Baloney Meter: Big TV groups say regs won’t mean cuts to CanCon spending
OTTAWA — “We have a proven track record of exceeding our spending requirements on Canadian programming and, specifically, drama and documentary programming not because we have to, but because it makes good business sense to do so in a global media environment. There is nothing to suggest that will change going forward.”
Joint statement from Rogers, Bell and Corus, issued Aug. 2, 2017
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This month the federal government asked Canada’s broadcast regulator to take a second look at decisions it issued in May that could allow some TV service providers to cut the amount they spend on so-called programs of national interest, or PNI, and French-language content.