New rules to protect ‘distinctively British’ public service broadcasting’

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Without wishing to delve into politics...

Canada has had very strict rules on Canadian-made content for many, many years - radio stations are required to play at least 40% Canadian music (so anything written and/or performed by a Canadian, and/or recorded in Canada); TV channels typically have to make sure that at least 55% of what they show (though this figure changes depending on the channel - film channels, for example, can get away with 30%) throughout the year is made in Canada (though I believe repeats of existing programmes can count towards this). While I doubt they will introduce anything that strict here in the UK, it is (I think) interesting to see how similar rules are already implemented elsewhere.

What’s the definition of Canadian for tv and film purposes? There is a lot of American set content that is made in Canada - does that count as Canadian even thriugh it’s funded by American companies.