[MolsonExport]

I have a question or two for those of you that watched the Superbowl. First, do you generally follow NFL football? If not, what compels you to watch the Superbowl? Is there really something special about the quality of football during this event that makes non-fans want to tune in? Or is it just a matter of the whole Superbowl hoopla: the commercials, the excuse to drink a lot of beer on a Sunday afternoon/evening, getting together with friends, and the like?

I enjoy CFL football, but I couldn't give two shits about the NFL. As such, I never, ever watch the Superbowl.

[SHOFEAR]

I have a question or two for those of you that watched the Superbowl. First, do you generally follow NFL football? If not, what compels you to watch the Superbowl? Is there really something special about the quality of football during this event that makes non-fans want to tune in? Or is it just a matter of the whole Superbowl hoopla: the commercials, the excuse to drink a lot of beer on a Sunday afternoon/evening, getting together with friends, and the like?

I enjoy CFL football, but I couldn't give two shits about the NFL. As such, I never, ever watch the Superbowl.

I'm not a NFL fan either but I try to watch all the big games. Be it the world series, super bowl, NCAA....

[LordMandeep]

true they are a tad bit entertaining...

Plus I went to Zellers on Sunday and i noticed Bollywood movies (about 50 of them) on sale plus dozens of hindi, punjabi, arabic CDs.

As bob dylan said it "time are changin.."

[habsfan]

I have a question or two for those of you that watched the Superbowl. First, do you generally follow NFL football? If not, what compels you to watch the Superbowl? Is there really something special about the quality of football during this event that makes non-fans want to tune in? Or is it just a matter of the whole Superbowl hoopla: the commercials, the excuse to drink a lot of beer on a Sunday afternoon/evening, getting together with friends, and the like?

I enjoy CFL football, but I couldn't give two shits about the NFL. As such, I never, ever watch the Superbowl.

I used to watch the superbowl, but i just lost interest in it! I usually watch the Patriots whenever I get the chance, but that's about it.

I played online Poker instead of watching the game!

[Rusty van Reddick]

Generally despise NFL, but watched the super bowl because I'm from the Chicago area originally so watched to root for the losers, and to see the commercials. That's all. Much MUCH prefer CFL and US college football, but football is near the bottom of sports I like to watch anyway, way below hockey and baseball.

[SpongeG]

true they are a tad bit entertaining...

Plus I went to Zellers on Sunday and i noticed Bollywood movies (about 50 of them) on sale plus dozens of hindi, punjabi, arabic CDs.

As bob dylan said it "time are changin.."

they have had those for quite a while at zellers - at least out here - and the one walmart in surrey carries bollywood music and movies - but i have only seen it at the one location

[Jay in Cowtown]

I have a question or two for those of you that watched the Superbowl. First, do you generally follow NFL football? If not, what compels you to watch the Superbowl? Is there really something special about the quality of football during this event that makes non-fans want to tune in? Or is it just a matter of the whole Superbowl hoopla: the commercials, the excuse to drink a lot of beer on a Sunday afternoon/evening, getting together with friends, and the like?

I enjoy CFL football, but I couldn't give two shits about the NFL. As such, I never, ever watch the Superbowl.

I watch the CFL but like the NFL way more... I usually go to about 3 Stamps games a year and try to make at least one NFL game per season (usually Houston)... I've always had the Sunday Ticket since it started in the 90's, and always catch 3 games every Sunday!

I enjoy the CFL, but it's no NFL... and it's not necessarily the rules, but the talent level isn't there... and I've played Canadian football, coach it and do study it alot!

[ScottFromCalgary]

I watch NFL every Sunday and NCAA every Saturday but unfortunately have never been to an American game. I'll watch the Stamps, but would never consider watching any CFL game they are not involved in. Hence its been a few years since I've seen a Grey Cup:haha:

[Jay in Cowtown]

I watch NFL every Sunday and NCAA every Saturday but unfortunately have never been to an American game. I'll watch the Stamps, but would never consider watching any CFL game they are not involved in. Hence its been a few years since I've seen a Grey Cup:haha:

I love College Football... went to Ohio State at Texas in Austin last September, best time I've ever had at a game... even though my Horns lost.

[malek]

where are the Canadian movies???

did Canada drop the ball completely?

6 out of 27 genies?!?!

[vid]

You watched the Genies????

I was entirely unaware they still existed!

[malek]

You watched the Genies????

why should I waste my time when we already know the winners, presented earlier at the Jutras (our cinema awards).

I was entirely unaware they still existed!

Thats what I am asking, does the cinema industry exist in Canada?

and no i'm not talking about a US filmmaker debarking in Chinkouver, hiring some camera monkies to shoot a film, it doesn't make it more Canadian.

[vid]

I've never even heard of the Jutras!! Wow, I am a hick! :O

Canadian movies are less mainstream. While that doesn't make them very well known or profitable, it does make them much better. :)

We do have cinema, but it is vastly overshadowed by American work. The government should be doing more to promote Canadian cinema, like instead of CBC showing movies like Harry Potter, they should have Canadian movies. I'm sure Quebec's film artists have good ideas, French people always make good movies. :)

[SpongeG]

lately though i have seen more Canadian films being shown in theatres - in Vancouver Tinseltown usually has one Canadian film playing - i think mainly because it has a hard time getting the big hollywood releases since cineplex seems to get them first

[spiritedenergy]

the only canadian movie i've seen was about a girl flying with geese... pretty lame.
The actress, Anna Paquin, was good, as she won an Oscar later on (or before?) for "The Piano" (what a movie!).

[Jay in Cowtown]

the only canadian movie i've seen was about a girl flying with geese... pretty lame.
The actress, Anna Paquin, was good, as she won an Oscar later on (or before?) for "The Piano" (what a movie!).

I actually sat through ''Bad Cop, Bon Cop'' or whatever it's called... it wasn't bad for a Canadian movie but i'm not into reading half of a movie... it should have been direct to video.

[malek]

pauvre ptite crotte

[canucklehead2]

For once, I actually saw more than just one Canadian film in the last year, and 3/5 nominees for best picture at the Genies. It's still a shame that while the Juno's have become bigger than the Grammy's in Canada, our film awards are still pathetic, and relegated to an hour long re-cap hosted from an old Eaton's store auditorium. Maybe taking them out on the road ala Juno's might help, but then again it's alot harder to make films popular in Canada since there are no screen quotas, unlike music, which helped launch the careers of MANY top Canadian music acts...


