[Acajack]

If a Canadian network subtitles an American production with French, can it be counted at least partially as Canadian Content?

No chance buddy! You wouldn't happen to work for regulatory affairs at CTV or Global would you? ;)

[kirjtc2]

Only if adding "on Global" to the show's opening made it Canadian content.

[Acajack]

Only if adding "on Global" to the show's opening made it Canadian content.

Sort of like CTV’s recurrent network ID where you have a smiling Regis Philbin, Ryan Seacrest or CSI actors superimposed onto CTV’s logo and corporate colours, and then a voice over guy who says: “CTV... *Canadian* television” with tons of emphasis on the word “Canadian”.

Makes me laugh every time.

[SpongeG]

^^^ lol yah thats so stupid haha

[harls]

Sort of like CTV’s recurrent network ID where you have a smiling Regis Philbin, Ryan Seacrest or CSI actors superimposed onto CTV’s logo and corporate colours, and then a voice over guy who says: “CTV... *Canadian* television” with tons of emphasis on the word “Canadian”.

Makes me laugh every time.

I don't know what it is about that CTV guy's voice, but it irritates me to no end... just the way he accentuates the 'T' in cee TEEE vee. He doesn't even actually say 'Vee'.. it's more like 'VEY'.

The only thing more irritating on CTV is that smarmy looking Tom Clark who looks like he was cast from a Ken doll mold. Everytime he 'sits in' for Formaldelloyd for the evening news, it must grind his gears. You know he's thinking, 'I can't wait for that old dinosaur to retire and I rightfully have this chair..'

[kirjtc2]

I don't know what it is about that CTV guy's voice, but it irritates me to no end... just the way he accentuates the 'T' in cee TEEE vee. He doesn't even actually say 'Vee'.. it's more like 'VEY'.

You should hear the guy who does all the local voiceovers on CTV Halifax...he's slurring half the time.

[Rathgrith]

I don't know what it is about that CTV guy's voice, but it irritates me to no end... just the way he accentuates the 'T' in cee TEEE vee. He doesn't even actually say 'Vee'.. it's more like 'VEY'.

The only thing more irritating on CTV is that smarmy looking Tom Clark who looks like he was cast from a Ken doll mold. Everytime he 'sits in' for Formaldelloyd for the evening news, it must grind his gears. You know he's thinking, 'I can't wait for that old dinosaur to retire and I rightfully have this chair..'

Could be worse, those E-talk douches could be reciting the news next.

[vid]

FYI, your friend Marc Labrèche (host of 3600 secondes) will be on Quebec's most popular talk show (Tout le monde en parle) Sunday night at 8 pm. He is always a very entertaining guest. Colombian politician and former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt will also be on.

I saw the ads for that but since I don't understand French well enough the show is hard for me to watch. I can kinda understand French when hearing it without translating but most of the time but since I don't know all the words, I end up hearing something like this:

The chief spiritual Tibetan reiterated sa condemnation of the violence in an interview exclusive accordée on Telejournal of Radio-Canada.

Celle of the Chinese envers the Tibetans (of one part?), but also celle qu'on retrouve in the language of certain Tibetans and the young generation, which/that remettent a question about approach pacifist, même if it minimize leur number.

from here (http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/colombie-britannique/2009/09/28/001-dalai_lama_lundi.shtml)

and that is a rare example where I understand more than half of what is going on. Most of the time I'm just going by words similar to those in English, but that isn't the best way to do it. The idiosyncratic expressions really throw me off and my mind locks up for the rest of the paragraph so I then miss everything after that. It can be frustrating, especially when you know they're talking about something that interests you that you don't typically find in English media. The biggest one is that I don't fully understand même, so I trip on that word a lot and it's very common. I also get some of the variations of "his/their/that/this" and so on mixed up since there are so many. It seems absurdly complex to an Anglophone.

Même usually means same. I Googled it. :)

I'm actually pretty good at news articles or packaging, it's general discussions that I really can't understand. 3600 Seconds is a bit of an exception since the humour can translate fairly well without the language, most of the time.

[Acajack]

I saw the ads for that but since I don't understand French well enough the show is hard for me to watch. I can kinda understand French when hearing it without translating but most of the time but since I don't know all the words, I end up hearing something like this:



and that is a rare example where I understand more than half of what is going on. Most of the time I'm just going by words similar to those in English, but that isn't the best way to do it. The idiosyncratic expressions really throw me off and my mind locks up for the rest of the paragraph so I then miss everything after that. It can be frustrating, especially when you know they're talking about something that interests you that you don't typically find in English media. The biggest one is that I don't fully understand même, so I trip on that word a lot and it's very common. I also get some of the variations of "his/their/that/this" and so on mixed up since there are so many. It seems absurdly complex to an Anglophone.

