Canadian Broadcast Regulator says too much corporate media is a bad thing

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CTV told to sell Citytv stations

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Konrad von Finckenstein

Jun 08, 2007 06:03 PM
Julian Beltrame
Canadian Press

OTTAWA–CTVglobemedia has been ordered to sell off five television stations in Canada's major cities as a condition for approval to expand its media empire through the acquisition of CHUM Ltd.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ruled Friday that CTV could conclude its $1.7-billion purchase of CHUM's network of radio and TV stations only if it spun off the five Citytv stations that were considered key to the deal.

It gave the network 30 days to table acceptable plans for the sale.

The federal regulator said that since CTV already has conventional stations in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg, it cannot keep CHUM's Citytv stations in those markets.

The City stations are among the most important assets in the CHUM chain, which also includes 33 radio stations and 21 specialty cable channels.

CTVglobemedia's CTV division operates 21 conventional television stations across Canada and has interests in 15 specialty channels.

"The purpose of the policy is to maintain diversity of voices within the Canadian broadcasting system," said commission chairman Konrad von Finckenstein.

He conceded that the commission has granted exemptions to the so-called "twin sticks" policy in the past, but said those were in secondary markets and as a last resort to save stations from going dark.

"CTVglobemedia asked for the exception using arguments based upon competitive equality and the impact of new media," the chairman added. "However, the commission was not convinced by CTVgm's arguments."

http://www.thestar.com/article/223230

[uppy]

D do you get all the American networks up in the woods ?

