Letter to the Editor: Canadian broadcasters aren’t calling for protectionist relief to expand globally

THE LEAD PARAGRAPH in your July 14th story on the success of Blue Ant in global markets begins: “A CONSTANT REFRAIN from Canadian broadcasters is they do not have the heft to battle U.S.-originating streaming services, and so need protectionist relief from the feds to survive a post-cable, border-straddling future.” I can’t say I have ever heard Canadian broadcasters say they need protectionist relief or else they can’t expand into global markets. In fact I expect Corus and Videotron would hotly deny that (while asking for less regulation) while Bell and Rogers would say the same thing, but perhaps in more diplomatic language....