Même usually means same. I Googled it. :)

I'm actually pretty good at news articles or packaging, it's general discussions that I really can't understand. 3600 Seconds is a bit of an exception since the humour can translate fairly well without the language, most of the time.

I can appreciate the difficulty for sure. Hence the wisdom of subtitling all of CBC and SRC's programming. But both networks really operate in silos, with little knowledge or interest in what is going on on the other side.

[vid]

SRC being so much more popular in Quebec than CBC is in the rest of Canada is probably responsible for much of that. SRC knows what it is and what to do to stay on top, while CBC is constantly re-inventing itself and discovering new forms of failure.

[MolsonExport]

And here I thought everyone just loved "On the Road Again" with Wayne Rostad.

[kirjtc2]

You mean Canadians don't love cheesy human interest stories and a host that breaks into horrible folk songs?

[mr.John]

Anyone been watching the news today see the story about the Toyota re-call, apparently the drivers mat can accidentaly jam the accelerator pedal to the floor. I watched the Global report and they played a dramatic 911 call from a driver who's car was racing out of control (eventually the car crashed resulting in the death of 4 people) now at no time throughout the story did the airhead reporter or Toronto Newman ever mention how to prevent a similar accident...If the accelerator ever jams in your car simply put the fucking car in neutral this will prevent any power from being transferred to the wheels, then tap the brakes slowly to get the car to a stop (it's not rocket science) PS I know what I'm talking about because it happened to me a few years back

[manny_santos]

Could be worse, those E-talk douches could be reciting the news next.

I hope you don't have CTV National News with Ben Mulroney in mind. :yuck:

Sadly, with the low quality of CTV's journalistic integrity (especially in the past year), I could see it happening after Lloyd retires.

As for SRC vs. CBC, I don't watch SRC but one of the problems with Canadian productions on CBC (as well as CTV) is that they shove it in your face that it is a Canadian production, especially in more recent years. The original Degrassi was certainly Canadian but they didn't play that up in the show itself. The more recent version does play it up, as do other English Canadian shows.

[MolsonExport]

pierre falardeau died. anyone care?

[Rico Rommheim]

I remember his interview on tout le monde en parles a few years ago. basically it was a rant against anglos, Haitians and he mentioned that he was gonna spit on his political rival's (forgot his name) grave.

Where is falardeau's grave I wounder...


fucking bum.

[vid]

CTV's news casts seem to be at least 30% ABC news casts on any given night. The little opinion pieces after stories are bullshit too.

Lloyd: "So, misleading question about previous story?"
Craig Owliver: "Well, opinions stated as fact and rhetoric with which this company's president agrees."

[HomeInMyShoes]

You mean Canadians don't love cheesy human interest stories and a host that breaks into horrible folk songs?

You haven't watched NTV or the stuff they add to the end of the newscasts in NL have you?

[kirjtc2]

The original Degrassi was certainly Canadian but they didn't play that up in the show itself. The more recent version does play it up, as do other English Canadian shows.

Corner Gas didn't. Every once in a while they'd slip something in that only Canadians would get but they didn't make it the whole show.

[harls]

Should've watched Canada AM this morning.. the morning gaggle started laughing hysterically about who knows what, then the camera focused on See-mus O'retard with a sidebar graphic about the deadly earthquake in Indonesia.. the goof couldn't hold a straight face and just said, 'uh, we'll have more news later'.

[Rathgrith]

Now this is hard hitting journalism at it finest: :rolleyes:


Jonas brothers create a stir
Posted By KATRINA CHVEDUKAS
Updated 19 hours ago


“You know what just completed my life? The Jonas brothers talked to me!” said Kirsi Parnoja after stepping off the bus that came from Camp Kilcoo, where the famous Walt Disney stars were shooting a Camp Rock sequel.

Kirsi is one of the many high school students who were hired as extras for the sequel that was shot at various Haliburton and Minden camps back in 2007. All last week they were filming at a closely guarded Camp Kilcoo. Filming for the movie began at the beginning of September of this year and will go till October 16. Unfortunately last week was the only time they’ll spend filming in Haliburton.

The new movie will include Demi Lovato, Meaghan Jette Martin, Maria Canals-Barrera, Alyson Stoner and Daniel?Fathers as well as teen singing sensations, the Jonas Brothers.

The expected name for the sequel is not yet determined due to a legal dispute on the movie, so it will either be called Coinflip or Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.

The story begins when Lovato and the Jonas brothers – Nick, Joe and Kevin – all return to Camp Rock only to find that some of the instructors and students have ditched Camp Rock for the rival camp across the lake, Camp Star. Newcomer Matthew “Mdot” Finley plays the dominant hotshot singer at Camp Star who challenges Camp Rock to a musical showdown.

