Kirk Nesbitt of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) provided an annual technical coordinating committee update at CCBE 2025, detailing recent regulatory changes and ongoing consultations in Canada. Discussion included updates to broadcasting procedures (BPR10, BPR2, BPR3), emergency alerting guidelines, and the potential adoption of ATSC 3.0 in North America. Nesbitt also highlighted initiatives for improving metadata in car dashboards and the impact of these changes on Canadian broadcasters.
The immediate impact is operational: Canadian broadcasters are facing several overlapping rule and infrastructure changes, from BPR2 and BPR10 revisions to Bell’s possible March 1, 2026 service cutoff. The broader competitive issue is that metadata, in-car display quality and ATSC 3.0 are becoming part of the same distribution conversation, especially as NAB, Radio DNS, Sirius XM’s 360L and Tesla’s radio omissions reshape expectations in the dashboard. The next signal to watch is ISED’s final BPR2/BPR10 releases, plus whether the CRTC consultation changes bilingual and indigenous-language alerting requirements.
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