http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/no-one-watches-the-cbc-the-solution/tech-goodies “Where Just Being 'Right' Is Wrong" Wed, 23 May 2012 13:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/no-one-watches-the-cbc-the-solution/tech-goodies/comment-page-1#comment-1453 Skinny Dipper Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:54:36 +0000 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/?p=4023#comment-1453 As much as I am a proud Canadian, I oppose a tax on Internet service. I do think that Canadian broadcasters and production companies need to promote programs that Canadians will want to watch. Also, if imposed Canadian broadcast companies may think of ways to promote their stations from outside the country. Instead of ctv.ca, we'll have ctv.ru or ctv.cn instead. As much as I am a proud Canadian, I oppose a tax on Internet service. I do think that Canadian broadcasters and production companies need to promote programs that Canadians will want to watch. Also, if imposed Canadian broadcast companies may think of ways to promote their stations from outside the country. Instead of ctv.ca, we’ll have ctv.ru or ctv.cn instead.

]]> http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/no-one-watches-the-cbc-the-solution/tech-goodies/comment-page-1#comment-1448 Powell Lucas Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:27:47 +0000 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/?p=4023#comment-1448 The trough feeding crowd from ACTRA is at it again. No one watches the ten-thousandth remake of Anne of Green Gables, or attends their artsy-fartsy exhibits of contemporary art. No one listens to the navel gazing hum-drum on CBC radio and no one attends their oh so avant-garde stage presentations. So this gang of leeches has latched on to the latest scheme to extort money from the Canadian public. It's not bad enough they collect a tax on every CD and DVD sold in this country or that they constantly suckle at the government udder, they now want to penalize us all for content that none of us view. The ACTRA idiot on CTV today tried to hand us the BS that the tax would be paid solely by the internet service providers and not passed on to the public. It's bad enough that they want to pick our pocket, but they now insult our intelligence. How about this: the ISPs can charge a fee for any Canadian site that is provided by them. If you don't pay they block every site that has Canadian content. That way people like me can tell them to shove it and I'll live with only content from other countries. The trough feeding crowd from ACTRA is at it again. No one watches the ten-thousandth remake of Anne of Green Gables, or attends their artsy-fartsy exhibits of contemporary art. No one listens to the navel gazing hum-drum on CBC radio and no one attends their oh so avant-garde stage presentations. So this gang of leeches has latched on to the latest scheme to extort money from the Canadian public. It’s not bad enough they collect a tax on every CD and DVD sold in this country or that they constantly suckle at the government udder, they now want to penalize us all for content that none of us view. The ACTRA idiot on CTV today tried to hand us the BS that the tax would be paid solely by the internet service providers and not passed on to the public. It’s bad enough that they want to pick our pocket, but they now insult our intelligence. How about this: the ISPs can charge a fee for any Canadian site that is provided by them. If you don’t pay they block every site that has Canadian content. That way people like me can tell them to shove it and I’ll live with only content from other countries.

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