(And as regular readers know, since we’re talking about liberals, “on high” could mean that they’re literally high on pot).
Mmmmbut anyway. Re watching TV: Can we get a hurry-up on that whole “freedom” thing, Mr. Harper? Thanks.
Like what if all I want to pay for on my TV is Fox News Channel, which is (by a huge margin) the best, the most fair and balanced, the most honest, and the most popular news channel in North America? It often doubles the audience of CNN and MSNBC (and of course the far-leftist CBC and LIBERALVISION CTV in Canada) combined —with superb shows like Bill O’Reilly’s O’Reilly Factor (which has twice the audience of Larry “I’m-a-liberal” King), and other great shows like Hannity and Colmes; and, say, the Golf Channel? Well those and maybe the U.S. networks so I can watch all of the most popular shows in Canada like American Idol? 
I honestly don’t want the far-leftist state-run media channels because when you watch or listen to that left-wing state-run CBC, you actually become dumber. Again: that’s dumber. The LIBERALVISION CTV is bad enough, but combine that with the CBC and you’ve got your dumb and dumber.
(Hat tip to Mister Kim and N’Hampsha Yankee)
Cable bundles to continue for at least four years
Cable TV customers should be able to pick and choose which channels they want but the old system of buying networks in bundles must also be preserved — at least for another four years — to protect some TV stations, the federal broadcast regulator has ruled.
In a policy aimed at easing concerns of the cable networks who fear they will lose subscribers if the bundles are eliminated, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says it wants cable companies to continue selling their service in so-called tiers on digital.
Those packages would be offered in addition to the pick-and-choose systems that are increasingly available.
The tier system, which was pioneered during the analog cable days and requires that subscribers buy TV channels in set groups or tiers, must be offered on digital cable until at least 2010, the CRTC said.
[…] However, in a show of support for analog cable networks concerned that their audiences may plunge, the CRTC said the tiered system must be kept in place on digital cable until 2013. If cable providers have transferred more than 85 per cent of their subscribers to digital after 2010, that system can be dropped.
The tiers have often frustrated consumers who would like certain stations but do not want to be pay for those they don’t want.
Allowing that system to remain in place will allow analog cable subscribers to be shifted seamlessly to a digital cable world, while subscribers who want to pick specific channels will also have choice.
Cable providers want to offer unfettered choice for their customers as they prepare to go up against telecom companies who are preparing to enter the TV market with promises of letting customers select channels from a menu.
“I think that a lot of our customers like their existing packages because they’re familiar with them,” Mr. Engelhart said. “But there’s a very, very sizable minority that want more choice and flexibility, and so we’ll be able to accommodate them.”
Well whatever. The state knows best. The state knows what’s best for us and in all their benevolence will do what’s best for us by restricting what we are allowed to watch and what we’re allowed to pay for. Vote liberal.
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