The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
(CRTC) has taken an important step forward to monitor new media
broadcasting operations.
On Friday August 13, 2010, the CRTC issued Reporting
Requirements for New Media Broadcasting Undertakings,
Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-582. New Media
Broadcasting Undertakings ("NMBU"s) provide broadcasting
services1 that are delivered and accessed over the
Internet. The CRTC will be expanding this to include broadcasting
services received on mobile devices using point-to-point
technology; the related consultation process was initiated last
year in Broadcasting Notice of Consultation 2009-330 and is
ongoing.
The new reporting requirements are intended to allow the CRTC to
monitor the development of broadcasting in new media. They will
apply "as a starting point" to NMBUs that are affiliates
of broadcasting licensees. "Affiliation" is not defined
in the CRTC's recent reporting policy, but is defined
