Gregory Taylor speaking before the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications examining Bill C-11, An Act to Amend the Broadcasting Act.
Oct 18, 2022
The complete video of the hearing is here (Prof Taylor speaks at roughly the 9 minute mark). https://senparlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2?fk=587685&globalStreamId=3
Watch: Interview with Dr. Gregory Taylor, author of Shut Off: the Canadian Digital Television Transition (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2013), shortlisted for the 2013 Donner Prize.
Watch: “Digital Revolution in Canadian Audio-Visual Media: Canadian Public Broadcasting and Digital Evolution,” a presentation by Dr. Gregory Taylor hosted by Friends of Canadian Broadcasting in Toronto, May 29, 2017.
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