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ARTICLE · 22 NOVEMBER 2024

Fasken Communications Law Triannual Update

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This bulletin provides an overview of key developments in telecommunications, broadcasting, and copyright law from May to October, 2024, including the Canadian Radio-television...

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This bulletin provides an overview of key developments in telecommunications, broadcasting, and copyright law from May to October, 2024, including the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's ("CRTC") decision and orders finalizing the contribution framework for online undertakings, Bill C-288 receiving royal assent, and the most recent Copyright Board tariff setting decisions, among other topics.

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The CRTC issued a decision and orders finalizing the contribution framework for online undertakings in The Path Forward – Supporting Canadian and Indigenous content through base contributions (Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2024-121-1 and Broadcasting Order CRTC 2024-194). Online undertakings that have "annual contribution revenues" over $25 million from Canadian broadcasting activities across all services during the previous broadcasting year will be required to contribute 5% of those revenues to support Canadian and Indigenous

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