tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post5137251475500818432..comments2023-11-14T11:44:10.396-05:00Comments on The Legion of Decency: YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!jimhenshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07815834271470133872noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-70425989273040475532009-06-09T19:13:49.047-04:002009-06-09T19:13:49.047-04:00Brilliant article.
This is the most astute observa...Brilliant article.<br />This is the most astute observation and analysis of the Canadian television industry that I have ever read.<br />I thought this kind of shit only happened in countries like the former Soviet Union. <br />The CRTC is clearly out of control.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-87502152832744685302009-06-06T14:46:07.719-04:002009-06-06T14:46:07.719-04:00Hi,
It seems the covered up "transcript"...Hi,<br /><br />It seems the covered up "transcript" has now been covered up. <br /><br />The original 251 page transcript has now been reduced to 40 pages and where all that black marker used to be there is now one single word [REDACTED]<br /><br />It is absolutely ludicrous that the public regulator, assigned with the safekeeping of public airwaves is allowed to hold private in camera meetings.<br /><br />Absolutely shameful.<br /><br />Thank you for your excellent insight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-67611062292686167082009-05-21T09:20:19.673-04:002009-05-21T09:20:19.673-04:00Thanks for the input from you "Anonymous" guys.
...Thanks for the input from you "Anonymous" guys. <br /><br />Can I ask you both a question first?<br /><br />Why does having an opposing opinion make you feel you need to disguise your identities?<br /><br />Is it because that's the only way you survive working at CTV or Global?<br /><br />But in answer to your points:<br /><br />Anon #1: I completely agree that people should be able to pay for local TV if they want. Key phrase being "If they want" which is far different from a compulsory carriage fee payment.<br /><br />In the same redacted document I refer to throughout this post, Ivan Fecan asks for a "cap" on carriage fees, feeling it's unfair to ask viewers in Toronto or Vancouver to pay $6.00 a month for all their local stations while folks in rural areas would only be getting dinged for a buck or two.<br /><br />Even he knows what the market will bear -- and how few people may share your positive evaluation of what his stations have to offer.<br /><br />Also -- I assume that if you think people should have the right to pay for the programming they want, you also believe they should be able to pick their own cable packages.<br /><br />Be careful of that "Anon #1", because you might find a couple of local newscasts aren't enough to make anyone want to pay for a channel that the rest of the time provides programming they can easily find elsewhere.<br /><br />"Anon #2": You've apparently bought the argument that putting a bunch of money into the hands of Canadian broadcasters will make the Canadian content dream come true...<br /><br />Can I ask, with the billions in public money (and your cable fees)that have previously been invested, why that hasn't happened yet?<br /><br />And you might want to check your facts. While the broadcasters used that standard argument of pumping up local content a year ago when they asked for carriage fees, this time around, it's off the table because they now need that money "Just to survive". <br /><br />In fact, you'll find that Global asked the CRTC to reduce its contributions to local programming to 10% of the current level.<br /><br />Both of you feel free to come by anytime. Don't be afraid to tell us your names. I don't bite and neither do most of the readership -- whatever Peter Viner might be suggesting about us.jimhenshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815834271470133872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-32210520410935447742009-05-21T06:30:19.470-04:002009-05-21T06:30:19.470-04:00I think the CRTC should take some of our tax dolla...I think the CRTC should take some of our tax dollars and aquire some leadership lessons from someone like Michael Hyatt - http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/04/leaders-never-act-in-a-vacuum.html<br /><br />-mikeMichael Dundashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14053750507205026016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-40585666129034467902009-05-21T03:02:58.109-04:002009-05-21T03:02:58.109-04:00This quote:
"What becomes clear is that Canadian ...This quote:<br /><br />"What becomes clear is that Canadian nets still fail to see that the way around their problems is the same strategy most European nations have used to end-run the Hollywood studio insistence on owning it all -- to produce programming they can own and sell.<br /><br />But I’ve been beating that drum since I started writing this blog and it seems CTV and Global would rather swallow lye than make a couple of dollars from their own labor."<br /><br />The American stations have a fee for carriage. Have you ever thought that maybe adding this fee would give the Canadian Networks enough money to be able to make this come true?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-35384053869528185332009-05-20T14:54:02.870-04:002009-05-20T14:54:02.870-04:00Great post... the consumer is left with what optio...Great post... the consumer is left with what options? The bottom line is that cable and satellite companies are not paying to retransmit local tv signals in Canada and this is not justified under any policy. Consumers should be able to pay for local TV if they want. What is the problem with that? Cable and satellite pay retransmission fees in the US, and the world did not end. There is a great background note found at http://www.feeforcarriage.caAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-72153706070802267492009-05-20T12:48:34.480-04:002009-05-20T12:48:34.480-04:00Ahh yes, the sweet sweet joy of being able to say ...Ahh yes, the sweet sweet joy of being able to say whatever the hell you want behind people's backs and never be held accountable for it.<br /><br />Especially when the people they're talking about are the ones doling you the cash.<br /><br />I tell you [Redacted] can all [Redacted] with a [Redacted] and then maybe we [Redacted] or [Redacted] once and for all.Brandon Larabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08012563539334788444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-76997312596415715192009-05-20T11:59:50.593-04:002009-05-20T11:59:50.593-04:00My first reaction was, unfortunately, my most clic...My first reaction was, unfortunately, my most cliched one: Srsly?<br /><br />But I mean, seriously? I've read CIA memos that were less redacted. Hell, I've severed less when processing health records for Freedom of Information requests.<br /><br />If the CRTC, the CanNets and the cable and satellite giants wanted to drive more people underground to view what they want, when the want and how they want, they could not have done a better job....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-66695724847533480002009-05-20T09:55:29.456-04:002009-05-20T09:55:29.456-04:00I would laugh, if it weren't all so painfully sad....I would laugh, if it weren't all so painfully sad.deborah Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660139014725973469noreply@blogger.com