CMNS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Canada Media Fund, Canadian Radio League, Graham Spry
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Week 5 lecture , canadian media and policy ecology. Historical background: 1928 aird commission radio. Canadian cultural policy rationale (reasons for it: geographic, economic, social reasons, nationalistic reasons. Laws providing forms of protection: cultural and regulatory institutions. Government institutions: canadian broadcasting corporation cbc (1932/36, national film board of canada nfb (1939, canada council for the arts cca (1957, canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc (1969) Other gov"t bodies: department of canadian heritage, canadian audio visual certification office (cavco, competition bureau. Other policy organizations: telefilm (consists of enthusiast of the canadian audiovisual industry) Manage co-production agreements with the gov"t: canada media fund, canadian book fund. . 5 billion note, the above list is incomplete as missing other provinces: cbc billion, national film board million. Crtc mandate: the crtc"s mandate is to ensure that both the broadcasting and telecommunications systems serve the canadian public.