From Jim Bawden:
Many Canadian Cable Channels Could Disappear
For years I’ve been trying to find someone else who watched the lowly Cable channel Outdoor Life. I’m still trying.
I rather like the oddball service which has Ghost Hunters as well as various editions of Storage Hunters as its main fare. But I fear it will be one of the first Canadian cable channels to go as the CRTC orders the “unbundling” of current consumer choices. Continue reading.
From TVO’s The Agenda, with guests Kelly Lynne Ashton and John Doyle:
From CBC’s The National, with guest Kelly Lynne Ashton:
From Amanda Clarke of Toronto Film Scene:
Can’t-miss Canadian cinematic television
General wisdom is that films are superior to television, but there’s no denying that television has become really good in the past few years. As the line between film and television has begun to blur, it’s the big American cable networks that have started to gain a lot of critical attention with big budget cinematic series. It could be said that Canadian television gets less attention, but Canadian television is just so good that you can barely tell the Canadian from the Hollywood on the small screen. Here is some Canadian cinematic television you should check out for the big screen experience in the comfort of your own home. Continue reading.
From Konrad Yakabuski of The Globe and Mail:
Pick-and-pay TV will lead to better Cancon
Slapping a “Canadian†label on a TV show has been a ticket to the high life for a small elite who couldn’t make it in Los Angeles. There is a strong argument for public support for Canadian programming that is culturally important but commercially dubious. But the current scam has endured too long. Continue reading.