GATINEAU – An independent report prepared by Columbia University professor Eli Noam and a summary of an online consultation on the new media industry by Nanos Research was made public by the CRTC on Tuesday.
The first report titled TV or Not TV: Three Screens, One Regulation? Was commissioned by the Commission earlier this year as input for its new media proceeding, planned for early 2009. The author was commissioned to provide an analysis of the Canadian new media broadcasting industry and discuss possible regulatory policy solutions.
The second report is a compilation of data taken from an online consultation held from May 15, 2008, to June 15, 2008, on the scope of a future proceeding on Canadian broadcasting in new media. Nanos Research compiled the results of this online consultation.
Both the Nanos and Noam reports are being released as reference material in advance of a proceeding on new media.
“These reports were commissioned to provide background for the upcoming public hearing on new media. The CRTC commissioned the reports but did not in any way mandate the outcomes.”
We here at Cartt.ca are attempting to plough through the 65 or so pages of research, hoping for some neat nuggets and will have a more complete story in the coming days. Click here to find the reports.
