Random music news for Friday, January 23, 2026
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The CRTC has changed the definition of Canadian content for TV and streamers–but not radio. At least not yet.
What makes certain content officially “Canadian?” That’s been a complex bureaucratic question that the CRTC has managed for fifty years that’s involved a point system. What worked in the pre-internet age no longer
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The Canadian music industry is currently debating the future of Canadian content
On January 18, 1971, the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission enacted the Canadian content rules. From that day forward, 30% of all music played on Canadian radio between 6am and midnight had to
Read MoreThe CRTC is looking at Cancon rules for music streamers
Since 1971, Canadian radio stations have had to devote a certain percentage of their playlists to Canadian music. The minimum required level started at 30% but has since increased to 35%. Some radio
Read MoreThe CRTC has released its latest state of broadcasting in Canada report
The CRTC loves gathering statistics on how broadcasting in Canada–as they should, since it is the governing and regulatory body. This new report on the state of Canadian broadcasting, which covers the 2023-24
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The big streamers are in court today fighting the CRTC about funding Canadian content.
Global streamers–Apple, Amazon, and Spotify, along with reps for Netflix and Paramount–are back in court this week whining about having to contribute to Canadian content development and new coverage. Bill C-11 requires that
Read MoreWe need a new, up-to-date definition of “Canadian content.” We may soon get one.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] A long overdue CRTC review of the Canadian content rules has begun. The outcome will affect music, radio, and both audio and video streaming. Radio, for
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Canadian radio wants the CRTC to “start over on radio regulations”
Talk to anyone who works with Canadian content in this country, and they’ll tell you the regulatory system is pretty messed up when it comes to government rules on how traditional, terrestrial, good
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The definintion of music CanCon needs an update. You can help.
On Jan. 18, 1971, the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission made one of the biggest moves in the history of mass media in this country. From that day on, radio stations were required
Read MoreWhere do our CanCon laws come in with Trump’s new trade belligerence?
Great. The Orange One wants to bring back the Great Depression by adding tariffs on everything in an effort to make America great again. This was tried once before with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Read MoreThis was inevitable: Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon have taken legal action over Canada’s streaming tax
The story thus far: The Canadian government, fed up with foreign companies syphoning off hard currency from Canadian streaming users (audio and video) without putting sufficient investments back into the country’s cultural infrastructure,
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