But there is also another twist in the movie. Taking on a similar plot from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Nate (Nick) falls for Dana (newcomer Chloe Bridges, an accomplished 17-year-old classical pianist), who is the daughter of Camp Star’s owner.

When students were asked how they felt about being in the movie, there was no negative answer.

“It was a good experience because you got to see how movies are filmed and how that type of industry works,” Andrea Salvatori said. “It’s cool to be part of something that’s that big.”

Along with the new actors and story plot another thing noticed by returning extras and locals was the security.

At the Pinestone Resort in Haliburton you could see well-built men with t-shirts that read “security” riding golf carts around the property.

“You could obviously tell [the Jonas Brothers] were there,” said a student. “You’d have to be pretty dim to not know it.”

If that didn’t tip you off, not being able to eat in at the hotel’s dining room because the Jonas Brothers were eating at the bar that night would be.

“We just went to get some dessert and we were asked if we were guests at the hotel. We said no and they told us we couldn’t eat here. A security guard came outside and watched us, making sure we got into the car and left,” Ariah Boots, a local student, said. “Last time they were here, they were never like this. I worked at the Pinestone when they came the first time. Things were a lot more relaxed.”

Even at Camp Kilcoo security was increased. Student extras were not to bring cameras and cellphones and whoever did was given a piece of tape with a number to put on their electronic device. Then they were all put into a bin and visitors were allowed to collect them at the end of the day. By Friday, security was nowhere to be seen.

But the strict rules and high security couldn’t put a damper on the fact the Jonas Brothers were in Haliburton and people got to be in a film with them.

“Because I’m a fan, it was awesome,” Parnoja said.

“But honestly they were just like normal kids walking around the set. It didn’t feel like they were the Jonas Brothers. They didn’t act live divas at all.”

Hopefully the sequel will be just as successful as its original then maybe there will be a third movie and another chance for the stars to return to the Highlands.
Source: Haliburton Echo (http://haliburtonecho.on.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1772743)

[Rathgrith]

And here I thought everyone just loved "On the Road Again" with Wayne Rostad.

The Rick Mercer Report has taken over that role but sans the annoying music. Political satire my ass. I want more Canadian shows to be like Stephen Fry in America (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry_in_America). At least that show mixes seeing the good AND bad parts of a country. If anyone is interested, I strongly recommend it.

[Ayreonaut]

IMO, this is actually not all that bad.

oCbVw03zEyU

[vid]

It's the lighting I'm more concerned about. He looks like a pale lavender ghost.

[MolsonExport]

There's a voice that keeps on calling me
Down the road is where I'll always be

Every stop I make, I'll make a new friend
Can't stay for long, just turn around and I'm gone again.

Maybe tomorrow, I'll want settle down,
Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.

Down this road, that never seems to end,
Where new adventure, lies just around the bend.

So if you want to join me for a while
Just grab your hat, come travel light - that's hobo style.

Maybe tomorrow, I'll want settle down,
Until tomorrow, the whole world is my home.

So if you want to join me for a while
Just grab your hat, come travel light
That's hobo style.

Maybe tomorrow, I'll want settle down,
Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.

Instrumental Bridge

Maybe tomorrow, I'll want settle down,
Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.

There's a world, that's waiting to unfold,
A brand new tale, no one has ever told,

We've journey'd far but, you know it won't be long,
We're almost there and we've paid our fare, with the hobo song.

Maybe tomorrow, I'll want settle down,
Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.

So if you want to join me for a while
Just grab your hat, come travel light - that's hobo style.

Maybe tomorrow, I'll find what I call home
Until tomorrow, you know I'm free to roam.

[MolsonExport]

IMO, this is actually not all that bad.

oCbVw03zEyU

nooooo! not harper singing beatles!!! nooooo!


Does he get high with a little help from his friends? I wonder.

[MolsonExport]

Oh, I get high with a little help, from John Baird...

[SpongeG]

The Asper dream ends, the selloff begins

Canada's largest media empire is declared insolvent; restructuring of CanWest will lead to biggest sell-off of media assets in Canadian history, including potential sale of Global TV, newspapers

Grant Robertson and Andrew Willis
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

Canada's largest media empire has taken its first step toward a historic breakup, as debt-laden CanWest Global Communications Corp. sought court protection from creditors to shelter some of its most crucial assets.

It was a move the company's chief executive officer, Leonard Asper, tried desperately to avoid over the past year, agonizing in private that the business founded by his late father, Izzy Asper, 35 years ago would be forever tainted by the stigma of a filing aimed at staving off bankruptcy.

The restructuring, which includes the National Post newspaper and the Global Television network, will now lead to what would be the biggest sale of media assets the country has ever seen, including the potential selloff of a national newspaper chain and the auction of a major television network.

