OTTAWA – The CRTC has updated its regulatory framework for pay-per-view services.
The revised framework, released Wednesday, simplifies its policy and makes it more consistent with the regulatory framework for video-on-demand services, with which PPV services compete, the Commission said.
In determining the most appropriate approach for PPV services, the CRTC said that it considered a number of issues, including:
– licensing criteria;
– Canadian content exhibition requirements;
– the promotion of Canadian programs;
– support for Canadian feature films;
– programming packaging;
– the broadcast of advertising; and
– the filing of aggregate data on Canadian programming.
The CRTC also set out standard conditions of licence and expectations that will apply to new PPV services, which it will apply to existing services at licence renewal.
