http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/13/1364194/--Fox-News-North-Is-Shutting-Down
[The irony here is that the self-described 'centre-right',
pro-ultra-capitalism media outlet could not break-even unless subsidized
by a federal government regulator forcing all broadcast carriers to
carry the channel on a no-opt-out for-fee basis for all subscribers.
Potential subscribers protested en masse, repeatedly, to prevent that.
And apparently very, very few Canadians were prepared to pay a fee for
Sun News as a specialty channel.
Oh, and as a final parting gift, Sun News did not give remaining staff
notice of termination as legally required.
Fortunately, for those who have developed a taste for the CPC kool-aid,
Canadian taxpayers provide that free of charge via the Internet - the
Prime Minister's personal propaganda / vanity channel:
http://pm.gc.ca/eng/24seven - AKA Spin Central - any resemblance to
reality is likely an oversight.]
Fri Feb 13, 2015 at 01:35 AM PST
'Fox News North' Is Shutting Down
The market speaks, and what it says is Get lost, nobody in Canada wants
to watch your right-wing faux news:
Sun News Network is about to sign off, permanently. CBC News has
learned that the cable news television channel will shut down early Friday.
The network began broadcasting in April 2011, launching a
right-of-centre programming schedule, but it has had a constant
challenge attracting viewers.
Its supporters blamed the CRTC for not giving it the same access
enjoyed by news channels operated by CBC and CTV.
The federal broadcast regulator denied Sun News a guaranteed spot
on basic cable TV packages in August 2013.
Data released as part of that application showed that while the
network was available to 5.1 million households, it was only attracting,
on average, 8,000 viewers at any given time.
(My emphasis.)
It never managed to pay its way because nobody wanted to watch it,
outside of a few Canadian wingnuts (yes there are some), and the owners
got tired of supporting it financially. Propaganda can get expensive,
especially when you can't force people to watch it, like the way Fox
News is the required channel in so many hotel lobbies, bars, spas,
waiting rooms, restaurants, etc. across the U.S.
So a minority may have been able to force Stephen Harper and his
Conservative Party on the country, but at least they've haven't been
able to force Fox News North on it in any way that matters.
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