I sat on the Standing Committee on Industry and can tell you that convergence is not the only factor we must consider. In fact, given the digitization of the media, mobile phones already are, and will increasingly become, broadcasting devices. Some countries already want to use them for broadcasting their television programming. France, among others, announced its intention to do so on Friday. They want to use mobile phones as televisions. In addition, in Canada and Quebec, mobile phones became broadcasting agents when smartphones with 16 applications were made available to users. In such cases, cultural choices have to be made. Another factor to consider is the arrival of “mobisodes,” television episodes for the mobile phone. They are similar to “webisodes,” which are available on the Internet. For instance, Quebeckers can watch “webisodes” of Têtes à claques and Les chroniques d'une mère indigne. Now, we are going to be able to watch “mobisodes” on our phones.
On April 27th, 2010. See this statement in context.