And I think Bon Cop, Bad Cop was the best picture of the year (at least from what I saw...)

[SpongeG]

what top Canadian acts would those be?

[Nutterbug]

Must-see page for Canadian entertainment buffs:

http://www.craptastic.com/cancon/

[SpongeG]

haha yah

cancon - good ol' can con

i would think a band would be happier to get somewhere on their own merits than a system that forces their music to be played

[Nutterbug]

^ unless they're in it for the $$$, of course.

[SpongeG]

true

unfortunately for them i listen to ministry of sound radio or BBC radio 1 :)

[Jay in Cowtown]

haha yah

cancon - good ol' can con

i would think a band would be happier to get somewhere on their own merits than a system that forces their music to be played

That's the main reason I got Sirius... I got tired of the Tragically Hip & Nickelback fest on Canadian radio... now I hear much better Canadian content like: Days of the New & Jet Set Satellite not to mention Korn & Disturbed... on American stations.

[SpongeG]

i didn't even notice - but LIFE network is no more

as of March 5th it is now SLICE :shrug:

As of March '07, Alliance Atlantis' Life Network will cease to exist and a new channel called "Slice" will take its analog specialty slot, hitting 6 million households. Described as sassy yet serviceable, the "reborn" channel will debut with an initial 15 original series and add 20 more new shows in the fall. Its primary target is women 18-49, with women in their 30s as the sweet spot.
Slice was introduced at a lively event staged at Toronto's Distillery District last evening. But MiC was given a sneak peek beforehand by the net's SVP marketing & communications Gail Rivett and EVP sales Errol Da-Ré - the author of a teaser blog that's been appearing in online trade pubs for the past two weeks. Their new channel - the result of a year's work and consultation with thousands of women of various ages and lifestyles, both in focus groups and in online surveys is, in Rivett's words - "all about attitude."

"The resonant themes we came away with after a lot of strategic work is that women's days are filled with handling everybody else's needs. So when they finally get to sit down to watch TV, whenever that is, they want to see stuff that's entertaining, escapist and maybe gives them a sense of guilty indulgence." Hence, she says, the shows chosen for Slice will have "a sensibility that's confident, not apologetic and almost like train wrecks of people's lives that our viewers can relate to. They'll be fun and entertaining, but on topics that have to do with women's lives, like marriage, parenting, fashion, celebrity, finances, gossip. The approach is: let women laugh at their lives a bit and have some fun."

Among the new shows commissioned by Alliance Atlantis are: Outlaw In-laws hosted by syndicated columnist Ellie Tesher; UpRooted, in which a hairstylist to the stars (including Hilary Swank, Daryl Hannah and LL Cool J) named Rykr will criss-cross North America on a bus interacting with ordinary citizens; and The Last 10 Pounds Bootcamp, whose title pretty much speaks for itself.

Acquisitions include: Real Housewives of Orange County, a reality-based lifestyle show about the lives of five well-off women; Project Catwalk, the UK version of Life Network hit Project Runway, hosted by Kelley Osborne; and Beauty & the Geek, a witty reality show co-produced by Punk'd's Ashton Kutcher.

Slice will be introduced from mid-February through July next year with an extensive marketing campaign in many markets across Canada, followed by another extensive push in fall 2007 to support its fall lineup. Although the net is keeping details under wraps for now, MiC was told that promotion for Slice will span unusual multiple-media vehicles including on-air, out-of-home, radio, newspaper, magazines, online, experiential marketing, mobile marketing, cable and satellite marketing, plus guerilla. Vancouver's Rethink worked on Slice branding.

The AA team has been quietly showing their plans for Slice to top media players for the past few weeks, and Da-Ré says that co-marketing and branded entertainment/integration opps will be offered, as well as product placement in the 13 original new shows.


http://www.mediaincanada.com/articles/mic/20061102/slice.html

[Nutterbug]

Isn't one women oriented network (W) enough?

[Jay in Cowtown]

Isn't one women oriented network (W) enough?

Just wait till the day Oprah pays off the CRTC... and you're subjected to a wife that refuses to turn off Oxygen!

[harls]

That's the main reason I got Sirius... I got tired of the Tragically Hip & Nickelback fest on Canadian radio... now I hear much better Canadian content like: Days of the New & Jet Set Satellite not to mention Korn & Disturbed... on American stations.

Days of the New are from the States, I thought..

[Taller Better]

I haven't listened to a radio in years. But then, I don't drive a car.

[Jay in Cowtown]

Days of the New are from the States, I thought..

Yup, you're right... and all these years I thought they were from Winnipeg.

[vid]

I haven't listened to a radio in years. But then, I don't drive a car.

You don't put radio on at home just for the noise? I have mine on all the time. I can't do anything without background noise, comes from growing up near a highway.

[MolsonExport]

Nickleback = tripple-crap = Nipple-crack =pickle-crap = world's shittiest band

[vid]

Apparently, Shaw Cable is reverting to Minneapolis based TV channels for central Canada.

[Taller Better]

You don't put radio on at home just for the noise? I have mine on all the time. I can't do anything without background noise, comes from growing up near a highway.

Nope. Weathernetwork, or Newsworld. Or, CDs, etc.. never radio.

Apparently, Shaw Cable is reverting to Minneapolis based TV channels for central Canada.

Why? It seems so bizarre.... thankfully I am Rogers, and I think they use Fluffalo/Cheektawoga/Tonawanda/Lackawana, etc..

[kirjtc2]

Apparently, Shaw Cable is reverting to Minneapolis based TV channels for central Canada.

Don't they already get Minneapolis channels in Winnipeg? I remember seeing some local news from there when I was in Winnipeg a few years back...

Here in NB, Rogers has a weird combo of Boston and Detroit...I can see Boston, but what the hell does Atlantic Canada have to do with Detroit?

[vid]

Detroit TV has the highest viewership in Canada because of it's location across from Windsor. That's why so many cable companies carry it. Fox Rochester is an exception - WUHF is Fox's most successful affiliate (which, imo, says A LOT about Fox as a network!) so they carry that one instead.

Central Canada gets Minneapolis TV because it is in Central time. Thunder Bay used to get it (back when videon was called Videon) but when Shaw took over the market they changed it to Detroit (1993 I think?) and lots of people got upset about that (Like the argument that "ever since Shaw put on Detroit stations, crime has gone up!" :rolleyes:). Thunder Bay IS in eastern time though (shouldn't be, we're much further west than Chicago and an hour ahead of them :koko:) so that is probably why we get Detroit TV.

