And rather than diminishing, their media intake grows as they do. In Canada, children under 12 spend an average of 20 to 22 hours a week in front of the TV, and that is equal to, if not more than, the time they spend in school. It is interesting to note that one third of these hours is from private and public conventional broadcasters. But it's common knowledge that young Canadians don't watch only Canadian shows made for them. Their TV intake also includes adult shows and foreign fare.
Images flash by, and the content just keeps on coming.
Parents, academics, educators and program producers are still unsure. In the interests of young people, the Commission put in place a series of regulatory safeguards. Joint action by the CRTC and the industry Needless to say, we cannot achieve these objectives alone. That is why the Commission has always preferred to work with the industries it regulates by encouraging them to adopt codes of conduct and regulate themselves. Rather than imposing restrictions on broadcasters, it encouraged them to get involved and monitor themselves for compliance with their conditions of licence.