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Originally Posted by fredr123
I get the feeling that HD is an afterthought for Shaw.
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Of course it is. Same goes for their other company, Star Choice. Same goes for Canwest Global and their broadcasting in HD in bigger markets OTA now.
None of these companies WANT to spend extra money on HD. They are doing it because there is a demand for it. As we head into 2009, more and more people will be able to afford HDTV's. As that demand becomes larger and larger, the only thing these companies will be able to do is provide more and more HD content.
Bell jumped ahead due to them not having to put out costs on receivers (all their receivers are tried and tested by millions of DISH customers in the U.S.). If you don't have to worry about R&D costs and hardware development and testing/implementation, then it's quite easy to use that money to focus on something the competition does not have. That and the fact that most of the Canadian based DTH providers and broadcasters keep lining their pockets with millions upon millions of dollars each year because they don't have to worry about competition from outside of Canada, so really, most don't care and provide to the consumer what they feel like providing to the consumer. That is until more and more pressure is put on them by the consumer and the CRTC because Canadians get left behind with technology and start to complain more and more.
/rant
Bottom line is, technology and consumer demand is finally dragging some of these providers and broadcasters kicking and screaming into having to provide what consumers want and demand from them.
