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Commission to release broadcasting in new media report today

GATINEAU – Will there be a new ISP levy to support Canadian content on the web? Will the hands-off approach the CRTC has maintained when it comes to the Internet and wireless networks remain? Does the Commission need to do more to promote, or make Canadian content on the web more visible? Do the walled garden wireless nets need to be pried open? These and a number of other questions will be answered today when the CRTC releases its report on broadcasting in new media, less than three months after wrapping the three-week-long hearing which ended March 11. Cartt.ca learned...