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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
CTV(or any network) pays for the Canadian rights.
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Right, but I also pay extra to have the US networks. So who's rights are greater- mine or CTV's?
This is like Chapters buying the Canadian rights to a book, and not allowing me to buy one from a store in Montana. Obviously this is a bit of a simplification, but I'm just trying to give another example.
See, in my mind some CRTC rules work. Like CanCon with radio stations. Would bands like the Tragically Hip have made it without the Cancon laws- no.
But for TV it's a very different animal. Cancon laws are there to protect Networks so they can produce Canadian TV shows. I'm sorry, but 3 hours of "Save the Children's fund" per day doesn't count in my books. There are exceptional Canadian shows like Corner Gas, but those are few and far between.
And for me the bottom line is that I am far more likely to visit Seattle as opposed to Vancouver, so let me pick which channel I get to watch.
Add to all of this the fact that the SuperBowl is an event like no other- and you have even more reason not to simsub. Yes, you can watch them later on. But when I'm watching the Superbowl with my friends we like to watch the entire thing all together.