New Media Hearing: WSPs make little on video

GATINEAU – Claiming there is no evidence that mobile broadcasting will ever be viable, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association told the CRTC that wireless operators should not be required to contribute to a fund for Canadian new media content. Too little money is being made in mobile broadcasting, and there is already a significant amount of Canadian content out there for the few who have opted for the service, CWTA president and CEO Bernard Lord said Wednesday during the CRTC’s ongoing broadcasting in new media hearing. “Imposing a contribution tax on WSPs would amount to penalizing success,” he noted. The...