Most people here support a switch to TV stations based out of Minneapolis or Duluth (In the cases where Duluth's affiliate is a standalone station and not a repeater of a Minneapolis or Fargo station, in which case, we may be keeping WUHF).

We'll see what happens though. They're re jigging the entire dial, moving about 20 channels in the coming days. They're moving all the music channels down with the news channels and bumping the French channels out of the standard UHF spectrum which will likely draw backlash from the CRTC, as it is illegal for them to do so. Personally, I think channels like CPAC and APTN should be in the lower end. Stuff Much Music and Slice up in the high 80s.

[kirjtc2]

Sounds like what happened here back in 1990-91. We used to get all our US stations from Bangor, Maine. They switched 2 of the 3 to Detroit, and everyone whined and moaned about the crime rate and how we're losing our local identity, blah blah blah.

Eventually one of the Detroit stations (CBS) got switched over to its Boston equivalent instead. Not completely local, but at least we get our Red Sox news back.

They did keep one Bangor station (NBC) up until 2-3 years ago, when they switched it over to Boston. That happened one day, without notice, and everyone just exploded again in the local paper over it. I wrote one telling everyone to basically shut up and they named it the "letter of the day".

ABC is still from Detroit, and FOX is the infamous Rochester feed.

[vid]

At least up here, we don't depend on Detroit for sports news. We're more of a Vikings/Wild city than a Red Wings/Whatever-Detroits-Football-Team-Is town. :P

There are cheeseheads to but they can fuck themselves.

[kirjtc2]

At least up here, we don't depend on Detroit for sports news. We're more of a Vikings/Wild city than a Red Wings/Whatever-Detroits-Football-Team-Is town. :P

There are cheeseheads to but they can fuck themselves.

Detroit has a football team?

That reminds me...they hadn't switched CBS to Boston yet when the Patriots games moved from NBC to CBS. That caused another little mini-outcry.

[vid]

Lions. Didn't you watch the Superbowl? They had that whole "Bless You Boys" thing or whatever.

Or was that baseball? Whatever. They do have one. It's a city of five million. They have to.

[SHOFEAR]

Isn't one women oriented network (W) enough?

If it teaches broads how to cook and clean I'm all for more.

[vid]

Ok, I actually checked the channels - CBS and NBC Detroit are changing in Thunder Bay. The other channels didn't say anything.

I'm gonna miss WDIV. :(

[IntotheWest]

Lions. Didn't you watch the Superbowl? They had that whole "Bless You Boys" thing or whatever.

Or was that baseball? Whatever. They do have one. It's a city of five million. They have to.

Vid - LA doesn't have a team, and that's over 5 million too :-)

Anyway, Minneapolis makes much more sense - I'm assuming when you say "central Canada" you mean Tunder Bay/Winnipeg area?

[vid]

Yeah, generally 'Central Canada' or 'Mid Canada' is Northern Ontario and Manitoba.

Remember MCTV? It's the reason TBTV has such a strong monopoly know, and throws a hissy fit whenever Shaw tries to introduce another local channel on their cable system. :)

[SpongeG]

CBC wants to cut off non-cable, non-satellite viewers
NEWS RELEASE

FRIENDS OF CANADIAN BROADCASTING

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CBC set to unplug a million-plus Canadians

VANCOUVER, March 14 - Plans by CBC to rely more heavily on cable and satellite transmission will disenfranchise Canadians who receive TV over-the-air, according to the media watchdog group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.

New research submitted to the Commons Heritage Committee which is investigating CBC's future mandate shows that three million Canadians do not subscribe to cable or satellite and receive their TV signal over the air.

Recently, CBC has questioned the viability of continuing to serve this audience outside major urban centres.

"All Canadians pay for the CBC and all are entitled to receive its programs, wherever they live," said Friends spokesperson Ian Morrison.

Communities which rely heavily on over-the-air reception to view CBC will be hard hit, including many in British Columbia.

For example, 26 per cent of CBC viewing in Terrace-Kitimat is over-the-air.

In the Skeena area it's 25 per cent.

In the North Okanagan, it's 20 per cent.

In the Kootenays it's 17 per cent.

This translates into hundreds of thousands of BC viewers who would be cut off if CBC quits transmitting over the air.

In a wide-ranging submission to the Heritage Committee, Friends tabled public opinion research that finds 61 per cent of Canadians are "very interested" in receiving local news programs, an appetite that far exceeds demand for all other types of programs.

CBC local news gets poor marks with British Columbians holding especially critical views of CBC's efforts at local news.

"We find it an ironic but positive development that CBC has come to its senses following the 2001 truncation of CBC's regional supper hour programs and has announced plans to restore 60-minute supper hour regional news," Morrison said.

Friends research presented to the Heritage Committee found that funding cuts and poor management decisions are driving CBC to present more professional sports and foreign drama programs during prime.

Over the 2005/06 TV season, half of CBC's prime time audience viewed sports, while less than 5 per cent watched Canadian drama series or movies of the week.

Foreign drama, on the other hand, accounted for three times the audience of indigenous drama on CBC TV during prime time.

"The Committee should insist that CBC Television present Canadian programs in prime time, as it did just seven years ago, when 96 per cent of its prime time schedule was Canadian, compared with 79 per cent today. This represents a quintupling of foreign programs in prime time," Morrison said.

Friends presented the Heritage Committee with a four-point plan to reform CBC:

1. End patronage appointments to CBC's board of directors and give the board the power to hire and fire its CEO.

2. Instruct CBC's board to attach a high priority to the Broadcasting Act's mandate to "reflect Canada and its regions to national and regional audiences, while serving the special needs of those regions."

3. Invite CBC's board to develop a business plan to address its regional responsibilities, wean itself from dependence on television advertising and strengthen the presentation of Canadian stories in prime time.

4. Increase CBC's budget progressively by annual increments of at least $100 million over the next five years as an investment in up-dating Canada's social infrastructure.

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting is an independent, Canada-wide, non-partisan voluntary organization whose mission is to defend and enhance the quality and quantity of Canadian programming in the Canadian audio-visual system.

Friends is not affiliated with any broadcaster or political party.

To view Friends' complete submission or obtain additional information, visit the organization's website.



http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=23320

[vid]

"CBC wants to cut off non-cable, non-satellite viewers"

What this means is, people in Kichenumaykoosib Inunuwig will get Much Music, CPAC, and The Weather Network over the air, but will have to get a satellite to watch CBC, the tax payer supported network.

