{"id":55799,"date":"2026-05-22T07:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/55799\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T07:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:29:15","slug":"canadian-regulator-triples-us-streamers-financial-contributions-to-canadian-content-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/55799\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian regulator triples US streamers’ financial contributions to Canadian content"},"content":{"rendered":"

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) \u2014 Large online streaming services must contribute 15% of their Canadian revenues to Canadian content<\/a>, the country’s federal broadcast regulator said Thursday.<\/p>\n

That figure is three times the 5% initial contribution requirement the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, CRTC, set out in 2024, which is being challenged in court by U.S.-based major streamers, including Apple<\/a>, Amazon and Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The CRTC made the decision as part of its implementation of the Online Streaming Act, which the U.S. has identified as a trade irritant ahead of trade negotiations with Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Contribution requirements for traditional broadcasters in Canada, which currently pay between 30% and 45%, will be lowered to 25%.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe total contributions are expected to stabilize the funding at more than $2 billion in support of Canadian and Indigenous content, such as French-language content and news,\u201d the regulator said in a press release.<\/p>\n

The CRTC also set out rules on how the money must be spent for both streamers and broadcasters, including contributions toward production funds and direct spending on Canadian content.<\/p>\n

Most of the streamers\u2019 financial contribution can go toward content, though the CRTC is imposing rules on how that money must be spent for the largest streamers.<\/p>\n

For instance, streamers with Canadian revenues of more than $100 million Canadian ($73 million) annually must direct 30% of spending toward partnerships with Canadian broadcasters and independent producers.<\/p>\n

The new financial contribution rules apply to streamers and broadcasters with at least $25 million Canadian ($18 million) in annual Canadian broadcasting revenues.<\/p>\n

The CRTC is also establishing a new fund to support specific TV channels, including CPAC, the Canadian service that provides direct coverage of political events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) \u2014 Large online streaming services must contribute 15% of their Canadian revenues to Canadian content,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[525,17,24627,407,10743,592,5428,24458,236,1878,218],"class_list":["post-55799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-business","tag-canada","tag-e","tag-entertainment","tag-f","tag-general-news","tag-i","tag-media-and-entertainment-industry","tag-technology","tag-television","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}