Research Catalog

Title

Broadcasting policy in Canada / Robert Armstrong.

Author

Armstrong, Robert

Publication

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2010.

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Details

Description

x, 284 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

• "Where did Canadian content regulations come from? What do international trade agreements mean for existing broadcasting policy and business practices? How are new media changing the face of broadcasting in Canada? Broadcasting Policy in Canada traces the development of Canada's broadcasting legislation and analyses the roles and responsibilities of the key players in the broadcasting system, particularly those of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
• Robert Armstrong expresses with remarkable clarity the complicated changes to issues such as Canadian content, media regulation, and tax measures to provide a comprehensive overview of policies that have created the Canadian broadcasting system as it exists today. He also discusses related issues such as new media and the Internet, copyright, social concerns, and cultural diversity in a global media environment. Broadcasting Policy in Canada will serve as a valuable resource for students, policymakers, and industry players of all kinds who are affected by the CRTC's policies and decisions."--Pub. desc.

Subjects

• Textbooks
• Radiodiffusion > Politique gouvernementale > Canada > Manuels scolaires
• Broadcasting policy > Canada > Textbooks

Genre/Form

Textbooks

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-272) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- History of Canadian broadcasting policy to 1968 -- History of Canadian broadcasting policy, 1968-1991 -- Structure and change in Canadian broadcasting -- The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) -- Canadian content requirements -- Public broadcasting -- Financing Canadian content -- Social issues -- Broadcasting distribution -- Distribution carriage arrangements -- Copyright, broadcasting, and the Internet -- Canadian ownership and competition policy -- Broadcasting and international trade agreements -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Section 3 of the Broadcasting Act, 1991 -- Appendix B. Schematic overview of the broadcasting policy framework -- Appendix C. Overview of broadcasting legislation, 1932-1968 -- Appendix D. Summary of Canadian content and expenditure requirements -- Appendix E. History of the Canada Media Fund -- Appendix F. Excerpts from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) -- Glossary

ISBN

• 9781442640962 (bound)
• 1442640960 (bound)
• 9781442610354 (pbk.)
• 1442610352 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2010291647

OCLC

• 455791713
• SCSB-10789379

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library