Content discoverability “top-priority challenge” for Canada’s audiovisual production sector: CMF report

TORONTO – The issue of “content discoverability” may force Canada’s audiovisual production sector to reinvent itself, and change the dynamic between producers, broadcasters and distributors, says a new report from stakeholders on the eve of the CRTC’s Discoverability Summit.Discoverability: Toward a Common Frame of Reference, published by the Canada Media Fund (CMF) with financing from the National Film Board of Canada, Telefilm Canada, and the support of CBC/Radio-Canada’s Media Technology Monitor, is intended as a means for the Canadian audiovisual industry’s community and its stakeholders to develop a common understanding of the discoverability concept. The report provides an in-depth look at the...