COMMENTARY: Has the time come to blow up the system?

A GROWING SENTIMENT AMONG many industry folks is that the carefully (and sometimes not-so-carefully) constructed, heavily regulated, TV system we have built here in Canada can not withstand the global media environment of the 21st century. So, is it time to completely de-regulate television in Canada? Do we need to re-write the Broadcasting Act and just blow it all up? Yesterday I talked with two people with long histories in Canadian television with diametrically opposed points of view. I think they’re both right about a number of things and if they are, our regulatory system is in for some shattering....