If Rogers & Bell are against it, it must somehow benefit consumers

SLM

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SCB is getting tired of Netflix. She gets into a show, binge watches it, only to find that the last season isn't on Netflix. Then I have to go download that season so she'll be happy, lol.

Yeah, I've come across that quite a bit too, lol.

But I was able to binge watch some older series that I missed the first time around. Mostly done that now though.
 

Twila

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Listen to sports radio, fans of sports are nerds.....especially baseball.

wow, eh? I wonder what a nerd'll be when I'm in my 80's...

I also wonder just what kid will do to "shock" the establishment...

It has everything you need if you don't want to steal media.

What about barrowing? I'd pay for the stuff I like to download, except it's not available in Canada.
 

Grievous

Time Out
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wow, eh? I wonder what a nerd'll be when I'm in my 80's...

I also wonder just what kid will do to "shock" the establishment...



What about barrowing? I'd pay for the stuff I like to download, except it's not available in Canada.


Like what?
 

SLM

The Velvet Hammer
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wow, eh? I wonder what a nerd'll be when I'm in my 80's...

Nerds are the new cool. Before when they just had the slide rule, they were merely geeks. But now they have all this tech that everybody wants.

I also wonder just what kid will do to "shock" the establishment...

Get straight A's, respect authority, follow a curfew.....damn rotten kids! Lol.
 

Twila

Nanah Potato
Mar 26, 2003
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Like what?

8 out of 10 cats
Ideal
Her and Him
The Graham Norton Show
Black Books
Ma Brown's Boys

and some movies. I love old movies from the 1930 - 1950's. I also like to check out foreign films. Although I havent' seen any in awhile. Last one was Starbuck. Not a foreign movie, a french canadian.
 

CDNBear

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That's nice! :lol:

I found that this summer. The first skit I saw was the Sticky situation. F'n hilarious!
Me too. Someone emailed it to me, I watched it on my phone parked on a job site. I nerely peed!!! People were staring at me, I was laughing so hard.

Great show.
 

DaSleeper

Trolling Hypocrites
May 27, 2007
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SCB is getting tired of Netflix. She gets into a show, binge watches it, only to find that the last season isn't on Netflix. Then I have to go download that season so she'll be happy, lol.
Get XBMC Hub on your PC.....unlimited movies and tv series.
Miss a show one night on TV....the next day it's on xbmc...
 

tay

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During the CRTC’s latest “Let’s Talk TV” discussions, third-party internet provider TekSavvy announced a new partnership with Hastings CableVision company, possibly signaling that the company has plans to move into providing cable services at some point in the future.


These latest rounds of CRTC talks are focused on discussing the current cable landscape in Canada, particularly when it comes to fair competition among providers.


“TekSavvy, a strong advocate for Canadian competition, supports the CRTC’s push for a more dynamic video marketplace,” writes Teksavvy in a recent press release about the agreement.


Teksavvy wants increased competition in the Canadian cable marketplace and the removal of many of the industry’s barriers of entry, namely wholesale arrangements, imbalanced negotiations with content owners and restrictive cable packages.


“Unnecessary barriers to entering the broadcasting distribution market mean that Canada is missing out on innovation that consumers are instead finding elsewhere,” said Bram Abramson, TekSavvy’s Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer.


During the hearing, Tesksavvy also announced that they’re partnering with Hastings CableVision, a small cable provider that’s operated in the Madoc, Ontario area since 1965. Teksavvy seems eager to learn about the Canadian television industry and, according to a recent press release, the company also has plans to help Hastings expand its business.


“This partnership, and today’s proceedings before the CRTC, bring us closer to offering innovative, affordable television to our TekSavvy customers,” said Marc Gaudrault, the CEO of Teksavvy.


Teksavvy’s director of marketing and communications, Tina Furlan, also expressed similar sentiments about the possibility of Teksavvy eventually offering its customers cable.


“TekSavvy has no immediate plans to offer cable subscriptions to its own customers. But we have asked the CRTC to accelerate the process of clearing away the two biggest barriers to doing so – the high cost of underlying bandwidth, and the long ramp-up period to acquiring content,” said Furlan in an email.


During these CRTC discussions, the possibility of Netflix and other streaming platforms being subject to the same Canadian content restrictions as traditional media platforms, has also been talked about.






TekSavvy could be looking into launching a cable service





TekSavvy - Residential






TV + Phone + Internet Bundle - Hastings Cable Vision





 

B00Mer

Make Canada Great Again
Sep 6, 2008
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Holly smokes!!! Canada's getting 5 Mbps.. WOW!!!

AT&T in Texas offered me 50 Mbps, Time Warner 100 Mbps

Fukk Canadian TV, since 1994 I watch DirecTV IN CANADA!!! Stop funding these corrupt Cable companies with your monthly subscriptions