:koko:

[vid]

Here's a story stanzi will love!!

Rock the Fort cancelled (http://66.244.236.251/article_11413.php) | By Ward Holland, March 15, 2007

http://66.244.236.251/uploads/rock_fort_fans_web.jpg
Fan support for Rock the Fort has been great, but the three-day concert won’t be held this year.

Fort William Historical Park has decided to cancel this year’s Rock the Fort concert.
The concert, which attracted tens of thousands of music fans the past two years, was cancelled because park officials have other priorities.
“It’s not happening,” Marty Mascarin, the Fort’s communications officer, said Wednesday. “It’s not going to happen.”
The Fort still has major repairs to complete on some of the historical buildings that were damaged by floodwaters last year, Mascarin said.
Some of the reconstructed buildings in the historical area were closed last year, he said. The bell house, for example, needs to be upgraded.
Mascarin said holding Rock the Fort and fixing the buildings would be too much to deal with this year.
“There’s a lot involved in determining the specifics of repairs to the buildings,” he said.
“Engineering reports have to come in. Quotes have to go out. It’s a lot of paperwork and a lot of demands on management to look at all the specifics of how those repairs are going to be addressed.”
The park opened on time last year, Mascarin said, but some buildings didn’t open to the public.
“Some involved customer service and those types of programming, and now it’s time” to get them back on line, he said.
Mascarin said it was difficult to determine if last year’s concert made money because all Fort revenue goes to a central fund in Toronto.
But he said the Fort had “a good economic spinoff” for the Thunder Bay area, generating about $3.5 million for 70 businesses in the community.
Last June’s Rock the Fort concert featured rock ‘n’ roll musicians Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings, Heart, Vince Neil, Sweet, Foreigner, Lee Aaron, the Northern Pikes and Helix, among others, playing on an outdoor stage.
The event attracted 45,000 fans over three days, Mascarin said. In its first year, Rock the Fort drew more than 31,000 fans.
Music fans did face problems at the concert last year, such as long wait times to leave the park and reports of underage drinking.
Mascarin said those problems didn’t play a part in the decision to cancel. “None of that played into it,” he said.
Other festivals at the park, such as the Great Rendezvous and Ojibwa Keeshigun Native Festival, will be held this year, he said.
Fort William Historical Park hasn’t spoken to any other groups about taking over Rock the Fort, Mascarin added. He also wasn’t aware of any other groups that were interested in taking over.

I don't oppose the festival, and I'm sad to see it go - but hosting something like this at The Old Fart is just too much. It's an inappropriate location - on the very edge of town, down a narrow street, very little parking. This is something that would be much better held somewhere like Port Arthur Stadium or at the site of the Golf Dome (Which I swear to god, if that piece of shit gets any yellower I WILL pop the fucker!! :hell: ). We need a new convention centre, build it there and have the concert there. But at the Old Fort just doesn't seem right.

Though those locations obviously won't hold about 12,000 a day..


8.07am===========
It happened. :( At 7.58, WWJ became WCCO, and at 8.02, the audio on WDIV was replaced with the audio on KARE. :( For a whole four minutes, I listened to Tim Mikleszowski talk about Kalid Sheik Mohammed's admitting to 9/11, superimposed on Matt Lauer and an obese negro man eating a caviar pizza. :(

I'll miss you, Chuck Gaidica. :(

[kirjtc2]

For what it's worth...some stats I compiled a year or two ago for another project about the amount of Canadian cable subscribers reached by each US network affiliate...

ABC
WKBW Buffalo - 30%
WVNY Burlington - 23%
WXYZ Detroit - 15%
KOMO Seattle - 14%
KXLY Spokane - 10%
WCVB Boston - 4%
WDAZ Grand Forks - 3%
WWTI Watertown - 1%
WHAM Rochester - 1%
WJET Erie - <1%
WVII Bangor - <1%

CBS
WIVB Buffalo - 30%
WCAX Burlington - 23%
KIRO Seattle - 14%
WWJ Detroit - 12%
KREM Spokane - 10%
WBZ Boston - 5%
WCCO Minneapolis - 4%
WWNY Watertown - 1%
WWUP Sault Ste. Marie - 1%
WROC Rochester - 1%
WSEE Erie - <1%
WAGM Presque Isle - <1%

NBC
WGRZ Buffalo - 30%
WPTZ Plattsburgh - 23%
WDIV Detroit - 14%
KING Seattle - 14%
KHQ Spokane - 10%
WHDH Boston - 5%
KARE Minneapolis - 3%
WHEC Rochester - 1%
WSTM Syracuse - 1%
WICU Erie - <1%

FOX
WUTV Buffalo - 30%
WFFF Burlington - 23%
WUHF Rochester - 14%
KAYU Spokane - 12%
KCPQ Seattle - 12%
WJBK Detroit - 8%
WFXT Boston - 1%
WSYT Syracuse - 1%

[vid]

Well then, the numbers for Detroit WDIV and WWJ will go down 0.3%, and the numbers for Minneapolis WCCO and KARE will go up by 0.3%! Yay! :haha:

[SteelTown]

I found out we're getting Project Runway Canada, yay! I'm very delighted. Gonna be on Slice network, was Life network.

[vid]

Great! More crap. :rolleyes:

[SpongeG]

ugh hopefully the canadian version is good

the canadian version or Canada's next top model is awful

they held it in Victoria - like thats a big fashion capital of the country - lame

[SteelTown]

I love Project Catwalk, it's so bitchy and harsh the judges. Project Runway is okay but not as good as Catwalk. I hope the judges in Canada's version is tough. I love the show! So happy lol.

Canada's Next Top Model will be in Toronto, the new host will be Jay Manuel, he has sliver hair colour. Should be much better now.

[flatlander]

Canada's Next Prime Minister sucked. How can they justify giving one of those hosers $50,000!

Especially when the smartest contestant in Test the Nation only got a $5000 travel voucher.

[smasher000]

Did anybody watch Test the Nation? I got an IQ of 102. I'm only average... but im only in high school tho

[raggedy13]

^According to my psyc prof, your mental age peaks at 16, so if you're 16 or older your IQ isn't very likely to increase (IQ tests don't base intelligence on knowledge of random facts which you could of course accumulate as you grow beyond 16). 102 is a perfectly respectful score though of course, and who says that their test is all that accurate anyway?

