XPost: can.internet.highspeed, can.general   
   From: Canuck57@nospam.com   
      
   Some Guy wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   That practice is supported by CRTC as they don't want us to see pricing   
   and competative benefits.   
      
   For example, Warner might advertise cable TV with super speeds Internet,   
   $29.  Or Cell phones with all you can eat including Intenet access, long   
   distance and roaming for $39.  Then there is auto pricing and   
   incentives... $55K in Canada, $30K in the USA and Jim Pattison types   
   laughing to the bank.   
      
   There are a lot of "family" businesses that don't want the costs of   
   being Canadian shown to us.   
      
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