online survey of 3,000 Canadian adults, Canadians...