Online streaming bill risks pushing out Indigenous voices, says APTN

Smaller broadcasters could be at risk under Bill C-11 because they do not have the 'market power' to negotiate with online distributors without CRTC help, says the CEO of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.

Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez introduced Bill C-11 on Feb. 2, which is intended to modernize the Broadcasting Act by giving the Canadian Radio-television Commission (CRTC) regulatory oversight for online streaming services.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

June 6, 2022

Indigenous peoples in Canada are at risk of losing their voice on the airwaves if proposed legislation to update the Broadcasting Act forces the smaller, independent broadcasters to do their own negotiating as services increasingly move online, says the CEO of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Netwo...

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