[kwlug-disc] Home made indoor TV Antenna

unsolicited unsolicited at swiz.ca
Sat Jun 28 16:13:36 EDT 2014


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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