September 9, 2008
OTTAWA-GATINEAU - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today made public the two following documents: an independent report prepared by Eli Noam and a summary of an online consultation on the new media industry.
The first report titled TV or Not TV: Three Screens, One Regulation? was commissioned by the CRTC earlier this year as input for a new media proceeding, planned for early 2009. The author was commissioned to provide an analysis of the Canadian new media broadcasting industry and discuss possible regulatory policy solutions.
The second report is a compilation of data taken from an online consultation held from May 15, 2008, to June 15, 2008, on the scope of a future proceeding on Canadian broadcasting in new media. Nanos Research compiled the results of this online consultation. Both the Nanos and Noam reports are being released as reference material in advance of a proceeding on new media.
These reports were commissioned to provide background for the upcoming public hearing on new media. The CRTC commissioned the reports but did not in any way mandate the outcomes.
Eli Noam is a Professor of Economics and Finance at the Columbia Business School. He is also Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, a university-based research centre focusing on strategy, management and policy issues in telecommunications, computing and electronic mass media. Professor Noam has published over 25 books and 500 articles and is considered a world-renowned authority in the communications industry.
Nanos Research is one of North America's leading market and public opinion research firms.
TV or Not TV: Three Screens, One Regulation?
CRTC New Media Broadcasting eConsultation Report
The CRTC is an independent, public authority that regulates and supervises broadcasting and telecommunications in Canada.
Reference document: Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-44 [.htm][.pdf]
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Date Modified: 2008-09-09
