Given the CRTC’s lack of support for specialty channels and genre protection, is there any hope for the future of original Canadian television content?
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The CRTC’s decision to completely ignore Netflix reveals its waning authority in the area of regulating television content.
Three years and over a million Netflix customers later, Rogers and Shaw are trying to get into the online streaming game. Their new service, Shomi launches in November. It looks like Netflix without the red, provides similar programming, and will initially be available only to existing Rogers and Shaw customers for $8.99 a month.
