Peter Menzies: Streaming Services Rules Are Bound to Drive Up Prices for Consumers

Peter Menzies: Streaming Services Rules Are Bound to Drive Up Prices for Consumers
One of the purposes of the Online Streaming Act is to force streaming companies contribute directly into Canadian funds. Jenny Kane/AP Photo
Peter Menzies
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It will take at least a couple of years to judge the full impact, but it appears as if Canada’s broadcasting regulator and foreign streamers are going to have a contentious relationship.

Peter Menzies
Peter Menzies
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Peter Menzies is a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an award winning journalist, and former vice-chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.