OTTAWA-GATINEAU – After all that, the CRTC opted to continue with its ‘hands-off’ approach.
In its much anticipated broadcasting in new media report, released Thursday afternoon, the Commission said that it will “maintain its approach” for broadcasting content distributed over the Internet and through mobile devices, and will continue to exempt new media broadcasting services from its regulation.
"While broadcasting in new media is growing in importance, we do not believe that regulatory intervention is necessary at this time," said CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein, in the press release announcing the report. "We found that the Internet and mobile services are acting in a complementary fashion to the traditional broadcasting system. Any intervention on our part would only get in the way of innovation."
Check back later today on more from the report and for reaction from around the industry.