“This is the first step in the breakup of CanWest as a media empire as we know it. ”
— Chris Diceman, analyst with DBRS Ltd.

A sale of Global Television would be the first time a national TV network has come up for grabs in an auction in decades. It would also mark a stunning turn for a Canadian network that handily dominated the ratings during the 90s with shows such as Seinfeld and Friends, pulling in advertising dollars by the tens of millions in a good week.

The major metropolitan newspapers that are likely to change hands include the National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Calgary Herald and Vancouver Sun, titles that have formed the backbone of some of Canada's most famous media proprietorships, from the Southam family to Hollinger Inc. Many of them are the biggest daily newspapers in their markets.

“This is a difficult day,” Leonard Asper said in a telephone interview. “I'm most concerned about the impact on some employees. It will be minimal but there will be an impact. I regret that. I don't feel great about that.”

How the pieces settle will be determined in the next four to six months, and will also decide Mr. Asper's future at the helm of the company. His family's role in the business also hangs in the balance.

In recent months, Mr. Asper has scrambled to preserve what remains of the family's personal stake in CanWest as three powerful hedge funds began to exert ever-greater control over the company's future, pushing it toward a restructuring.

After months of negotiations with the hedge funds and other lenders in a bid to find a different solution, two senior executives with CanWest appeared in a Toronto courtroom yesterday and declared the company insolvent. Its debt, which reached $4-billion earlier this year, was unmanageable amid the economic downturn, CanWest lawyer Richard Leipsic told an Ontario judge.

CanWest Media Inc., a division of the parent company, will now restructure under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, letting it continue operating while the court oversees talks that will forgive much of the outstanding debt.

In exchange for the money they are owed, the three hedge funds, led by Toronto-based West Face Capital, will assume majority ownership in the company, while common shareholders will be reduced to about 2.3 per cent.

Mr. Asper said the decision to file for court protection won't result in significant layoffs. However, employee severance and other payouts could be impacted by the restructuring talks. Along with the Global Television network, CanWest owns 17 cable television channels that include HGTV and the Food Network.

“This is the first step in the breakup of CanWest as a media empire as we know it,” said Chris Diceman, an analyst with DBRS Ltd., a bond-rating agency that has watched CanWest closely. “The two big pieces – television and newspaper – are moving in two different directions.”

Only the divisions of CanWest that own the Global TV network, the National Post and a handful of smaller television assets have sought protection from creditors. The company's newspaper division, CanWest LP, which holds all of the papers except for the National Post, has not filed, but is expected to make that move in the coming weeks once a deal with its own creditors is reached.

CanWest's 13 specialty TV channels, acquired in the $2.3-billion takeover of Alliance Atlantis two years ago, are not part of the filing. Those channels, purchased in partnership with U.S. banker Goldman Sachs, are still profitable.

The developments mean the media landscape will be shaken up considerably in the next year, since the creditors will undoubtedly pull apart CanWest to make their money back, although there are several different scenarios that could unfold.

Sources close to the situation say it is likely the TV and newspaper assets will be sold in groups if buyers can be found. If not, the creditors may decide to sell shares in those businesses through an initial public offering on the stock market in the next two years.

The restructuring now hinges on CanWest securing $65-million of new financing, including $50-million from a new Canadian investor. That investor has not yet been found.

“This is a difficult day. ”
— Leonard Asper

The Asper family, which has an estimated worth of about $100-million, has offered to put up the other $15-million to hold onto a stake in the company Izzy Asper built from a single Manitoba TV outlet in 2003.

However, the $15-million the Aspers have offered to invest does not have to be accepted, and the family could be squeezed out of the ownership picture if its offer is rejected.

“If it's an existing media operator, they might not want the Aspers to be involved. So their stake is radically diminished,” Mr. Diceman said.

The three funds driving the restructuring include two U.S. money managers: GoldenTree Asset Management and Beach Point Capital Management. Since broadcasters must be majority owned by Canadian citizens, the Aspers could be kept within the fold to appease federal regulators.

A bigger fight over CanWest's assets may be only just beginning. The Alliance Atlantis assets are not involved in the court filing, but a showdown now looms between CanWest's creditors and Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs.

The U.S. banker has say over what happens to the cable channels bought through its deal with CanWest, but the parent company's new owners may fight in court to have that arrangement altered. Every Canadian media rival – Astral Media Inc., Corus Entertainment Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and CTVglobemedia – would be interested in these channels.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/the-asper-dream-ends-the-selloff-begins/article1314690/

[MolsonExport]

The silver lining may be less Kevin Newman.

http://www.darcynorman.net/images/GN06_ITUNES_BANNER4.jpg

[harls]

Hey SpongeG, you like that Being Erica show, right?

