EZ_Lede of Bertoxx
11-12-03, 02:28 AM
For Those Not in the Know: when a television show is broadcast on an American network and a Canadian network at the same time, the American network has the broadcast changed so that it no longer originates from the American Network, but is in fact a simulcast of the Canadian broadcast.
This leads to a number of infuriating problems:
1) The Superbowl @#%$ sucks - Instead of seeing all the cool commercials which everybody in EQ or on the board are talking about, I get to watch a damn commercial by Bob the furniture salesman with the store on Route X just outside of Halifax :"> . I can't just download these commercials, because Dial Up is the only internet access available where I live. Well it is an option, just a slow and tedious option, like watching Superbowl Lite on Global. So I basically have to pray for a reairing of these commercials at another time, which will probably be during one of those unfunny stupid/butt ugly guy married to a wife in the pretty-beautiful range sitcoms, because Global also seems to have the rights to most shows that are even halfway popular(ER and CSI which are on CTV being the only exceptions I can think of off the top of my head).
2) No previews of 24 - I don't need to see a preview for a show, but it is nice to have the option. Instead of watching the preview, I get to watch a 3 minute presentation by the Global News weatherwoman about upcoming community events in Halifax. Yeah, time to hop in the car and take that 5-6 hour drive to Halifax for the children's book fair . This Overbroadcast of Fox lasts right until the 10' o clock(11 o clock here because of time zones) news comes on Fox. This wasn't a problem last season because Global broadcast 24 at 8pm and Fox showed 24 at 10pm.
I don't know whether the Networks, the Cable company or the Canadian Government(don't put it past them) came up with this stupid policy, but they probably had The Devil himself come in as an Advisor to dream it up.
This leads to a number of infuriating problems:
1) The Superbowl @#%$ sucks - Instead of seeing all the cool commercials which everybody in EQ or on the board are talking about, I get to watch a damn commercial by Bob the furniture salesman with the store on Route X just outside of Halifax :"> . I can't just download these commercials, because Dial Up is the only internet access available where I live. Well it is an option, just a slow and tedious option, like watching Superbowl Lite on Global. So I basically have to pray for a reairing of these commercials at another time, which will probably be during one of those unfunny stupid/butt ugly guy married to a wife in the pretty-beautiful range sitcoms, because Global also seems to have the rights to most shows that are even halfway popular(ER and CSI which are on CTV being the only exceptions I can think of off the top of my head).
2) No previews of 24 - I don't need to see a preview for a show, but it is nice to have the option. Instead of watching the preview, I get to watch a 3 minute presentation by the Global News weatherwoman about upcoming community events in Halifax. Yeah, time to hop in the car and take that 5-6 hour drive to Halifax for the children's book fair . This Overbroadcast of Fox lasts right until the 10' o clock(11 o clock here because of time zones) news comes on Fox. This wasn't a problem last season because Global broadcast 24 at 8pm and Fox showed 24 at 10pm.
I don't know whether the Networks, the Cable company or the Canadian Government(don't put it past them) came up with this stupid policy, but they probably had The Devil himself come in as an Advisor to dream it up.