tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27956160.post6431946272805970982..comments2024-03-09T06:25:45.105-06:00Comments on uninflected images juxtaposed: Do The Math...It's Still All About Contentwcdixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06511429457006302795noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27956160.post-12089511794218752842009-05-01T08:43:00.000-06:002009-05-01T08:43:00.000-06:00Rogers Cable is pushing back against the broadcast...Rogers Cable is pushing back against the broadcasters, CTV and Global. Found in an interesting article in the Globe and mail...<br /><br />"... If Canada's biggest television networks want to charge cable and satellite carriers for their signals, CTV and Global must be willing to surrender their guaranteed placement on the dial – and potentially be dropped from service as any smaller cable channel could be, says Rogers Communications Inc. ”It's fee-for-carriage or mandatory carriage – but not both,” Rogers vice-chairman Phil Lind told the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Tuesday. “Under that scenario, these stations can be dropped ... I don't think anyone wants to see that...”<br /><br />"...Staunchly opposed to the fee proposal as “charging for something that is already free,” Rogers believes the guaranteed carriage and right to insert Canadian commercials into the U.S shows the networks offer, is already a significant concession to the broadcasters.<br /><br />“My God, it's ridiculous,” Mr. Lind said...<br /><br />The gloves are off.Coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17597711110618558996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27956160.post-78474934798773400912009-04-28T22:02:00.000-06:002009-04-28T22:02:00.000-06:00Nice summary of the current lay of the land, Will....Nice summary of the current lay of the land, Will. <br /><br />And you're saying exactly what savvy marketing people have been saying for years (apparently with the Canadian nets failing to take heed)-- "People can tell the difference between professionally made material and crap and they won't pay for crap." <br /><br />So, if you want to make money online or on TV, the solution would appear to be simple -- make something good and make it well.<br /><br />Couple of things, I question, however...<br /><br />If online service has to come at a price, how come Hulu is doing so well for free?<br /><br />I think the reason is simply that they're offering professional content and transfering the decades old TV commercial model to the web. If the content is well made and the viewer has no way of skipping the commercials, the ad money will be there to support the system.<br /><br />Not sure if the "we have too many channels" line is yours or Fecan's but I heard Len Asper say exactly the same thing today at the hearings along with a plea to geo-lock American signals out of the country...<br /><br />...and grant carriage fees<br /><br />...and reduce content requirements<br /><br />It seems clear CTV and Global are not only disinclined to create Cancon and local programming, they don't want to have to compete with anybody either.<br /><br />Since Hulu geo-locks itself from Canada in order to protect the rights CTV, Global and others have purchased from their suppliers, one wonders what would happen if they simply created a non-geo-locked section with all the programming we didn't purchase.<br /><br />The Canadian broadcast model isn't broken. It just never really existed except as a rebroadcaster -- and nobody needs those anymore.jimhenshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815834271470133872noreply@blogger.com