In response to the federal government’s recently passed Online Streaming Act, Canada’s broadcast regulator is considering creating a public registry whereby certain online streaming services would need to be registered in order to operate in the country, according to a consultation document.
The proposed public registry would allow the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to keep track of all online undertakings operating in Canada and collect what the broadcast regulator calls “the most basic information” pertaining to these undertakings, the CRTC wrote in a Notice of Consultation published on May 12.
The CRTC says it does not plan on requiring all online undertakings to register in order to operate within Canada and adds that it is “seeking comments” from the public to help determine which platforms should be exempt from the registry….