[Cowperson]

Heartland (filming in High River yesterday!!), Flashpoint, Being Erica and Mantracker are Canadian productions viewed in Canada but also syndicated internationally . . . and generally unabashedly Canadian.

We have well-recognized technical crews and a myriad of locations as well as ample government assistance providing inter-provincial competition for productions . . . . . and our actors seem to thrive elsewhere if the work isn't here.

So, it seems to revolve around the production choices of management.

The Canadian television market by itself would have trouble supporting a certain monetary level per episode whereas being able to syndicate internationally does provide that revenue stream.

Flashpoint is one example of a CTV production picked up and supported monetarily by CBS. But now CBS has apparently dropped it so CTV is left with the decision - not made yet - of whether or not to continue with it.

I thought Wild Roses on CBC, about Calgary oilmen/ranchers, was a bit of an outrageous hoot but it was cancelled rather inexplicably after Season one. But I would bet this was cancelled because it was probably costly per episode and wasn't able to achieve international syndication to help support it.

Cowperson