[Architype]

For anyone interested, in case you missed it:
Discovery Channel Canada will show the program on Burj Dubai; Megabuilders: Extreme Elevation
Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 7:00 AM (ET) 4 AM (PT)
Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 4:00 AM (ET) 1AM (PT)
http://www.discoverychannel.ca/content/?pid=190

[jimj_wpg]

How's the weather out there?

I miss WDIV too, but I think the Winnipeg kids (aka wannabe-thugs) learned a thing or two from that station. It's not the people presenting the news, it's the circumstances of Detroit...

What really should have happened in Winnipeg's case is Winnipeg should have stayed with the channel 58 Glasston, ND repeater of KXJB (Fargo, ND) and maybe used a fibre optic circuit to bring in KTHI KVLY Tv11 (Fargo, ND)... Minneapolis is nice, but it's still not close enough to Winnipeg. Then again, maybe Winnipeg can learn from Minnipepolis on how to be urban with its LRT and that...

[SpongeG]

brave new waves is gone :(

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Radio Two's new gig
Less classical music will be played in the evening as CBC aims for younger listeners
GUY DIXON

Starting today, CBC Radio Two will lose a large chunk of classical music in the early evenings, giving the network a different feel when listeners are stirring their pasta and settling in for the night.

A new jazz show called Tonic will debut from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., replacing Danielle Charbonneau's eclectic, suppertime classical program Music for a While. Then from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., the classical concert show In Performance is being replaced by the new flagship live-performance show Canada Live, spotlighting music from different regions of the country and featuring everything from classical to roots music, pop and blues, depending on what's in store that night.

The non-classical music that the network had relegated to late nights and weekends is now being given a prominent home in the evening hours, all part of Radio Two's new programming lineup.

Jennifer McGuire, CBC Radio's executive director of programming, said Radio Two will remain predominantly classical throughout most of the day. The daytime classical programs Music & Company, Here's to You, Studio Sparks, and DiscDrive will all continue, as will a number of weekend classical shows such as Sound Advice and Symphony Hall. But the overhaul is pushing a wider variety of genres in the evenings.

The last time CBC Radio made a move toward more contemporary sounds, with the Radio One afternoon show Freestyle and other changes on that network in late 2005, it was met with a wave of criticism from some listeners. One group, including representatives of the Canadian League of Composers met with CBC executives.

And with the new Radio Two changes, there will likely be a legion of people who live by Music for a While feeling lost this evening without the show's classical clarinet theme song wafting from the radio.

But the CBC said it has tried to avert some of that controversy this time. "Everybody is always concerned about change at CBC Radio because they [listeners] are heavily invested in it, and that's a good thing," McGuire said. But "we have talked to all the organizations. We talked to composers. We talked to them when we started the study [to overhaul CBC Radio] and when we were thinking about what it meant in terms of programming changes . . .That conversation continues to be ongoing."

Radio Two is also doing something counter to commercial radio's habit of drilling down to tighter formats.

While private radio stations have adapted such restrictive niches as adult contemporary (or simply AC), Hot AC, Soft AC (or "Lite"), Urban AC and myriad other sub-categories -- killing all spontaneity in the process, many argue -- the CBC is going in the opposite direction. Radio Two is also targeting a 20-per-cent increase in Canadian content to its already higher-than-required level of Cancon.

"We are in many ways counter-programming, and there are a couple of reasons for that," McGuire said. "First of all, we're a public broadcaster, and we have a cultural mandate. The push behind the change really is to do a better job of reflecting the musical diversity of Canada.

"And we are trying to have a service that is sustainable, with an audience that regenerates." In other words, McGuire said, Radio Two's target audience is between 35 and 49 years old, yet the majority of current listeners are over 50. So the network is looking to attract a relatively younger, although still adult audience.

To do that, the strategy is to set a certain "tone" at different times of the day. "We actually went into people's homes and asked them about what they listen to and how they listen, and then looked at the music collections that they have. I think that how people listen in their homes is much more diverse, and how people listen with their iPods is more diverse.

"And that's the assumption [with the new programming], that the value of discovery is one that the service embraces, and that we are using tone rather than genre as the filter -- so that at a certain time of day, you want a certain kind of sound, and that many genres can contribute to that sound."

The week-night host of the new jazz show Tonic from Montreal will be CBC Radio's Katie Malloch, who has been hosting Sunday night's Jazz Beat. Jazz singer Tim Tamashiro will host Tonic on the weekends from Calgary.

Meanwhile, Toronto-based Matt Galloway will host Canada Live weeknights, with Montreal-based Patti Schmidt on the weekends. Charbonneau will move to the new overnight classical-music show Nightstream.

The Signal, hosted by Laurie Brown Monday through Thursday, from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., will feature new classical music, along with electronica, improvised music and other experimental pieces. Winnipeg composer Pat Carrabré will host the show Friday to Sunday. Most of the avant-garde music that would have been played on cancelled late-night contemporary music shows Brave New Waves and Two New Hours will migrate to The Signal, McGuire said.

This past weekend also marked the end on Radio Two of the acclaimed indie music show Radio 3, although it will live on as various podcasts, a website and as a separate channel on Sirius satellite radio.

"Some of that music will migrate into the contemporary-music show [The Signal] and certainly into Radio One. And who knows, in the end, you might see another Radio 3 kind of show on Radio Two," McGuire said.

Despite the growing popularity of the podcasts, some listeners tuned to Radio Two only for Radio 3, "but the audience wasn't huge. And we thought in some ways, it made more sense to really delineate the services," she added.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070319.CBCRAD19/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Music/

[flatlander]

I really enjoyed Radio 3, especially the old website which was cut long ago. Hope that podcast keeps it up but I think losing Grant Lawrence will signal the beginning of the end.

[canucklehead2]

Hi everyone. I am currently writing a story on the Juno Awards and why they are so popular. I would really appreciate it if a few on here would like to give their opinion on why the awards have become so popular...

Here are my questions...
01-Why do you watch the Junos?
02-What impact has moving the Juno's around the country each year had on the awards?
03-What advice would you give to the producers of the Genie and Gemini Awards in order to make them as popular as the Junos or in relation to their American award counterparts the Oscars and Emmys?
04-Have you ever attended the Junos live, and would you do it again?

If you want to Private message me with your answers by tonight, I would really appreciate it, especially if you are from Edmonton. Ian aka Canucklehead2

[MolsonExport]

Question:

Why is Ben Mulroney the host of Canadian Idol?

Does anyone like this guy?

[SpongeG]

CTV can get him cheap

[squeezied]

Question:

Why is Ben Mulroney the host of Canadian Idol?

