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Originally Posted by fanforever1986
The only reason they don't subsim HD is because Shaw doesn't carry CTV HD, Global HD, or CityTV HD
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Wrong again. Both Shaw and SC carry CTV HD in the major markets. They do not carry Global HD or CityTV HD because there is no need for them. The U.S. nets have the same programming. Waste of bandwidth for those services. So is CTV HD actually, but BGM made Shaw take CTV HD in order to carry TSN HD. That's the ONLY reason you see it in their lineup.
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Originally Posted by fanforever1986
Shaw does in fact sub sim their programming, just not in HD...yet
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You really don't read, do you?
I never said Shaw/SC doesn't simsub. In fact I said they do in SD.
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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.
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Originally Posted by fanforever1986
I'm not positive, but I believe it's actually required by the CRTC that service providers use the Canadian feed (TV show and commercials) when it's available.
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Again, you are not even bothering to read what I post so why should I bother to have this discussion with you.
From my earlier post...read again:
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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.
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There is no requirement to simsub HD channels because there are no local HD towers in most areas where customers are located. If push comes to shove and the CRTC enforces simsubs with HD networks, they will happen where the actual towers are, IN that market only and only when the local Canadian HD channel is showing the same thing as the local/same time zone HD channel is. Living in Calgary or Edmonton for that matter, SC/Shaw subs most likely will never see simsubs on HD channels because there won't ever be Global/CTV HD towers in those markets. These companies are not willing to spend the money. And even then, since simsubs are performed properly by Shaw/SC, in these markets, we could still watch the Eastern HD feeds and never see any simsubs.
Please do your homework and actually read what people are saying if you would like to have a discussion about a topic.