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August 7, 2014 11 years ago

LET’S TALK TV: Does the industry fear what the set-top box data might say?

GATINEAU – Despite the fact cable and other TV carriers in many countries are compiling and using data gleaned from customer set top boxes to modify their programming and… Continue Reading

July 31, 2014 11 years ago

LET’S TALK TV: What’s the value of individual services – and how can consumers complain?

GATINEAU – There is broad consensus among parties to the CRTC’s TV policy review that a mandated small basic package is not likely to come with a lower price… Continue Reading

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July 29, 2014 11 years ago

LET’S TALK TV: The CRTC must act to save local television

GATINEAU – Local TV is struggling mightily. Ad revenue is down and showing no signs of growth, while the ever growing lineup of new specialty channels and the rapid… Continue Reading

July 24, 2014 11 years ago

LET’S TALK TV: “Irrational bidding” for sports rights drives up costs, limits consumer choice, says Telus and others

GATINEAU – It will surprise no one that the cost of sports television are front and centre for so many of the submissions to the CRTC’s TV Policy Review Telus,… Continue Reading

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July 22, 2014 11 years ago

LET’S TALK TV: Different rules for different language markets

GATINEAU – Broadcast distributors and programmers are divided over rules governing television service provision in Quebec and official minority language communities across the country. Some say current rules are… Continue Reading

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July 16, 2014 11 years ago

LET’S TALK TV: Genres have long been monkeyed around with. Do they still need protection?

GATINEAU – Independent broadcasters are telling the CRTC that they will lose their spots on the broadcast dial if the Commission decides to eliminate genre protection rules and access… Continue Reading

July 14, 2014 11 years ago

CRTC LET’S TALK TV: Is basic bloated? Does it need a diet?

GATINEAU – The quest of both the CRTC and the federal government to ensure consumers have more choice in their TV packages is running into some difficult headwinds. Vertically… Continue Reading

July 10, 2014 11 years ago

LET’S TALK TV: Pick and pay in Canada strikes out with U.S. media heavyweights

TORONTO – Some of the big American media companies that participated in the Let’s Talk TV initiative pulled no punches when evaluating the perils of a possible mandated pick… Continue Reading

July 10, 2014 11 years ago

LET’S TALK TV: U.S. border stations want to use Let’s Talk TV to wrest cash from Canadian BDUs

TORONTO – Peter Finch, in the 1976 movie Network, may have summed it up best for the U.S. Television Coalition, when his character, Howard Beale screamed, “I’m mad as… Continue Reading

July 8, 2014 11 years ago

LET’S TALK TV: Should Yankee go home? The changing role of U.S. channels in the Canadian broadcasting system

GATINEAU – The place, and prominence, of American specialty networks in Canadian television programming packages may soon be changing as the CRTC grapples with the part that U.S. discretionary… Continue Reading