The Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission gave Out TV 'must-provide' status, the only service that offers programming for, by and about the LGBTQ community .
According to an article in Blacklock's Reporter, in this week's decision 2022-23, the CRTC said that television distributors will not carry Out TV ( ) Services in the English market as of March 1, 2023.
CRTC Commissioner Claire Anderson, Whitehorse's attorneys, said they "would have liked to have made it mandatory." That means Canadian cable and satellite customers will have to pay for Out TV.
However, a majority of federal regulators said he of Vancouver, the self-proclaimed "world's first LGBTQ network," refused forced transportation to Out TV Network Inc. and instead "must provide." selected.
As Anderson wrote, “Out TV is the only service that offers programming for, by, and about the LGBTQ community. and the fact that this group is not specifically mentioned by the Broadcast Act.”
Out TV has, as an optional cable service, the company's has 1 million subscribers.
According to Statistics Canada, 898,900 Canadians identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual, or about 3% of the population over the age of 15. According to CRTC. Mandatory carriage will result in customers paying Out TV between 20 and 50 cents a month, potentially generating millions of dollars in revenue.
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“Out TV plays an important role in the Canadian broadcasting system. service,” the commission wrote.
"Out TV addresses the needs and concerns of these communities and contributes to raising awareness and understanding of all Canadians."
60} The CRTC continues:"The Commission believes this is an appropriate means to ensure that services are available to Canadians."
2021 to Federal Regulators In a submission for , Out TV said its program "provides education, enlightenment and direct access to non-LGBTQ Canadians."
“Heterosexual viewers can enjoy and relate to content that revolves around LGBTQ characters and stories, but they are less exposed to these stories, so straight viewers Many of us still don't know that," the company said.
The huge success of Netflix's Queer Eye program proves this to be true.
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