One part of the fee-for-carriage demands by Canadian broadcasters requires cable companies to block the feed from a US broadcaster, instead just replacing the US feed with one from the Canadian broadcaster. This will enable the Canadian broadcaster to schedule the show a different time, while keeping at least the same advertising revenue. Are these folks nuts?
So let's see... People see black screens when they tune in to a US TV channel. They start asking around. They discover they can get the show on the Internet. Nobody watches the show on the Canadian broadcaster. The broadcaster loses advertising revenue and goes out of business. And good riddance!
The people who run these companies must their heads buried the sand. It is obvious they don't have a clue about the options are available to average people.
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