Does anyone like this guy?

haha i've always been wondering the same thing. i dont like his face....

[Taller Better]

Question:

Why is Ben Mulroney the host of Canadian Idol?

Does anyone like this guy?


No. Can't stand him or Justin Trudeau, either. Both should be shipped off to
a desert island somewhere.

[Nutterbug]

Question:

Why is Ben Mulroney the host of Canadian Idol?

Does anyone like this guy?

No. Can't stand him or Justin Trudeau, either. Both should be shipped off to
a desert island somewhere.

Does anyone think they'd make a good couple? :D

[Taller Better]

Does anyone think they'd make a good couple? :D

Hehee! Think of the babies... they would make excellent future Prime Ministers.

I think vid should be the host...once he escapes suspension !

[MolsonExport]

^yeah, great Idea! I am almost dying of withdrawal symptoms...no news about Thunder Bay for more than a week....ahhh....I'm melting!....ahhhh!

[Jay in Cowtown]

I think vid should be the host...once he escapes suspension !

Why did Vid get suspended?

[kirjtc2]

Question:

Why is Ben Mulroney the host of Canadian Idol?

Does anyone like this guy?

They wanted to out-Seacrest Ryan Seacrest.

[vid]

Why did Vid get suspended?

He said the wrong thing. :)

I would be a terrible host. But I'm sure I would make a delightful blooper wheel. At the very least it would be a valid excuse to visit Saskatoon. :tup:

[SteelTown]

Oh vid is back..,,...group hug! lol

[canucklehead2]

Haha, its a shame the Juno's ratings crashed this year from 1.6 mln to 0.9 mln, thanks largely to CTV's ham fisted approach to put The Amazing Race first...

[kirjtc2]

Haha, its a shame the Juno's ratings crashed this year from 1.6 mln to 0.9 mln, thanks largely to CTV's ham fisted approach to put The Amazing Race first...

Who would have thought that with CTV having the Junos and Global having the Simpsons, that CBC would win the ratings race that night?

[LordMandeep]

if the montreal Vs Toronto match is the big finale match it could be quite a massive ratings smash...

[vid]

Since 8am, WUHF Fox Rochester is WJBK Fox Detroit. :shrug:

They didn't even warn us about that one. TVListings hasn't been updated and neither is the TV Guide so who knows what's on tonight?

And here is something I bookmarked a while ago but forgot to post? :P

Feature film in the works
Tb News Source | Web Posted: 4/5/2007 7:51:47 PM
http://www.tbsource.com/Localnews/index.asp?cid=94471

Could Thunder Bay be following in the video arts footsteps of Toronto and Vancouver? A full-length feature film is in the works for Thunder Bay this summer and the man in charge is looking for community support.

'Bay City' is the vision of Rodney Dwira who's a recent graduate of Confederation College's Film program. The movie is currently looking for actors so it can start shooting by July. The movie is unique to the city because it will be scripted, shot and edited entirely in Thunder Bay. Dwira says given the number of short films produced in the city every year, there's no reason full-length features can't start happening in the city.

''I've been on over 50 short films and we went all across the city and I'm like 'wow, they're making hundreds of student films every year'. So I'm just like 'why can't someone just make a full length feature film on a large scale with the support of the community.''

Actors and local businesses interested in participating are encouraged to contact Dwira. There is an open casting call scheduled for April 14 at Confederation College Room 260 from 1 to 5 p.m.

[SpongeG]

For Sale: BCE Inc.
Bell Canada parent confirms it’s talking to pension funds about possible deal


MONTREAL — BCE Inc., the $31-billion parent company of Bell Canada, is for sale in what could turn out to be the biggest buyout in Canadian corporate history.

The Montreal-based conglomerate confirmed recent market rumours Tuesday and announced it’s in talks with a consortium of three Canadian pension funds and a U.S. private-equity firm.

BCE said in a statement the company is reviewing its strategic alternatives and "has entered into discussions with a group of leading Canadian pension funds to explore the possibility of taking the publicly traded company private."

All the parties say talks are in the early stages, but an industry watcher said the signs are clear.

"What we have here is BCE basically putting a For Sale sign up on their property," said Steve Foerster, a professor of finance at the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario, in London.

Whether or not a deal is eventually signed with the consortium, "there could be others in the works as well," he said

A sale would take the major telecom player off the stock market, eliminating a company held by millions of Canadians individually or in their mutual funds or pension plans.

It also reflects the growing power in the economy of institutional investors and private equity, brass-knuckles capitalists who pour borrowed money into companies, restructure them and later cash out for a profit.

The consortium vying for BCE includes the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the pension fund Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, as well as U.S.-based buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

KKR is one of the best-known private equity firms, with investments in many industries around the world.

Canada’s largest communications company and for years one of the country’s most widely traded stocks, BCE said any deal will maximize shareholder value and meet all legislative and regulatory requirements, including ensuring the company remains Canadian and meets foreign ownership restrictions.

"We’re looking forward to working with the company to better understanding of the business and opportunities to unlock value," said Ian Dale, a senior vice-president of CPP.

"This is still at an early stage. There’s more work to be done here to see whether or not a transaction will result from this process."

BCE was the most heavily traded stock on the Toronto Stock Exchange in trading Tuesday, gaining $2.44 to $38.70, a rise of more than 6.7 per cent, in trading of nearly 16.2 million shares.

Telus Corp., Canada’s second-biggest phone company, was also lifted on the stock market as investors speculated it could also be bought out in the future. Telus shares rose $2.15 to $64.80, a gain of 3.4 per cent.

With more than 807 million shares issued and outstanding, BCE has a stock value of $31.3 billion.

A privatization of BCE would remove one of Canada’s major stocks from the TSX, following the acquisitions in the last year of other former blue-chip stock market favourites such as nickel miners Inco Ltd. and Falconbridge Inc. and steelmaker Dofasco, which have all been acquired by foreign companies.

Dale said BCE would fit in with CPP’s long-term investment plans.

If it comes to fruition, the deal would be the largest single transaction to date for CPP and the biggest buyout ever of a Canadian company.

"We’re looking at this purely as an investment transaction," he said.

He said the consortium will be exploring "opportunities for creating value" within BCE, but would not disclose details of the ownership structure or future for the company if the deal goes through.

KKR could only be a minority partner in any deal, as current rules prohibit non-Canadians from owning more than 46 per cent of a telecommunications company in Canada.

