Sunday, March 20, 2011

Cable and satellite providers jubilant as free TV is finally officially dead in Canada

Next stop, the Internet.

Get ready for a national ad campaign about the transition to digital television.

Some Canadian homes will be forced to buy satellite service if they want to continue to receive TV signals. Associated Press
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued an order Friday for Canada's over-the-air networks to begin airing public service announcements about the switchover to digital TV, starting May 1.

The CRTC ordered broadcasters to roll out digital TV signals (already sent out in some cities) nationwide by Aug. 31. Analog, over-the-air signals are to be shut down over the following year.

Viewers who rely exclusively on analog signals will have to find a new way of receiving their favourite stations.


New ways that are no longer free.

Mahou Shoujo
2011/03/19
at 10:23 PM ET
There are people out there willing to pay to watch commercials? The place gets curiouser and curiouser, the outright silly.


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