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Circa89 · 02-01-2009, 04:27 PM

anyone have sound issues or is that my system. It keeps getting louder and quiter etc.

Jayems · 02-01-2009, 05:00 PM

Im so pumped to have to be subjected to the worlds lamest commercial (that oil and gas in Alberta one). WTF. Every year we get snubbed.

rubecube · 02-01-2009, 05:03 PM

The HD U.S. feeds are still fine here in Victoria.

SportsJunky · 02-01-2009, 05:11 PM

Unf***ing believable that I pay for the U.S. channels but I have to sit here and watch Canadian commercials.

cSpooge · 02-01-2009, 05:12 PM

for anyone who cares here is a link to the commercials.

http://www.casttv.com/superbowl-commercials

Regulator75 · 02-01-2009, 05:15 PM

F-Off Shaw. I hate this crap.

browna · 02-01-2009, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Regulator75

F-Off CRTC/CTV. I hate this crap.

Fixed.

browna · 02-01-2009, 05:18 PM

From Digitalhome.ca
High Definition Cable Customers

Because CTV only has high definition (HD) transmitters in Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto, the network can only request that Canadian cable companies operating within those three areas simulcast HD signals.

This means that HD cable subscribers outside of the Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto grade B contour should be able to watch the NBC-HD version of the game complete with U.S. commercials. Customers in Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto will watch the simulcast signal

Joborule · 02-01-2009, 05:28 PM

I'm considering complaining to the CRTC about this. If we pay for US networks, we should have the ability to watch their commercials. Or at least show at least half of the commercials from US. Thats part of the super bowl experience.

Tron_fdc · 02-01-2009, 05:30 PM

A buddy of mine that worked for starchoice said if you soft reset the receiver you can get the US feeds.

Turn off the receiver, unhook the sat cable, wait a minute or so, plug it back in and turn it on. Apparently the US feed will stay on for 45 minutes.

I have expressvu so I have no idea if this works or not.

The Goon · 02-01-2009, 05:33 PM

What's most annoying are those CTV bumpers at the end of the commercial breaks - they don't time it properly to start with the game broadcast.

JerzeeGirl · 02-01-2009, 06:03 PM

If anyone wants to watch the online feed from the States (for the commercials) and just have the Hi-Def feed for the play action - it's available here: http://www.casttv.com/watch-superbowl-online

3 Justin 3 · 02-01-2009, 06:18 PM

I just noticed it now (I was watching Death Race), f--k CTV, Superbowl commercials are better than the freakin superbowl for crying out loud.

Kolbe31 · 02-02-2009, 09:46 AM

If anything, the repeated commercials of Corner Gas not only reminded me that I was missing the US commercials, but also made me hate Corner Gas. And I did NOT watch the Mentalist after the Superbowl because I was on the internet trying to watch all the commercials I just missed. Nice try, CTV...

Boblobla · 02-02-2009, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by cSpooge

for anyone who cares here is a link to the commercials.

http://www.casttv.com/superbowl-commercials

Is there a site like this that can be viewed in Canada?

pepper24 · 02-02-2009, 11:41 AM

Wow, I've never seen so much outrage over commercials! That's beer refill and piss time for me.

edn88 · 02-02-2009, 11:51 AM

I was annoyed that the US commercials were not on the broadcast, but if you were watching the game only for the commercials, you are irrelevent. This was a great Superbowl (and I was cheering for Arizona).

But based on how many Canadians want to watch American commercials, I would suggest that CTV is missing an opportunity to run a post game show comprised completely of commercials from the US. It would be great - a show of commercials sponsored by lame Candian commercials.

Nowadays, I am sure you can hook a PC up to your TV and watch all of the 'great' commercials that you want off of Youtube and others.

HotHotHeat · 02-02-2009, 11:57 AM

It's truly amazing that the Canadian government, a government for the people by the people, allowed the interests of a few wealthy media executives to overtake the interests of the overwhelming majority. In fact, there is nothing that even remotely ties such an action with a democratic notion. To go out on a limb, one could argue the action is fascist -- fascism is in part defined as a perfect marriage between the business and government.

fredr123 · 02-02-2009, 12:11 PM

It doesn't bother me so much that CTV sim-subbed our local Super Bowl broadcast and played its own advertisements so much as the effort the Canadian advertisers put into their own ad campaigns. It was basically a nothing. CTV ran a ton of their own promos (anyone know when Fringe is on? who is hosting the Junos this year?) and replayed a bunch of ads that we've already seen. I've watched enough Sportsnet broadcasts to have developed an unhealthy disdain for that fat construction guy making Panago pizza. And those damn Telus penguins can go to hell and die.

This was a great chance to show some new stuff to a captivated audience. You know there was going to be a lot of eyes on the tv set watching the big game. Why not roll out a new ad campaign starting last night?

Bobblehead · 02-02-2009, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by browna

From Digitalhome.ca
High Definition Cable Customers

Because CTV only has high definition (HD) transmitters in Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto, the network can only request that Canadian cable companies operating within those three areas simulcast HD signals.

This means that HD cable subscribers outside of the Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto grade B contour should be able to watch the NBC-HD version of the game complete with U.S. commercials. Customers in Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto will watch the simulcast signal

True (sort of).

Expressvure does their signal substitution on the uplink to the satellite, so for Bell users you will get simsubbed regardless of where you live.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

A buddy of mine that worked for starchoice said if you soft reset the receiver you can get the US feeds.

Turn off the receiver, unhook the sat cable, wait a minute or so, plug it back in and turn it on. Apparently the US feed will stay on for 45 minutes.

I have expressvu so I have no idea if this works or not.

StarChoice uses a different methodology. They use your address to figure out if you are required to be simsubbed, and then relay that info to your set top box. So when you unplug for the "soft reset" it removes that message telling it to "replace channel X with channel Y". So you then get the original channel until the message is resent (which it regularly is - apparently every 45 minutes).