On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 3:16 PM Sean Healy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2020-12-28 11:51 a.m., Doug Eastick wrote: > > > > CFL, I believe, is totally on TSN cable. Some other Canadian can > > correct me if the Grey Cup goes to CTV. > > I can attest there's been no CFL over-the-air for years now. The Grey > Cup doesn't go to CTV. > > It could easily be argued they've lost a generation of cable cutters as > a result, though I'm sure they find alternate ways if they really want > to watch. > The CFL has been exclusively on cable since 2008 (CBC's contract ended in 2007). Cable's penetration has always been high in Canada, so they lost some households with that, but I'm not sure how many. As for the NFL games on CTV, I'm under the impression that they go there in part so that CTV can take advantage of the simultaneous substitution rules (whereby cable companies have to replace the American station's feed with the Canadian one when they are airing the same program at the same time). That phenomenon during the Super Bowl has been a particular bone of contention in Canada. John -- John Edwards "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtM%2B80%3D5F5iLLMVBrT1%3DxXt_POfTS%2BxSzwYwpEVksNZ9MYQ%40mail.gmail.com.
