Cartt.ca INVESTIGATES: Competition law principles are lacking in broadcasting

By Perry Hoffman

Part VII in our series on rewriting the Broadcasting and Telecom ActsTHE CANADIAN BROADCASTING ecosystem has entered a challenging era, but it’s not only the digital shift that has caused upheaval. Some argue vertical integration policies have caused just as much damage to the system.As Brad Danks, CEO at OUTtv argued in a previous section (and in his own recent writings on the matter), vertical integration has failed the Canadian system to the detriment of the smaller independent players. This is where competition law should play a role, he added.In OUTtv’s submission to the CRTC’s distribution models of the future...