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Here's all the channels I have available on my Cable System
1 VOD Preview
3 Global
5 TVO
6 CPAC
7 CBC (French)
8 CBC
9 CTV
10 CPAC French
11 CH
12 TV Cogeco
13 TFO
14 OLA
15 NBC
16 TVA
17 ABC
18 CBS
19 PBS
20 W Network
21 Outdoor Life Network
22 RDI
23 CBC Newsworld
24 VISION
25 YTV
26 Weather Network
27 Slice
28 TSN
29 Much Music
30 TLC
31 A & E
32 SPIKE TV
33 CNN
34 The Score
35 Much More Music
36 CMT
37 HGTV
38 TV5
39 The Shopping Channel
40 FOX
41 Food
42 Speed Channel
43 Showcase
44 Discovery
45 Bravo!
47 WTBS Atlanta
48 TELETOON
49 HISTORY
50 SPACE
51 Family
52 Golf Channel
53 Comedy
54 TVtropolis
55 Rogers Sportsnet
56 CTV News 1
57 Treehouse
70 APTN
89 COGECO BARKER
91 CLT
92 STAR!
93 BNN Business News Network
96 MTV
97 CPAC French
98 WNYO
100 Fairchild TV
101 ATN
102 OTN - Odyssey
103 Telelatino
104 RAI
105 SSTV
107 TalentVision
108 FPTV
110 ART AMERICA
111 TV Polonia
118 Casino & Gaming
119 Wild TV
120 WFN
121 Fight Network
122 GOL TV
123 Bite TV
124 Cool TV
125 Pet TV
126 Bloomberg News
127 FOX News
128 BBC World
129 Game Show Network
130 The Biography Channel
131 BBC Canada
132 Mystery
133 MSNBC
134 TV Land
135 Military
136 i Channel
137 National Geographic Channel
138 Discovery Civilization
139 Animal Planet
140 G4techTV
141 BBC Kids
142 Discovery Kids
143 DejaView
144 Court TV Canada
145 Showcase Action
146 Showcase Diva
147 The Independent Film Channel
148 Scream
149 Drive-In Classics
150 Movieola
151 Rogers Sportsnet
152 Rogers Sportsnet
153 Rogers Sportsnet
154 Raptors NBA TV
155 Leafs TV
157 HPItv
158 HPItv
159 Fox Sports World Canada
160 Xtreme Sports
161 ESPN Classic Canada
162 NHL 1
163 men:tv
164 One: The Body, Mind & Spirit Channel
165 FashionTelevision
166 Country Canada
167 Travel + Escape
168 bpm:tv
169 Book Television
170 The Documentary Channel
171 Discovery Health Channel
172 Razer
173 PunchMuch
174 Lonestar
175 MuchVibe
176 MuchLoud
177 Fine Living
178 Silver Screen Classic
179 Much More Retro
180 SexTV
181 Out TV
184 EWTN
185 Salt and Light
186 Christian Channel
200 MPIX
201 The Movie Network
202 MMore
203 MExcess
204 MFun!
205 MFest
206 MEscape
208 BBC World
209 WGN
210 WPIX
211 KTLA
212 WSBK
213 Playboy
214 Hustler
215 AOV
220 CBC
221 CTV
222 ASN - Atalantic Satellite Net.
223 Global
224 CTV
225 Global
227 CBC
228 CTV
229 Global
230 CITY TV
231 ABC
232 CBS
233 NBC
234 FOX
235 PBS
236 TVtropolis
237 Comedy
238 Showcase West
239 YTV
240 TELETOON
246 Anime on demand
247 WWE 24/7 on demand
250 Bandes annonces VCC
251 Bandes annonces VCC
252 Bandes annonces VCC
253 Bandes annonces VCC
254 Bandes annonces VCC
255 Bandes annonces VCC
256 Bandes annonces VCC
257 Bandes annonces VCC
258 Bandes annonces VCC
274 HD Net
277 Sportsnet HD
278 TSN HD
279 City TV HD
281 ABC HD
282 CBS HD
283 NBC HD
284 PBS HD
285 FOX HD
286 CBC HD
287 CTV HD
288 CBC (French) HD
289 Discovery HD
295 THE MOVIE NETWORK (TMN) HD
298 MPIX
299 VOD Preview
301 GALAXIE - Pop Adult
302 DMX - Power Hits
303 GALAXIE - Dance
304 GALAXIE - Ambient
305 DMX - Max Trax Party!
306 DMX - The Beat
307 DMX - FrancoRelax
308 GALAXIE - Rock and Roll
309 DMX - Flashback 70's
310 GALAXIE - The 80's
311 GALAXIE - GoldRock
312 DMX - Rock
313 DMX - Musique Bout'choux
314 DMX - The Edge
315 DMX - Adult Alternative
316 DMX - Blues'Street
317 DMX - Jammin'
318 GALAXIE - Folk Roots
319 DMX - CMT
320 GALAXIE - Country Classics
321 GALAXIE - Franco Country
322 GALAXIE - Souvenirs
323 GALAXIE - Nostalgie
324 DMX - FrancoEnergie
325 DMX - Le Top Détente
326 DMX - The Light
327 DMX - The Spa
328 GALAXIE - Pop Classics
329 GALAXIE - Chamber Music
330 GALAXIE - Baroque
331 DMX - Masterworks
332 GALAXIE - World
333 DMX - Jazz Café
334 GALAXIE - Jazz Now
335 GALAXIE - Jazz Masters
336 DMX - Memories
337 DMX - Swingin' Standards
338 GALAXIE - Nature
339 GALAXIE - Mousses Musique
340 DMX - Treehouse
345 Treehouse On Demand
346 Vortex On Demand
431 Super Sports Package
432 Super Sports Package
433 Super Sports Package
434 Super Sports Package
435 Super Sports Package
436 Super Sports Package
437 Super Sports Package
438 Super Sports Package
439 Super Sports Package
440 Super Sports Package
441 Super Sports Package
453 Super Sports Package
454 Super Sports Package
455 Super Sports Package
456 Super Sports Package
457 Super Sports Package
458 Super Sports Package
459 Super Sports Package
460 Super Sports Package
461 Super Sports Package
462 Super Sports Package
463 Super Sports Package
501 Super Écran
506 Canal Vie
507 TELETOON
508 VRAK
509 Tele des Arts
510 Canal Nouvelles
513 Évasion
514 Canal Z
515 Historia
516 Séries +
517 Meteo Media
518 Musimax
519 TV5
520 Canal D
521 Musique Plus
522 RDS
523 RIS
524 Mystère
525 Canal Argent

[uppy]

You get Fox news ,you don't need all those other Channels

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LOL, they gave us Foxed Snooze for a free trial last year.
We already get the Comedy Channel, so I passed on paying $2.49 a month to keep Foxed Snooze.

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What I'm hearing is that one of the media companies is trying to get USA Network accepted for cable and satellite. Naturally,some programming will have to be blacked out,i.e. WWE RAW,because other networks carry it(The Score in RAW's case).

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What's on the USA Network that we don't have available above ?
We already have Law and Order SUV LOL