WELL, I GUESS THIS leaves Canada (temporarily?) offside with both Europe and the U.S.A. now.
Pity, only in Canada you say?
By the Federal Court of Appeal’s logic, VOD is not a broadcast undertaking either. And let’s recall that cable operators employ IP protocols to deliver all content – including that “requested” stuff.
Two lessons hopefully learned here: First, the expert CRTC should not delegate tipping point policy decisions to narrow, interpretive and thin-knowledge based courts; and second, the only logical step now is to refine and amend the definition “broadcasting undertakings” in the Broadcasting Act.
And please, no more whining and hand-wringing that this would be too hard to do!
Bill Roberts
President and CEO
ZoomerMedia, TV Division (VisionTV)
