Faced with a challenge to its authority from Netflix Inc. and Google Inc., Canada’s broadcast regulator has reacted by striking the two companies’ evidence from a major public hearing, seeking to reassert its powers over companies that broadcast in the country.
At a major hearing on the future of television earlier this month, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ordered Neflix and Google to hand over information in confidence about viewership and Canadian activity on their video-streaming sites. The two companies refused and questioned the CRTC’s jurisdiction, setting up a power struggle.
James Bradshaw – Globe and Mail – September 29, 2014.
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