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Originally Posted by transplant99
Since CTV purchased the rights to show the Super Bowl in Canada....i have no problem with them doing this.
Its how they make their money. Why shoudlnt they have right to sell their ads during the game?
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They should have the right - on
THEIR channel.
As earlier quoted the CRTC makes it seem that without CTV having purchased these rights, I wouldn't be able to view the Super Bowl.
"Advertising revenues are also what enable Canadian broadcasters to bring you programming such as the Super Bowl."
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/news/RELEA...08/i080128.htm
Like Ken, I specifically purchased the Detroit feeds from Shaw, so I can watch them the way Fox broadcasts them (including the commercials).
The Super Bowl is the most watched program that exists. It (including the commercials) is an event, that hundreds of millions of people look forward to.
What CTV does is like slicing up a Picaso, and taping it back together with some Canadian Tire money added in, to "preserve canadian culture."
How does
FORCING me to watch Canadian Tire ads, and cut in late to the feed so that some effeminate Toronto voice trying to sound manly, shills ads of
American shows that are coming up later on CTV - how does that "preserve canadian culture?"
Are you also going to defend the position that CTV will be taking during CRTC's hearings regarding the internet, too?