[kwlug-disc] Home made indoor TV Antenna

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

It does not say end antenna broadcast. But it says convert local
channels to "speciality" channels.

Bell owns CTV, and that means they perhaps want to end CTV adn CTV2
and make them speciality stations.

Not sure what others read into it.



On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 12:48 PM, CrankyOldBugger
<crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's what I think is Bell's side of the story:
>
> http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1380439/bell-wants-canadians-to-choose-the-tv-channels-they-want-to-watch
>
>
>
>
> On 28 June 2014 11:58, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>>
>> Before forming an opinion, I am trying to find this in Google News,
>> but there is nothing coming up.
>>
>> Any one has a link with the details?
>>
>> Once we find out what the details we should send input, if indeed this
>> is what they plan to do.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Dan Hergott's news account
>> <143news at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Well after just getting my OTA outdoor antenna  system up and running I
>> > just
>> > heard on CTV 11pm national news (last night 27,June 2014) that Bell who
>> > owns
>> > most of the
>> > Canadian TV stations is going before the CRTC to stop all free OTA TV
>> > transmissions.
>> > They want to charge so the local stations can provide enough of their
>> > own
>> > support.   Funny when everything was free OTA commercials was TV
>> > stations
>> > revenue source.
>> >
>> > So what that means is 90% of the channels I receive will be off the air
>> > and
>> > I won't be able to watch local news or shows unless I purchase a
>> > satelite
>> > dish and service
>> > or go back to Rogers cable.  I loathe Rogers so I can see that
>> > happening.
>> >
>> > Rogers has stated that they don't believe that Bell's proposed model is
>> > the
>> > way to go.  No kidding for Rogers since they get CTV signals over the
>> > air
>> > and retransmit them
>> > in their cable TV service.
>> >
>> > This has me feeling really frustrated.
>> > Comments?
>> >
>> > Dan Hergott
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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