Last Tuesday I was watching it (wife's new favourite show and we have only one TV) and there is a scene where her girlfriend's husband is at work at the bank... and it's not just any no-name bank, it's TD Canada Trust. They go to great lengths to show you the logo and everything...that's pretty 'in your face' advertising. I thought, 'ok, so TD just paid for that little bit of product placement'...

...then, at the commercial break, there's a TD ad with those two old geezers requesting a meeting with an advisor.. and I'm pretty sure the actor that plays the advisor is the same actor that plays the boyfriend who works in the bank on the TV show.

[mr.John]

I remember that American wannabe twit running around small towns in the U.S. interviewing "average Americans" about the upcoming presidental election.... yeah like the" average Canadian" cares what Billy Bob has to say

[harls]

The silver lining may be less Kevin Newman.

http://www.darcynorman.net/images/GN06_ITUNES_BANNER4.jpg

Ever notice they have two standard TV spots for Global news? they'll talk about a story and depending on what mood it is (tragic earthquake, pretty kitties) they'll either put the 'Serious' or 'Smiling' news anchor at the end... just once I'd like to see them screw it up... (eg - 'H1N1 wave of death strikes orphanage, followed by the neon orange Leslie Roberts smiling ear to ear).

[srperrycgy]

Hey SpongeG, you like that Being Erica show, right?

Last Tuesday I was watching it (wife's new favourite show and we have only one TV) and there is a scene where her girlfriend's husband is at work at the bank... and it's not just any no-name bank, it's TD Canada Trust. They go to great lengths to show you the logo and everything...that's pretty 'in your face' advertising. I thought, 'ok, so TD just paid for that little bit of product placement'...

...then, at the commercial break, there's a TD ad with those two old geezers requesting a meeting with an advisor.. and I'm pretty sure the actor that plays the advisor is the same actor that plays the boyfriend who works in the bank on the TV show.

It was a bit over the top for me as well. I don't have a problem with subtle product placement, but this was just too obvious. Different actor in the commercial with the old guys though. There were "ads" for Heartland, Little Mosque, and Being Erica, sponsored by TD CT with the actresses for each promoting their respective show. They were on before the new season started. It wouldn't surprise me to see inserts or placements for them in Little Mosque or Heartland. Probably a scene when they go to get some money and voila, a TD Canada Trust machine!

[vid]

There was a placement in Little Mosque, one of the characters went to a bank and it just happened to be a TD Bank covered in TD Bank logos. It's bad enough I was watching Little Mosque on the Prairie! :rolleyes:

Oh hey, it's Thursday!

[Rico Rommheim]

That show's still on? bleh

[softee]

Being Erica is awesome, I haven't loved a Canadian TV series this much since the original Degrassi Junior High started over 20 years ago.

[SpongeG]

Hey SpongeG, you like that Being Erica show, right?

Last Tuesday I was watching it (wife's new favourite show and we have only one TV) and there is a scene where her girlfriend's husband is at work at the bank... and it's not just any no-name bank, it's TD Canada Trust. They go to great lengths to show you the logo and everything...that's pretty 'in your face' advertising. I thought, 'ok, so TD just paid for that little bit of product placement'...

...then, at the commercial break, there's a TD ad with those two old geezers requesting a meeting with an advisor.. and I'm pretty sure the actor that plays the advisor is the same actor that plays the boyfriend who works in the bank on the TV show.

yes i love that show and I noticed that! i was like what? so blatant but as long as it helps the show survive...

[SpongeG]

Being Erica is awesome, I haven't loved a Canadian TV series this much since the original Degrassi Junior High started over 20 years ago.

me too - i got a few people hooked on it - its really well done and keeps you glued in - i love the flashbacks

[manny_santos]

The silver lining may be less Kevin Newman.

http://www.darcynorman.net/images/GN06_ITUNES_BANNER4.jpg

If he ever finds himself out of his current job, he should take over as anchor elsewhere. I like him as an anchor and reporter.

[berrypicker]

me too - i got a few people hooked on it - its really well done and keeps you glued in - i love the flashbacks

I love Being Erica too!!! It's my favourite show!!!! To bad it's going to have less episodes then last season!

[Rico Rommheim]

I love Being Erica too!!! It's my favourite show!!!! To bad it's going to have less episodes then last season!

thats because of low ratings, about 250,000 on average. too basd. although i've nevfr watched it


although, like many other canadian shgows that dont do well domestically, it is doing well overseas

[berrypicker]

thats because of low ratings, about 250,000 on average. too basd. although i've nevfr watched it


although, like many other canadian shgows that dont do well domestically, it is doing well overseas

Wasn't Wild Roses doing bad and by wikipedia Being Erica made like 500,000 viewers.

