The CBC/Radio Canada, Canada’s public broadcaster, has had its federal broadcast license renewed to 2027, but the strings attached include first-time obligations to support indie TV producers from “equity-seeking” communities. While the Canadian pubcaster has had no specific obligations to support indigenous and diverse programming, the CBC has put a focus in recent years on increasing its content diversity. But the CRTC, in agreeing to renew the CBC’s federal license, said minimum spending requirements for content diversity will help close a continuing equity gap when it comes to supporting indie film and TV producers from under-served communities. The TV watchdog is also looking for more accountability from the CBC in how it measures content diversity. And the Canadian TV industry as a whole is working towards the first-time measurement of BIPOC media audiences by Numeris, the Canadian TV industry’s stats collector, to help boost on-screen representation.

Source: CBC News June 22, 2022 18:39 UTC