LET’S TALK TV: Commission seeks changes to exempt BDUs (corrected)

By Perry Hoffman

GATINEAU - Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2015-96 ushered in sweeping changes to the Canadian broadcast system, namely a skinny basic and an a la carte channel regime. But the Let’s Talk TV decision also modified rules and provisions governing exempt broadcast distribution undertakings (BDUs).Now the CRTC wants to hear from industry about those specific changes.The new rules are designed to not only give exempt BDUs more flexibility to operate and seek new customers, but also bring them in line with regulations that the larger broadcast distributors have to follow.The CRTC is proposing, as was indicated in 2015-96, that exempt BDUs can...