MDSA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Technological Convergence, Bundesautobahn 44, North American Free Trade Agreement
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Introduction: communications policy must adapt to changes in the mass communications sphere, convergence. The merging of technologies, media forms, and media industries. We are quickly adapting to a mediascape in which we have increasing choice about how, when, and where we consume media: conflicts between international trade agreements and cultural policies, trade between the us and canada. If no canadian cultural policies were in place, american productions would easily flood out marketplace: nafta. This convention has not been signed by the us and to date has no bearing on. Telecommunications international trade law: a billion industry with six subsectors: local wireline, telephone service, long- distance wireline telephone service, internet services, data transmission, private line, and wireless services, telecommunications act (1993) Governs telecommunications technology infrastructure, and distribution networks in canada. Does not govern communications content: telecommunications companies provide transmission services. Common carriers are obligated to carry messages for any company or individual (e. g. telephone companies, rogers, bell)