[Rico Rommheim]

^is that a fact? well if 500,000 is good by canadian standards, its still kind of sad considering popular quebec show usually average out 1-2 million.

[vid]

Well, 500,000 for the CBC is at least 50% of their regular viewing audience.

[MolsonExport]

Ever notice they have two standard TV spots for Global news? they'll talk about a story and depending on what mood it is (tragic earthquake, pretty kitties) they'll either put the 'Serious' or 'Smiling' news anchor at the end... just once I'd like to see them screw it up... (eg - 'H1N1 wave of death strikes orphanage, followed by the neon orange Leslie Roberts smiling ear to ear).

:jester: :jester:

yeah! noticed that years ago, esp. with Lllloyd Robembalmedson, at CTV. The camera panned back to him after a report on hundreds of deaths in an earthquake somewhere in Indonesia, and he was laughing with someone off camera. Another time, there was this sad story about animal abuse, and, practically sobbing, Llllloyd looks into the camera and says "Sickening. Absolutely sickening".


Of the three national anchors, I like Baldsbridge the best. Plus, ol peter got to snorfle Wendy Mesley back when she was kinda hot. :D

Llllloyd looks like some embalmed marionnette.

Newman...just annoys the fuck out of me.

[vid]

With every day that goes by, Lloyd Robertson looks more like a woman.

[mr.John]

Looks like Tim horton's prefect record of producing the most annoying retarded commercials known to man remains intact...the latest abomination features a couple going to a party dressed as a cup of coffee and donut, makes you want to douse those two losers with gasoline and light a match

[vid]

They don't even need to make commercials because of their ubiquity. I think they're only making them to annoy those of us who know better than to consume their shit.

[Acajack]

^is that a fact? well if 500,000 is good by canadian standards, its still kind of sad considering popular quebec show usually average out 1-2 million.

Though English-Canadian TV could certainly do better in its own market, this isn't a totally fair comparison.

[Rico Rommheim]

Though English-Canadian TV could certainly do better in its own market, this isn't a totally fair comparison.

...

[Acajack]

...

Quessé?

[Bigtime]

I wouldn't kick the actress from Being Erica out of my bed. I think I caught an episode a couple of weeks ago acting all coyote ugly as a waitress, I liked. :D

[Rico Rommheim]

Quessé?

would you mind to elaborate on my unfair comparison? :)

[Acajack]

would you mind to elaborate on my unfair comparison? :)

Well, for starters the language barrier that Quebec has between it and Hollywood is obviously something that Anglo-Canadian TV (and movies) doesn’t have working in its favour.

Though this is sometimes a bit overdone and perhaps used as a cop-out in English-speaking Canada: those Québécois who are bilingual enough to understand the original versions may watch more American stuff than the others who are not, but they still don’t kiss off their own TV and movies, generally speaking.

[berrypicker]

^is that a fact? well if 500,000 is good by canadian standards, its still kind of sad considering popular quebec show usually average out 1-2 million.

Well 500,000 is I guess average while shows like Little Mosque on the Prairie have 1-2 milion viewers.

[SpongeG]

i hate the pickle commercial with "andy"

[newflyer]

Looks like Tim horton's prefect record of producing the most annoying retarded commercials known to man remains intact...the latest abomination features a couple going to a party dressed as a cup of coffee and donut, makes you want to douse those two losers with gasoline and light a match

LOL ... I agree with you completely, except I think a simple match is going a little light on that mess ... I would prefer a flame thrower.

I mean seriously .. does anyone want to go eat doughnuts after seeing that??. Nothing says doughnuts and bad coffee like a couple of dorks dressed like said items.

It would be like having to watch a guy dressed as a big formless purple blob as a means to sell McDonald's milkshakes.... what a minute. :slob:

[manny_santos]

Well, for starters the language barrier that Quebec has between it and Hollywood is obviously something that Anglo-Canadian TV (and movies) doesn’t have working in its favour.

Though this is sometimes a bit overdone and perhaps used as a cop-out in English-speaking Canada: those Québécois who are bilingual enough to understand the original versions may watch more American stuff than the others who are not, but they still don’t kiss off their own TV and movies, generally speaking.

Same with Mexico - there are tons of dubbed and/or subtitled American shows on TV there, but they also have tons of homegrown programs - particuarly telenovelas, and some other shows that reminded me a lot of Radio-Canada. The added bonus, they don't make sure they inform you it's made in Mexico at every opportunity, unlike Corner Gas, Degrassi and Flashpoint in repeated Canada references. Televisa's four channels in Mexico City have struck a good balance - telenovelas on one channel, local shows on another, U.S. shows and sports on another, and general entertainment on another.

They also have the odd (gasp) Canadian show - Caillou dubbed into Spanish for one.

