Netflix Inc. warned Canadian regulators against creating new restrictions that could stifle its ability to gives its customers what they want on Friday, prompting heated exchanges as officials demanded details of the company’s footprint in Canada.
The video streaming service got off to a rocky start when it appeared on the final day of an exhaustive two-week hearing into the future of Canadian television, as the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) demanded sensitive data on Netflix’s revenue, subscriber numbers, viewership and expenditures in the country.
James Bradshaw – Globe and Mail – September 19, 2014.