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NEW - Federal Policy Forced Streamers to Invest More In Canadian Content. Spotify Raised Prices. Funny how that works.
Canadian content streaming funding has been a fight Canadian broadcasters have been losing for years, and the Monday panel digs into exactly what just happened: the CRTC ordered foreign streaming services to contribute to the Canada Media Fund, the government backed off citing trade irritants, and Spotify sent out a price increase notice for 15%. The same number. Same week.
Jimmy Zoubris and Andrew Caddell join the conversation to work through what the rollback means, who actually ends up paying, and whether the CRTC moves fast enough to matter in any of this. The panel also pulls on a harder…
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