[craneSpotter]

shows like Little Mosque on the Prairie have 1-2 milion viewers.

Is the new season of that horrid show on right now? If so it is not even in the top 30. So that means less than 1 million viewers.

[srperrycgy]

i hate the pickle commercial with "andy"

Can't stand the Subaru commercial where all the characters are bashing "Steve" for having a crappy car. On behalf of the Steve's of the world, Subaru can f*ck right off! :hell:

[mr.John]

Anyone notice they mentioned both Montreal and Toronto on nonight's episode of House

[jeremy_haak]

Frankly, I think it will be good to have Canwest sell off some of its newspapers. It bothers me that so many important Canadian newspapers are basically facsimiles of each other. I'm kind of hoping that some/one of them will be bought out by a non-Canadian company and have its staffing boosted for Canadian coverage to its other non-Canadian newspaper properties (the Ottawa Citizen or Montreal Gazette probably being the best candidates for this) and thus providing a new editorial voice as well.

[manny_santos]

Frankly, I think it will be good to have Canwest sell off some of its newspapers. It bothers me that so many important Canadian newspapers are basically facsimiles of each other. I'm kind of hoping that some/one of them will be bought out by a non-Canadian company and have its staffing boosted for Canadian coverage to its other non-Canadian newspaper properties (the Ottawa Citizen or Montreal Gazette probably being the best candidates for this) and thus providing a new editorial voice as well.

CanWest should get out of publishing altogether. They should never have been in it in the first place, it was outside their core business.

[Stanzmastertron3000]

Has anyone seen the latest 'to be continued' Rogers cable commercial with the old lady trying to figure shit out?

My brain started to cave into itself. There's no point of even describing it because you will not understand how obnoxious it is unless you've seen it. It should be banned for making a tremendously strong case for violence against elderly women.

[Rathgrith]

"Co...co....co....couldn't get a job a Wendy's"

I call bullshit on that radio actor. You're practically overqualified if you can read the menu.

[SpongeG]

chek 6 in bc plays news probably 75% of the day - its like BC's own little news station

other than a movie played at 8 pm it seems to be all news and than paid ads all night

[SteelTown]

CHCH is all news from 5am until 7pm. They play two movies from 7pm until 11pm. News from 11pm until Midnight and again movies from Midnight until 5am. CHCH - Canada's Superstation.

[harls]

that 'local tv matters' commercial with the dude asking random strangers about their cable bill on the street is so natural.. I like how sometimes the cable consortium puts their own equally lame-o commerical on right after it, as if to rub it in their face that they are in control.

"visit localtvmatters.ca", he concludes... sure, I'll check that site out..let's see...who is my internet provider again?

[kirjtc2]

This is when the local TV campaign lost me:

Global Martimes ran an ad talking about how great local TV is, blah blah blah, with footage of local events. Just one problem: every single piece of footage was from Halifax. This is my supposedly local station.

I'm not paying for out-of-province news. Simple as that.

[vid]

Who makes toast in their car? And why are those same people storing inflated pool toys in their car? If you deflated the pool toys in the first place, you would need a giant 49,000 dollar toaster-car.

[SteelTown]

Gore Park is going Global

October 19, 2009
Dana Brown
The Hamilton Spectator

Global National will be showcasing Hamilton on its evening newscast today, as the broadcast goes live from Gore Park.

And Hamiltonians are welcome to head down to the core and watch.

Anchor Kevin Newman said the city is one of three municipalities in Ontario the show is visiting on a series of road trips.

It has already made a jaunt to Kitchener-Waterloo for Oktoberfest and will also stop by an eastern Ontario city in the future.

"Hamilton we're coming to because it's a good example of ... an industrial city that has tried to transform itself," Newman said.

"And there are plenty of other places during this recession that have faced the problems that Hamilton faced a little bit earlier. So ... things we're going to look at are examples of how Hamilton is, through the McMaster Innovation (Park) and things, trying to see the economy of the future."

This is the first time the newscast, which sets out to broadcast from different parts of the country each fall, has gone live from Hamilton. Global's parent Canwest owned Channel 11 in Hamilton, but sold in August.

The Gore Park broadcast will feature a story on Hamilton's waterfalls.

"We're going to use that to sort of surprise the rest of the country ... they have pre-conceived notions of what Hamilton is like and we're going to show them all the pretty places that they may not know."

The newscast begins at 5:30 p.m. Spectators are asked to be at Gore Park by 5 p.m.

[manny_santos]

Gore Park is going Global

October 19, 2009
Dana Brown
The Hamilton Spectator

Global National will be showcasing Hamilton on its evening newscast today, as the broadcast goes live from Gore Park.

They did a newscast from London a year or two ago. Kevin Newman anchored from his alma mater, The University of Western Ontario, where he got his start in journalism and broadcasting at The Gazette and campus radio station CHRW.

