XPost: can.internet.highspeed, can.general   
   From: Some@Guy.com   
      
   JF Mezei wrote:   
      
   > Second step was the channel substitution torture we must ensure to   
   > allow CTV/Global to make money reselling US programs we are not   
   > allowed to watch on the original US channels.   
      
   CTV/Global (and CBC?) have to pay the owners of US programs to be able   
   to broadcast the programs in Canada.   
      
   So when we're watching a CTV or Global TV channel on cable or via   
   antenna, we're going to see Canadian advertizing during commercials.   
      
   The problem is when we're watching that same program on a US tv channel   
   on cable.  The cable operator is supposed to insert the Canadian   
   commercials in place of the US ones.  To make it simple, the cable   
   operators simply substitute the entire program feed from the Canadian   
   network over onto the US channel during the airtime of the program in   
   question.   
      
   The problem with that is that (a) we don't get to see the US commercials   
   (notable during high-profile events like the super bowl), (b) there may   
   be more commercials carved into the Canadian broadcast vs the US one,   
   and (c) sometimes the US tv channel in question is not broadcasting the   
   same program, so substitution is not called for but it still happens   
   because it's all timed and pre-programmed by computers.   
      
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