Heritage committee concerned over review of foreign ownership in telecom
News | December 20, 2002
Liberalizing foreign ownership rules for telecommunications firms will ultimately lead to similar changes in the broadcasting industry, most members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage believe. The Heritage committee, which has been looking at media consolidation and foreign ownership as part of its broad review of the Canadian broadcasting system, has been warned by key players in the broadcasting sector that such an outcome would threaten Canadian content. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks of free access to thewirereport.ca and our exclusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. |