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If you read this Toronto Star article, they seem to want to lay the blame on you.
Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t.
Even from Day One of Canadian broadcasting, during the planning stages, the Americans wanted in.  They wanted in so they could expand their networks and audiences into Canada.  The first network, the CBRC even [...]

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For the most part, you have cable/satellite providers touting their corporate line with the broadcasters touting their corporate line.

This week, the CRTC invited ordinary Canadians with the opportunity to appear in front of the commission.

I was invited but I didn’t really feel like dragging myself out to Edmonton to appear via video link.

But others did [...]

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With no clear winner in the whole Broadcaster vs. Cable/Satellite battle as of yet, it looks like another waste of time and taxpayer money to have these hearings. So we’ll just leave that at that.

With some people saying “New Moon” would do better than The Dark Knight, it’s nice to know THAT didn’t happen. [...]

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Well, the hearings continue with the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) and Bell Canada (owners of Bell TV Satellite).
 
Frankly it was more of the same, CBC (a broadcaster) said they need value for their signal while Bell (a distributor) said they didn’t have their eye on the big picture and just wanted a bailout.
 
I have the [...]

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Today, the broadcasters and cable companies of Canada have gathered in the Ottawa area, Gatineau, QC (it’s like the same city).  There are all out for one thing…
 
Ripping what’s left of Canadian TV to shreds.
 
For our international readers, as I know we have a lot of you, here’s what’s been happening up here.  First there [...]

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