[kwlug-disc] Home made indoor TV Antenna

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

The CBC has an article with some more background

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/pick-and-pay-cable-would-mean-changes-to-local-tv-funding-say-bell-rogers-1.2690800

Again, this is not about antennas, but if it goes through, and local
channels are reclassified, it may affect funding for some local
channels. How? I don't know.

On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 4:13 PM, unsolicited <unsolicited at swiz.ca> wrote:
> Hold on ... aren't they the ones that just got CRTC to kibosh distributors
> having to pay stations for carrying their content?
>
> Now they want a fee?
>
> What, they want a fee for themselves, not for the stations / actual content
> providers?
>
>
>
> On 14-06-28 09:01 AM, Dan Hergott's news account 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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