The CRTC has just issued its report on the Canadian Television Fund’s mandate and governance structure.

In its report, the CRTC recommends that:

• The CTF’s funding be split into private- and public-sector streams. The private-sector stream would support the production of commercially successful programming and be accessed by private commercial broadcasters. The public-sector stream would be set aside for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, educational broadcasters and other not-for-profit broadcasters.
• Two separate Boards of Directors be established, with one having oversight of the private-sector funding stream and the other being responsible for the public-sector funding stream. However, both streams should share the day-to-day administrative services of the CTF to reduce operating costs.
• Increased emphasis be placed on audience success as a criterion for access to the new private-sector funding stream.
• The CTF maintain its current practice of funding productions that score 10 out of 10 points on the scale developed by the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office (the CAVCO scale).
• The proposals by two companies that distribute broadcasting services to opt out of their contributions to the CTF, as required by the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations, be rejected.
• The CTF establish a new funding stream to support the production of Canadian programs for broadcast on new media platforms.

More detail for CBC employees are on iO!

In February 2008, the Minister of Canadian Heritage announced that the government had asked the CRTC to prepare a report and make recommendations on the Canadian Television Fund.

This request followed a public hearing on the CTF held by the Commission from February 4 to 8, 2008, at which interested parties expressed their views. The Commission had previously created a Task Force to provide a detailed analysis of the issues concerning the funding of Canadian programming and the CTF’s governance.

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