The CRTC is in a dilemma. All the local affiliates of CTV, CBC and all the rest of the main networks in Canada are up in arms about the fact that distributors like Bell, Star Choice etc are able to include their signals at no extra charge.The Canadian networks and their ‘local’ stations feel that they should get a piece of the pie. This is similar to Britain who has charged a ‘tax’ to every household who owns a TV for donkey’s years.
Now, we all like to view the 16 CBC stations on Satelite and the 18 CTV stations and all the rest. Heck, it is delightful to watch what is happening in Sarnia or Victoria or other sites that we only find out about during their news breaks. Most of them I have put parental locks on …. so I don’t have to scan through them all.
However,I may now have to pay an extra $10.00 per month for a fee which will be passed on to these stations. Even though they have about 32 minutes of programming and 28 minutes of commercials every hour, that is not enough. I may have to resort to turning off my parential block in order to get my money’s worth.
There is only so many minutes in an hour and they all seem to have commercials on at the same time, so what does one do….. I know, pay extra for a pay per view movie. Heck, so now we are up to $130.00 or more per month, at least we are supporting Sarnia and Victoria and…… Maybe I can buy something there and pick it up sometime, after all their advertisers are targeting everyone across Canada.
Or….I could turn the box off and read or write or do a little exercise and save money.
DL

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