COMN 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: The Canadian Press, Internet Service Provider, Telefilm Canada

• School: York University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMN 1000
• Professor: David Skinner

Document Summary

Bbg: the board of broadcast governors was a canadian arms-length government agency created in 1958 by amending the broadcast act to regulate television and radio broadcasting, originally taking over that function from the cbc. The bbg was replaced by the crtc in the 1968 broadcasting act. Branch plants: subsidiaries of foreign companies (e. g. ford canada, gmc, general electric canada) ---> import parts, assemble products in canada. Bill c-58: broadcasters could not put adverts into an american company and claim income tax on it. Broadcasting act (1932, 1936, 1958, 1968, 1991): the broadcasting act sets out objectives for canadian broadcasting generally and for the canadian broadcasting corporation specifically. It specifies the composition of the cbc"s board of governors, the creation of the broadcasting regulatory agency (crtc), content rules, and so on. i. ii. iii. iv. v. Cbc financing: prior to television, cbc was financed by licensing and advertising. They used revenues from ads on us programs to cross subsidize.