GATINEAU – The CRTC has re-launched the public process for the renewal of CBC/Radio-Canada’s broadcasting licences, a process that began last summer but was postponed on July 8, 2011.
In the corporation's updated application, the national public broadcaster is urging the CRTC to accept two provisions it says are critical to preserving the key elements of the CBC’s 2015 Strategy:
1. A modern regulatory framework that will enable the public broadcaster to implement its strategy across all platforms and allow it to evolve with its audiences, with technology and with its changing environment;
2. Opportunity to generate new revenue to meet the significant financial challenges presented by the corporation’s current operating environment.
“Strategy 2015: Everyone, Every way sets out our vision for the future of the national public broadcaster. While a reduction to the corporation’s budget and the recent elimination of the LPIF pose major challenges, our direction and our priorities remain unchanged. Now we need a regulatory framework that will allow us to continue moving forward,” said Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada. “It’s been 13 years since our licences were renewed. This is an important process and we look forward to working with the commission on exploring ways to meet our challenges.”
The CRTC says it will hold a public hearing beginning on November 19, 2012 in Gatineau, Quebec that will examine the public broadcaster's role in light of its powers under the Broadcasting Act. The following are some of the issues that the commission plans to discuss:
- CBC/Radio-Canada's overall strategy
- equivalent quality of services in French and English
- representation of official language minority communities
- regional reflection and the services offered in northern Canada
- the accessibility of information relating to the Corporation's management and the effectiveness with which public comments are handled
- the addition of advertising on Espace Musique and Radio 2, and commercial agreements.
Interested persons are invited to submit their comments on any aspect of the renewal of the licences of CBC/Radio-Canada by 8 p.m. (Eastern Time) on October 5, 2012. They may do so by completing the online form, writing to the Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2, or sending a fax to 819-994-0218.
All interventions already received and the comments submitted during the online consultation held in 2011 have been placed on the public record and will be taken into consideration.
GATINEAU – The CRTC has re-launched the public process for the renewal of CBC/Radio-Canada’s broadcasting licences, a process that began last summer but was postponed on July 8, 2011.
In the corporation's updated application, the national public broadcaster is urging the CRTC to accept two provisions it says are critical to preserving the key elements of the CBC’s 2015 Strategy:
1. A modern regulatory framework that will enable the public broadcaster to implement its strategy across all platforms and allow it to evolve with its audiences, with technology and with its changing environment;
2. Opportunity to generate new revenue to meet the significant financial challenges presented by the corporation’s current operating environment.
“Strategy 2015: Everyone, Every way sets out our vision for the future of the national public broadcaster. While a reduction to the corporation’s budget and the recent elimination of the LPIF pose major challenges, our direction and our priorities remain unchanged. Now we need a regulatory framework that will allow us to continue moving forward,” said Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada. “It’s been 13 years since our licences were renewed. This is an important process and we look forward to working with the commission on exploring ways to meet our challenges.”
The CRTC says it will hold a public hearing beginning on November 19, 2012 in Gatineau, Quebec that will examine the public broadcaster's role in light of its powers under the Broadcasting Act. The following are some of the issues that the commission plans to discuss:
- CBC/Radio-Canada's overall strategy
- equivalent quality of services in French and English
- representation of official language minority communities
- regional reflection and the services offered in northern Canada
- the accessibility of information relating to the Corporation's management and the effectiveness with which public comments are handled
- the addition of advertising on Espace Musique and Radio 2, and commercial agreements.
Interested persons are invited to submit their comments on any aspect of the renewal of the licences of CBC/Radio-Canada by 8 p.m. (Eastern Time) on October 5, 2012. They may do so by completing the online form, writing to the Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2, or sending a fax to 819-994-0218.
All interventions already received and the comments submitted during the online consultation held in 2011 have been placed on the public record and will be taken into consideration.
