MDSA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, Long-Distance Calling, Technological Convergence
Document Summary
Communications policy must adapt to changes in the mass communications sphere. The merging of technologies, media forms, and media industries. We are quickly adapting to a mediascape in which we have increasing choice about how, when, and where we consume media. Conflicts between international trade agreements and cultural policies. If no canadian cultural policies were in place, american productions would easily flood our marketplace. Canadian cultural exemptions were made, but exceptions would allow the us to retaliate and seek financial redress. There is no general exemption for cultural industries under the wto. Convention on the production and promotion of the diversity of cultural. The convention has not been signed by the us and to date has no bearing on international trade law. A billion industry with six sub sectors: local wireline telephone service, long- distance wireline telephone service, internet services, data transmission, private line, and wireless services. Governs telecommunications technology, infrastructure, and distribution networks in canada.
