Exploring the Online Streaming Act with Charles Falzon and Reynolds Mastin

Where is the Canadian media industry now; how did it get here; where is it going? Charles Falzon, founding chair of the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA), and Reynolds Mastin, current CEO and president of the CMPA, give us their hot takes on Canada’s newly proposed media legislation. We chat about what works in Bill C-11; changes that must happen to future-proof the Canadian media industry; and why Canadian content must be redefined. Along the way we cover diversity, discoverability, producer-accessed, platform-agnostic funding, and market performance, concluding that it’s time for Canada’s industry to “get unstuck.”  

 

Access the show notes show and transcription of this episode HERE: https://www.torontomu.ca/audience-lab/podcasts/the-sessions-podcast/ 

 

Read the exclusive column by Irene Berkowitz in Playback about this episode HERE: https://playbackonline.ca/2022/02/22/the-sessions-podcast-explores-the-online-streaming-act-its-time-we-got-unstuck/