Avoid incremental regulation at all costs, Rogers tells CRTC

Avoid incremental regulation at all costs, Rogers tells CRTC

By Ahmad Hathout Rogers executives said Friday they feared the CRTC would come out of its hearings on the modernization of the Broadcasting Act emboldened to try to regulate some of the issues it has identified during its current proceeding instead of loosening the regulatory grip it has had on traditional broadcasters. “We can't rely... Read more »

'We all have to evolve,' Rogers' Colette Watson tells CRTC hearing - Broadcast Dialogue

Rogers Sports & Media President Colette Watson told the CRTC’s The Path Forward hearing on modernizing the definition of “Canadian program” on Friday that broadcasters and the regulator “have to evolve” to meet audiences where they are. Watson’s comment arose during discussion about at-risk programs – specifically children’s and youth television programming. Rogers maintains that children are being well-served by Canadian content, but that viewi…