With all of the recent changes on the Canadian television landscape, its hard to tell what is currently going on. On September 1st, the CRTC ruled that Cable, Satellite and IPTV services would have to remit a 1.5% fee to the new “Local Programming Improvement Fund”. At the same time, the CRTC also opened the door for “fee for carriage” which basically translates to around $6/month per household to pay for the channels that currently, and will continue to show commercials! So the recap, you will be paying more money per month for television service in Canada, but you will not bet getting anything in return.
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Hot on the heels of the 1.5% tax that consumers will have to pay to the Local Programming Improvement Fund, and fee for carriage that is sure to see our Cable and Satellite bills ballon even further, the CRTC has stuck it to the consumer once again. Effective September 1st, Canadian broadcasters are now allowed to air as many commercials as they want, previously, broadcasters were limited to 15 minutes per hour of advertising. I have a feeling that this slipped past the media as two of the Canadian broadcasters, Global and CTV own the newspaper and TV news outlets.
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On February 2nd, the CRTC approved 6 new HD licenses to High Fidelity HDTV Inc. High Fidelity HDTV already operates Oasis HD, Rush HD, Equator HD, and Treasure HD in Canada.
The new licenses are approved for Eureka HD, a science and technology channel; Crafts and Hobbies HD, hobbies and crafts; Aqua HD, life in and around water; Centre Stage HD, dedicated to the art and culture surrounding music, concerts, etc. There are two duds in the line up of six, Seniors HD, and Womens Sports HD.
It will likely be months, to years before we see these channels, for now, the licenses are there, and that paves the way for High Fidelity to start shopping these channels around to the cable and satellite providers in Canada. I can’t say that I am excited about any of these channels, and I think it will be very unlikely that we will see any of these channels, but you never know.
You can read CRTC decision 2007-54 at their website.
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