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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Isn't there a big difference in the way EVU and SC simsub?
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Yep...HUGE difference. Both SC and Shaw do NOT simsub HD channels at all currently.
For those that don't know, a simsub is when a Canadian network takes over the U.S. network with their feed, so they can show local commercials. You know...the whole Super Bowl experience with Global news promos instead of great Bud Light commercials, etc.
Not only do they replace the content, but in many cases, of course especially with HD content, the HD is nowhere near as good as what the U.S. network is showing, with video and audio content screwed up. It's been so bad, that there have been times already that the CRTC has told CTV and Global they cannot simsub until they get their act together.
Us SC or Shaw subs don't have to worry about that. As well, Bell simsubs EVERY SINGLE THING THEY CAN. With SD channels, you will always get Toronto or Vancouver commercials, no matter where you live, when you are watching a U.S. net that gets simsubbed. With Shaw and SC, they perform simsubs correctly. With SD channels, if a LOCAL Canadian SD channel is showing the same thing at the same time as a U.S. net, then a simsub happens. This does not happen at all for HD channels. Even then, with the SD channels, viewers can avoid the simsubs by watching an Eastern feed or a Western feed, depending on where they live, which will never have a simsub as it is out of market. This is how simsubs were meant to happen.
TSN on Bell for example gets simsubbed over U.S. nets all the time for golf, and various other sports, even though TSN has no rights whatsoever to actually have simsubs performed for them. TSN is NEVER simsubbed on Shaw/SC. It is on BEV because low and behold, BGM is the same company that owns TSN/CTV and you guessed it, Bell.
Just because you see a whole bunch of Bell commercials, it doesn't mean they are the best company. Besides, someone should shoot those stupid beavers.