I live in Canada as well and its pathetic... I drive 5 miles across the border and see my cousin who has 100 HD channels while I barely get 35 (some include timeshift) channels on my bell satellite up here. The CRTC needs to be finished and soon. Even local cable companies cannot stand the tyrant that is the CRTC. It takes tons of money for canadian programming but we see nothing. Nearly 90% of the programming most canadians watch is from the U.S. Our one public channel the CBC is so desperate for money, they couldn't afford the rights to the CFL this season, they lost the Hockey Night in Canada theme song, and the coverage of the 2010 and 2012 olympics is now on CTV. The CRTC is not like the FCC which only monitors television, the CRTC chooses what channels can be activated, which cannot, what programs are shown etc...
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I live in Canada as well and its pathetic... I drive 5 miles across the border and see my cousin who has 100 HD channels while I barely get 35 (some include timeshift) channels on my bell satellite up here. The CRTC needs to be finished and soon. Even local cable companies cannot stand the tyrant that is the CRTC. It takes tons of money for canadian programming but we see nothing. Nearly 90% of the programming most canadians watch is from the U.S. Our one public channel the CBC is so desperate for money, they couldn't afford the rights to the CFL this season, they lost the Hockey Night in Canada theme song, and the coverage of the 2010 and 2012 olympics is now on CTV. The CRTC is not like the FCC which only monitors television, the CRTC chooses what channels can be activated, which cannot, what programs are shown etc...