"We are pleased to be working with BCE and its board towards a potential transaction that would enable long-term value creation for the company," said CPP Investment Board CEO David Denison.

"We look forward to working with BCE and our consortium partners as we proceed with the due diligence process."

Henri-Paul Rousseau, CEO of the Caisse, said it joined the consortium "with the objective of submitting a proposal that will be acceptable to all stakeholders, including shareholders and regulatory authorities."

"Obviously, the size of the Caisse’s investment in a potential transaction involving BCE will take into account its investment in Quebecor Media," the media subsidiary of Quebecor Inc.

The Caisse owns about 45 per cent of Quebecor Media and might have to dispose of that stake because Bell and Quebecor subsidiary Videotron compete in the same telecom sector.

Earlier in the week, speculation swirled that another massive pension fund — the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan — was preparing its own consortium to take a run at BCE.

Reports said Teachers, BCE’s current largest shareholder with more than five per cent, had approached U.S.-based Providence Equity Partners Inc. about teaming up on a bid that could run as high as $40 a share, or about $32 billion in total.

BCE has in the past strongly resisted the notion that it put itself up for sale but Foerster said the telecom giant’s stock has underperformed for some time.

Several large pension funds have sizable stakes in BCE , he said. "This looks like an opportunity to get a bit more of a return on their investment," Foerster said.

All sides reiterated that discussions were preliminary and there was no guarantee of a deal. But Foerster said it seems BCE will almost certainly end up in the hands of a private-equity consortium.

And whoever ends up with the company will likely have to take on a lot of debt to do it, he said, and that means changes for the future.

"One has to make sure that you can reduce costs to make sure you can make your interest payments," Foerster said. "Either you look for ways to cut costs or perhaps you even sell off pieces of the business."

Talk of taking BCE private prompted the Dominion Bond Rating Service to put the company’s ratings under review with negative implications.

"DBRS believes the outcome of this process, which may include a privatization of the company, has the potential to negatively impact the company’s financial risk profile should additional leverage be used to accomplish any such transaction," DBRS said in a statement.

"Depending on the structure of any such transaction, DBRS notes that there is a potential all or some of the company’s bonds could remain in place and subject to a significantly higher financial risk profile."

Under the Bell Canada brand, BCE’s services include phone services, high-speed and wireless Internet access, IP-broadband services, information and communications technology services and direct-to-home satellite and VDSL television services.

Other BCE holdings include Telesat Canada, a pioneer and world leader in satellite operations and systems management, and an interest in CTVglobemedia, a major broadcaster and newspaper publisher.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/638298.html

[jimj_wpg]

Who would have thought that with CTV having the Junos and Global having the Simpsons, that CBC would win the ratings race that night?

With what, another run of The National, featuring yet more news about the war in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel vs Palestine? :haha:

[vid]

No, Miss Marple's Mysteries!!

[SpongeG]

thats PBS

[vid]

No CBC! CBC has been airing it for a while. Go back a few pages, it's discussed there, or find the Juno thread, it was probably mentioned there too. :) Miss Marple on CBC beat both the Simpson and Junos!

[SpongeG]

no idea - i don't watch either - but whenever i see CBC its either news related or the hour that gil deacon show and sometimes coronation street

[vid]

Really? Whenever I watch CBC it's all Survivor, According to Jim and Global National.

Yay loose-affiliate station! :rolleyes:

[kirjtc2]

Really? Whenever I watch CBC it's all Survivor, According to Jim and Global National.

Yay loose-affiliate station! :rolleyes:

There should be a CRTC rule against that. Why should national programming that all taxpayers pay for be pre-empted in entire parts of the country?

The CBC station in New Brunswick used to be like that until the early 90s. It pissed me off.

[SpongeG]

colin and justin are coming to canada :yuck:

http://www.hgtv.ca/images/colin_and_justin_Hp.jpg

http://www.hgtv.ca/homeheist/images/HomeHeistBoys.jpg

It’s the ultimate British home invasion—Colin and Justin are coming to Canada! All-star bad design busters Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are crossing the pond to put an end to bad taste in Canada once and for all.

Do you or someone you know own a home in the Greater Toronto Area that is so hideous it makes your head spin? If so, Colin and Justin will transform their abode from tacky to tasteful with a free makeover for a new HGTV series, Colin and Justin’s Home Heist.

[vid]

There should be a CRTC rule against that. Why should national programming that all taxpayers pay for be pre-empted in entire parts of the country?

The CBC station in New Brunswick used to be like that until the early 90s. It pissed me off.

That's nothing. What's their local content like? TBT produces a show with a fat redneck that wanders around the bush fucking things up. "It sounded like a good idea at the time, but..."

They only have to air 120 hours of CBC programming, and most of it is at night.

[kirjtc2]

That's nothing. What's their local content like? TBT produces a show with a fat redneck that wanders around the bush fucking things up. "It sounded like a good idea at the time, but..."

They only have to air 120 hours of CBC programming, and most of it is at night.

Sounds like the typical local show we had on CHSJ. The one I remember the most was called All About Travel, where a travel agent in Saint John sat on this hokey set and played promotional videos for resorts. Every month she'd have a contest where the prize was a trip to one of the featured destinations. My parents won it twice - one was to New York, but the other was to that exotic destination of Moncton.

The station was owned by the Irving family (the Montgomery Burns of Saint John), you'd think they'd spruce things up, but the production values of most of those shows were on par with cable 10.

The local news was produced by CBC from their Fredericton studio...it at least had some measure of quality.

All that's gone now, CBC bought them out around 15 years ago.

[Taller Better]

colin and justin are coming to canada :yuck:

http://www.hgtv.ca/images/colin_and_justin_Hp.jpg

http://www.hgtv.ca/homeheist/images/HomeHeistBoys.jpg

It’s the ultimate British home invasion—Colin and Justin are coming to Canada! All-star bad design busters Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are crossing the pond to put an end to bad taste in Canada once and for all.

Do you or someone you know own a home in the Greater Toronto Area that is so hideous it makes your head spin? If so, Colin and Justin will transform their abode from tacky to tasteful with a free makeover for a new HGTV series, Colin and Justin’s Home Heist.

they are on tv right now. I have to admit I would love to see them get a punch in the gob! They just got here from Vancouver and are making fun of their bad taste right now. Hating the hockey and beavers everywhere.
Nasty.

