Canadian Heritage committee  It has never been an issue for Stingray. Obviously, we've read articles; we've read about people complaining about piracy, and it hasn't really been an issue for Stingray. In most cases, we have to keep in mind that Stingray, rarely, or until very recently, wasn't a B2C business,

Canadian Heritage committee  My understanding is that most of these artists are complaining about the royalties, or the lack of royalties, generated by streaming services and online platforms. I'm talking about the traditional delivery mechanism where we play music in stores. I think the artists are receivin

Canadian Heritage committee  Definitely.

Canadian Heritage committee  It would.

Canadian Heritage committee  I haven't made the calculation. It's something we can look into, if this is something you would be interested in having.

Canadian Heritage committee  Let me correct that. In terms of royalties, that wouldn't change how much we are paying, because we are still paying based on the tariffs that exist to SOCAN and Re:Sound. What would change is the allocation of the amounts that we're paying. More Canadian artists would receive a

Canadian Heritage committee  It's because the tariffs are built in a way that you pay either a minimum per commercial location or a percentage of revenue. Whatever we pay in royalties would remain the same. It's just that when SOCAN or Re:Sound distribute that money to their artists, the local artist would r

Canadian Heritage committee  It depends on the markets. Regarding our market penetration, I spoke earlier of 40 million households in 156 countries, but it depends on the service. We went about things gradually. In certain countries where Stingray Music is not available, another service is, for instance Conc

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. We aren't the only ones involved, of course, but we would be the first ones affected because we are the main provider of background music in Canada. There are some smaller players, and some larger ones who are attempting to get into the market. If they were subject to the sa

Canadian Heritage committee  There is Spotify, among others, that offers a similar service, called Spotify Business. This is a service that is similar to ours, and commercial establishments can access it through a Web platform. Spotify Business is not subject to any Canadian content minimum.

Canadian Heritage committee  I can't provide you with the information right now. This is not information that I have, because I don't know how much revenue is generated by other background music services suppliers. It's hard for me to establish how many royalties would be driven to the Canadian artists. We w

Canadian Heritage committee  You are talking about the part that is addressed to commercial establishments. A business can, in fact, play the radio and play its own music, or do business with a music provider who does the programming for them, or choose an existing channel. Stingray is one of those services.

Canadian Heritage committee  We then conclude a contract with the client and there are monthly fees for our service. We pay the royalties to the collective management companies; we do it instead of the client.

Canadian Heritage committee  Precisely. There is an administrative aspect we handle for them.

Canadian Heritage committee  In the course of proceedings before the CRTC, we responded to Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2017-359-2, in which we were asked to comment on the future of programming distribution models. We submitted our proposal last February, and it included the two points I mention