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http://www.localtvmatters.ca $300 million a year for American TV None of the money you pay goes to local Canadian TV. Cable companies pad their bottom line. Cable threatens to charge you twice. Regulate basic rates. Make cable companies pay their fair share. Hometown TV may be soon be a thing of the past... localtvmatters.ca

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  • Go CTV! All we need is more American shows we can already get on Fox, CBS, NBC and ABC! Thanks so much for your (non-existent) work!

  • lol cable companies dont want to talk with you because theres nothing to talk about! the CRTC mandates free local tv on cable packages. they have no choice. if anything lobby the CRTC to change that mandate rather then make the cable companies charge us more

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  • Rogers = CityTV

    Shaw = GlobalTV

    CTV = Bell , oh sorry, they use to own them. :P

    CBC = Telus , lol

    As you can see the tv and cable companies are either ripping themselves off or ripping you off.

  • If this does end up falling on the consumer and it will, I'm not going to sit back and take it, I will contact the companies that advertise on these channels "local TV" and explain how I will boycott their products.

    The 'Local TV' will soon start to get the message pretty quick if we all do the same.

    I plan on starting a website if this all goes through to list companies and addresses who advertise with them this will alow people alike to make a protest.

    Stick together people its the only way!

  • How can TV stations ask for such a fee, satellite and cable should be charging them for giving them extra coverage.

    Because you know when they sell advertising slots they are promoting areas that only Satellite and Cable can provide, thus giving them more revenue as it is.

    If the TV companies want to play games with blackouts, Go ahead! in return Satellite and Cable should black out their Advertising slots and/or replace it with their own, that way they can pull in revenue to cover the 'TV Tax'

  • Shaw Cable now has 80% control of Global TV

  • I don't give a rat's' ass if Local TV is the only way to stop a Russian Invasion. I'm not paying some greedy fatass for TV that i don't even watch.

  • Cable Companies are forced by law to provide Local TV to its Customers.

  • Yeah wheres all the Canadian Shows?

    Buying shows in U.S. funds isn't cheap.

    Sure Mr. Canadian TV Station, your so, against cross border shopping.

  • By law, cable companies are forced to provide local channels.

    I WANT!! to pick and choose:

    CityTV: No, This Junk

    Cbc: No, This Junk

    Cbc French: Not Me

    Ctv: Sure

    Global: Sure

  • StopTheTvTax (dot) ca

    Look folks he's talking to his invisible friend.

    Canadian Government SELL CBC!!

    I noticed censorship was going on when LocalTvMatters (dot) ca had a Public Message Board.

    You heard me correct, most of the people were protesting on LocalTvMatters and than they closed the Public Boards and had one comment supporting TV stations.

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