[vid]

Sounds like the typical local show we had on CHSJ. The one I remember the most was called All About Travel, where a travel agent in Saint John sat on this hokey set and played promotional videos for resorts. Every month she'd have a contest where the prize was a trip to one of the featured destinations. My parents won it twice - one was to New York, but the other was to that exotic destination of Moncton.

The station was owned by the Irving family (the Montgomery Burns of Saint John), you'd think they'd spruce things up, but the production values of most of those shows were on par with cable 10.

The local news was produced by CBC from their Fredericton studio...it at least had some measure of quality.

All that's gone now, CBC bought them out around 15 years ago.

TBNews is hilarious. Their anchors are all college students in the media program (Except for maybe 5?) so they fuck up a lot, one chick they've had on all week called the Constitution "the constituentishion" and took almost a minute the other day saying "Kitchenuhmaykoosib Innunuwig" :ack: I don't know how Barry Third can keep a straight face there. :)

And the graphics are straight out of Windows 95. :)

[SpongeG]

they are on tv right now. I have to admit I would love to see them get a punch in the gob! They just got here from Vancouver and are making fun of their bad taste right now. Hating the hockey and beavers everywhere.
Nasty.

i like how they say CANADA when it turns out to be Toronto :rolleyes:

[vid]

The could very easily leave Toronto, but due to the lack of knowledge of Canadian demographics, they thing everywhere outside of Toronto is like Thunder Bay.

It's very sad. But really, considering the amount of home renovating fags there are these days it really isn't that much of a loss.

[SteelTown]

You guys ever watch Sons of Butcher on Teletoon?

http://www.emergingdesign.ca/sonsofbutcher/cartoon.jpg

It's pretty funny. They live in a town called...Steeltown! lol

[Taller Better]

i like how they say CANADA when it turns out to be Toronto :rolleyes:


Actually, they were talking about Vancouver on the television show.. they just arrived here and were talking about their "Canadian experience" in Vancouver.I assume their new Canadian television show is going to be filmed here but I don't know. I really don't like those guys and I don't like the results of their "makeovers", either. I think they have tacky taste.

[kirjtc2]

Try to figure this one out....and I thought TalkTV becoming MTV Canada was weird...

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2007/24/c8506.html

CanWest MediaWorks To Bring E! to Canada

E! Brand to Span Multiple Platforms

Agreement to Include Canadian Development and Production Initiative

TORONTO, April 24 /CNW/ - The broadcast division of CanWest MediaWorks
today announced an exclusive agreement with E! Networks to license and manage
the E! brand and content in Canada. On September 1, 2007, CanWest will bring
one of the world's definitive entertainment brands to Canadians across
multiple platforms including broadcast, online, mobile, video-on-demand and
satellite radio. As part of this agreement, CanWest's current CH Network will
be rebranded as E! beginning this fall.
"In an ever-changing broadcast landscape, the opportunity to enter into a
strategic alliance with a multi-platform pioneer like E! represents another
defining moment for CanWest's broadcast business," said Kathleen Dore,
President, Canadian Television at CanWest MediaWorks. "This innovative
alliance affords us access to multimedia content to help drive success within
our broadcast business. We are very confident that the powerful combination of
the E! brand and content, alongside our Canadian and local programming, will
resonate strongly with Canadian audiences. While Global Television continues
to experience strong momentum, the launch of the E! brand in Canada will
redefine our second conventional television network."
"One of our primary goals as a company is to maximize the enormous appeal
of the E! brand internationally. The opportunity to partner with CanWest to
bring E! to Canada as an over-the-air network and multi-platform entertainment
service is a tremendous step towards that goal," said Ted Harbert,
president/ceo, Comcast Entertainment Group. "I applaud the amazing work of
Comcast Entertainment Group, International President Kevin MacLellan and his
talented team for their success in putting together this groundbreaking
channel deal with CanWest MediaWorks."
This landmark agreement will see E! delivered as an over-the-air network
for the first time anywhere in the world. The Canadian E! schedule will
continue to feature a mix of primetime network programming, and will add the
extensive library of E! content during daytime, late primetime and weekends.
The network's complete programming schedule will be revealed at the CanWest
MediaWorks fall launch event in June 2007.
Another key element in the dynamic alliance with E! features a commitment
to develop and co-produce Canadian content programming, in genres including
drama, documentary and factual entertainment. In addition to CanWest's
existing roster of Canadian content, the new initiative will be supported by a
dedicated development fund.
Each station will also continue to serve its local audiences via local
news and information programming. Concurrent with the E! launch, each
station's local content will relaunch with a refreshed on-air image under the
banner of their historical call letters (CHCH News, CHEK News, CHBC News, CHCA
News and CJNT Montreal). This is an acknowledgement of the depth of the
connection that the stations have with their local communities - some for over
50 years.
In addition to the E! broadcast network, Canadian entertainment fans will
also be able to stay connected to the world of entertainment through a variety
of E!-branded access points including E! Online, mobile, video-on-demand and
satellite radio. E! Online will be customized for Canadian audiences and
CanWest will be aggressively seeking providers for the distribution and
delivery of Canadian content for all of the E! multi-platform offerings. E!
will work closely with CanWest MediaWorks supporting all new media businesses
related to the E! brand and content within the alliance.

[SteelTown]

What?! There replacing CH with E!, there turning my only source of local news into an entertainment channel? God

[vid]

Poor Hamilton. :(

We already have Star, what the fuck do we need E! for? Why is Canwest so stupid?

Makes me glad I don't get Global up here. Don't have to deal with any of their bullpile.

[SteelTown]

Oh I can't wait to see Joan Rivers come to Hamilton and give us free fashion advise for dyke steel workers.

[SpongeG]

Actually, they were talking about Vancouver on the television show.. they just arrived here and were talking about their "Canadian experience" in Vancouver.I assume their new Canadian television show is going to be filmed here but I don't know. I really don't like those guys and I don't like the results of their "makeovers", either. I think they have tacky taste.

you can apply to have a FREE home makeover - but its only for people living in toronto

i can't stand them

i like when they got made fun of in little britain

[canucklehead2]

CH becoming E! ? So stupid especially when they have the chance to carve out a truly first rate Canadian station and they end up renaming after a 3rd rate American cable channel. I wonder how CTV and CITY-TV will be repositioned to avoid each others territory with the merger all but certain...

[vid]

City will probably go to cable exclusively. Many American cities have channels like that, that specialize in movies and hour long dramas and such, and are available on Cable only. I'm pretty sure TBS is one. :shrug:

Also, the A-Channel stations will be owned by CTV. What will become of them?