tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post2935971769780962492..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: CTV/Global - Socialism For The Rich?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-79177883134384651892009-11-29T08:42:50.409-08:002009-11-29T08:42:50.409-08:00HaHaThe Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-89034791864420437852009-11-29T07:52:01.309-08:002009-11-29T07:52:01.309-08:00I think if you lose brain function, you end up bei...I think if you lose brain function, you end up being a Conservative senator.Skinny Dipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818163310102120130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-21071571209903523252009-11-29T07:51:15.442-08:002009-11-29T07:51:15.442-08:00The networks now want cable fees to be regulated. ...The networks now want cable fees to be regulated. Does that mean they also want their advertising rates to be regulated. Logic dictates so.rwwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512582677240907287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-68439341405920829182009-11-29T07:19:24.571-08:002009-11-29T07:19:24.571-08:00I won't dismiss the merits of requiring cable ...I won't dismiss the merits of requiring cable companies to delete American broadcasts of shows aired by Canadian nets. Cable companies and TV nets are both regulated and protected by fed legislation so I suppose there's at least an argument there.<br /><br />Too bad they won't transmit Comedy Central instead of force-feeding us CTV's mediocre version, the Comedy Network.<br /><br />It bothers me that we can't force CTV and Global to ditch a lot of that crap "reality" programming from the US and their own Canadian knock-offs of the very same tripe.<br /><br />As for Lloyd, I don't know what the deal is there. I thought once you had a total loss of brain function they could declare you dead.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-85491206526458967632009-11-29T05:42:13.391-08:002009-11-29T05:42:13.391-08:00More from the Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com...More from the Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/731932Skinny Dipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818163310102120130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-86574952009727704262009-11-29T04:07:11.066-08:002009-11-29T04:07:11.066-08:00The broadcast companies want the CRTC to force the...The broadcast companies want the CRTC to force the cable and satellite companies to block US signals that carry the same US programs that the Canadian networks have purchased. For example, if CTV wants to air American Idol on Thursday evening at 8 p.m. instead of airing the program when the Fox wants (I think it's Fox), the cable and satellite companies would be forced to block the US signals. This means more money through advertising for Canadian stations.Skinny Dipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818163310102120130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-29613667854090744162009-11-29T04:01:14.088-08:002009-11-29T04:01:14.088-08:00I'm no fan of the cable and satellite companie...I'm no fan of the cable and satellite companies and I'm not against the big bad Conservative Television Network trying to make money.<br /><br />Currently, cable companies are required by the CRTC to air the over-the-air channels and air them on the lower channel slots. Why should cable companies be forced to pay a carriage fee for a so-called "local" television station that the CRTC forces it to carry?<br /><br />If the networks want carriage fees for their local stations, then the CRTC should make these local channels optional rather than mandatory for the cable and satellite companies to carry. And as you (MoS) suggest, the cable and satellite companies can charge the broadcasters a fee to carry their "local" stations on the cable or satellite dial. It's like the ethnic programs or infomercials buying time on a television station rather than the stations buying ethnic or infomercial programming.<br /><br />On a side note, the CTV Olympic website won't publish my mildly negative comment about boycotting the Olympics but it did publish my positive comment under my JWilliams alias.<br /><br />http://skinnydips.blogspot.com/2009/11/will-this-broadcast-website-publish-my.htmlSkinny Dipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818163310102120130noreply@blogger.com