XPost: can.internet.highspeed, can.general   
   From: jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca   
      
   Canuck57 wrote:   
      
   > That practice always struck me as piracy.  Hijacking a US signal and   
   > substiting ads.  If I did that I would be in court in the defendants box   
   > looking at jail time and hefty fines.   
      
   CTV and Global both buy rights for US TV programs. And if they get   
   exclusive distribution rights for Canada, then the US channels near the   
   border cannot demand/expect any canadian viewers.   
      
   If NBC/ABC/CBS/FOX stopped selling their US programmes to CTV/GLOBAL,   
   then Canadians could watch the same programmes on the origina. USA   
   networks. The border stations would have much greater viewership.   
   However, some detroit car dealer isn't interested in paying ad rates   
   that include viewers from Tuktoyaktuk NTW. So in the end, the USA   
   network probably end up making more money selling to CTV/global than to   
   let canadians watch their programmes.   
      
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