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ken0042 · 03-24-2010, 04:28 PM

I guess Fred and I aren't reaching you, nfotiu. The problem is the government involvement up to this point, and how they are taking a problem that they created themselves, and adding to it.

In the 80s when CTV found that people were split between watching their show on NBC and their own channel, instead of finding ways to make us watch their broadcast, they asked the gov't to step in and force it upon us. There are many ways they could have had the same results using standard business practices; in fact back in the 70s and 80s it was common to see contest giveaways during prime time shows. That was how they did it then.

Let's look at other media. Say the Associated Press produces a news story; and both USA Today and Calgary Herald buy the rights to publish that story. The Herald does not have the right to force Canadian USA Today subscribers to not unly subscribe to the Herald, but also force USA Today to run the Herald article in their paper along with the Herald ads.

I don't mind that CTV wants to charge more for me to subscribe to their channels. What I have issue with is that in order to get Rogers Sportsnet or TSN, I am forced to buy CTV. Never mind the US channels; which as you point out can be a muddy area with respect to ownership of rights. So going back to my print media; it's like saying I cannot subscribe to MacLean's (Canadian political magazine) with also subscribing to the Herald. Then having the Herald; now being manditory subscription- tripling their rates.

03-24-2010, 04:28 PM	#59
ken0042 Playboy Mansion Poolboy Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout Exp:	I guess Fred and I aren't reaching you, nfotiu. The problem is the government involvement up to this point, and how they are taking a problem that they created themselves, and adding to it. In the 80s when CTV found that people were split between watching their show on NBC and their own channel, instead of finding ways to make us watch their broadcast, they asked the gov't to step in and force it upon us. There are many ways they could have had the same results using standard business practices; in fact back in the 70s and 80s it was common to see contest giveaways during prime time shows. That was how they did it then. Let's look at other media. Say the Associated Press produces a news story; and both USA Today and Calgary Herald buy the rights to publish that story. The Herald does not have the right to force Canadian USA Today subscribers to not unly subscribe to the Herald, but also force USA Today to run the Herald article in their paper along with the Herald ads. I don't mind that CTV wants to charge more for me to subscribe to their channels. What I have issue with is that in order to get Rogers Sportsnet or TSN, I am forced to buy CTV. Never mind the US channels; which as you point out can be a muddy area with respect to ownership of rights. So going back to my print media; it's like saying I cannot subscribe to MacLean's (Canadian political magazine) with also subscribing to the Herald. Then having the Herald; now being manditory subscription- tripling their rates.