[vid]

Employee of Confederation College in a commercial for Confederation College: "I think Confederation College is a great school because it's got a great faculty, great students, and a great campus. It's great..."
Female announcer: "Confederation College: It's Great."



And now you know why TBT news is so low quality.

[SpongeG]

nickelodeon Canada starts Nov 2

http://www.nickcanada.com/

[harls]

CBC is starting a new local evening newscast next week (for Ottawa, anyway). Are they doing this country-wide?

Didnt' see that coming.

[MolsonExport]

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Everywhere you go on SSP, it follows you. Even the Canadian entertainment and media thread.

[SteelTown]

HAHAHA yep, it's like the flab is trying to talk.

[SpongeG]

CBC is starting a new local evening newscast next week (for Ottawa, anyway). Are they doing this country-wide?

Didnt' see that coming.

Vancouver has had a local evening newscast for as long as I can remember - they just expanded it too - i think its 90 minutes now - it used to be 1 hour - it starts at 5:00 and ends at 6:30 when coronation street comes on...

[harls]

No, I mean late evening... not the supper hour news.

[SpongeG]

oh yes there is news at 11 i think it is - has been for a while too

[MolsonExport]

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culturefreak.com

[SpongeG]

ole ole ole ole the new mini wheats commercial is annoying

[vid]

Mini Wheats must die. I am boycotting Kellogs because of them but I don't think it is working.

The new National is like watching American news. The camera men have ADD or something. "Let's move the camera this way! Let's move it that way! Let's move it in small circles as we zoom into one of the 20 giant screens!"

If Peter Mansbridge grows a beard again, all hope is lost. :(

[kirjtc2]

Even the local NB news felt more American tonight. I don't like the new look at all.

[SpongeG]

i forgot the change happenned today didn't even notice

[vid]

You didn't notice? The only thing that is the same about it is Peter Mansbridge's face.

[harls]

The new font seems 70's-ish.

also last night on the local suppertime news, the new little weather temperature thing in the bottom right said it was -18 degrees. oops.

[srperrycgy]

The changes look decent in HD as well. Unfortunately, we only get CBC Toronto in HD on cable. But their local newscast is pretty slick. It's a little weird to see Petey standing instead of being behind the desk too.

[samne]

I caught parts of last night on CBC newsworld and I like the change. Its sharper and the old format does seem a little tired now.

2 hours of Mark Kelly a night is a bit mutch. I didnt mind the new girl that kept joining him on the show.

[francely57]

These days, ALL media here are talking about 2 things...

1- A (H1N1)

2- corruption in Montreal's municipal government and construction contracts;
possible corruption in Laval's & Longueuil's muncipal governments, and construction contracts

...pretty depressing

[manny_santos]

A local radio host mentioned this morning someone commented CBC hasn't covered something as heavily as H1N1 since Hurricane Katrina.

I'd go as far as saying since 9/11.

[Ayreonaut]

These days, ALL media here are talking about 2 things...

1- A (H1N1)

2- corruption in Montreal's municipal government and construction contracts;
possible corruption in Laval's & Longueuil's muncipal governments, and construction contracts

...pretty depressing

And if you turn to CNN (hey, I get bored), all you hear about is balloon boy and a plane that overshot Minneapolis.

[Slug]

I never thought I would see the day when Homer Simpson is on the National.

[mr.John]

And everytime they have a H1N1 story they have to show the mandatory footage of a needle being stabbed into someone's arm (usually a nice close up) I'm beginning to miss the daily tasering of the Polish immigrant

[Ayreonaut]

I never thought I would see the day when Homer Simpson is on the National.

And I didn't think I'd see Marge in Playboy...

[harls]

And everytime they have a H1N1 story they have to show the mandatory footage of a needle being stabbed into someone's arm (usually a nice close up) I'm beginning to miss the daily tasering of the Polish immigrant

:laugh: I was thinking the same thing.

Last night I saw some footage of a crying kid. As if the thought of a needle isn't scary enough, let's be an extra loving parent and agree to have our kid filmed under a massive spot light with camera crew and journalist hovering over them...

[kirjtc2]

The local NB CBC news has had only two stories all week:

1) OMG! Swine flu! We're all gonna die!
2) OMG! Hydro-Quebec is buying NB Power! We're all gonna get screwed over! If we don't die of the (OMG) swine flu first!

[Rico Rommheim]

CBC news Montreal NN finally stopped talking about swine flu and began to talk about my huge cock.

[Acajack]

CBC news Montreal NN finally stopped talking about swine flu and began to talk about my huge cock.

Dans les deux cas c'est des nouvelles assez cochonnes...

[Rico Rommheim]

Ha ha ha