never been to canada, i was wondering what type of programs are in canada and can you get american programs in canada. i have read on other topics that canadians can get get the american networks on cable or low power transmitters. and what are the different canadians networks and how many are there.
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what kind of programs are in canada ?
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As for the networks, and the type of programs they offer, you'll find them all here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Canadian_broadcast_television
As for American shows in Canada, it's almost like watching American television in Canada -- literally. Anyone in thsi board will attest to that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Canadian_broadcast_television
As for American shows in Canada, it's almost like watching American television in Canada -- literally. Anyone in thsi board will attest to that.
azumanga said:
Yes. Outside of a deal or no deal Canada coming next spring (and only for 5 episodes) there really isn't much Canadian to see.
CBC TV does have the Royal Canadian air Farce ( http://www.airfarce.com/ )
and this hour has 22 minutes, but outside of that, most programming on Canadain Television exsists strictly for the purpose of blocking out the american channel, and that's it. (Sim Sub)
Sad, really.
Captex....
My family background is Canadian and I travel there frequently on business.
In addition to Canadian stations and networks carrying many U.S. programs, American broadcast networks are available just about everywhere. Either over the air or via cable or satellite. Quite a few cable networks are available as well, but generally not the sports or movie networks. There are Canadian versions of those, and often the content is similar.
Canadian Radio tends to sound "the same but different" to American ears. Formats are similar to U.S., but by law, most of the time Canadian content must be included. This means about every third or fourth song on a music station will be Canadian. The original idea was to give more exposure to Canadian writers, performers, etc. The result is also more (and in my opinion better) variety. The CBC radio networks are non-commercial and carry a mix of network and local programming. Major cities all have at least one English and French CBC outlet. (SRC is the French version of the CBC). A few American network radio talk shows are aired north of the border (Dr. Laura, for example), but not the political stuff.
My family background is Canadian and I travel there frequently on business.
In addition to Canadian stations and networks carrying many U.S. programs, American broadcast networks are available just about everywhere. Either over the air or via cable or satellite. Quite a few cable networks are available as well, but generally not the sports or movie networks. There are Canadian versions of those, and often the content is similar.
Canadian Radio tends to sound "the same but different" to American ears. Formats are similar to U.S., but by law, most of the time Canadian content must be included. This means about every third or fourth song on a music station will be Canadian. The original idea was to give more exposure to Canadian writers, performers, etc. The result is also more (and in my opinion better) variety. The CBC radio networks are non-commercial and carry a mix of network and local programming. Major cities all have at least one English and French CBC outlet. (SRC is the French version of the CBC). A few American network radio talk shows are aired north of the border (Dr. Laura, for example), but not the political stuff.
cyberdad said:
Ah, but if we're going to talk about Canadian radio, we should really wait until after December 14th.
The CRTC (American version of FCC) is about to make changes.
One is speculated to be an increase in Canadain Content from the current 35% up to 40...
Thanks to the aforementioned CRTC, those of us south of the border can listen to Canadian content as well. When XM and Sirius Satellite Radio providers applied to serve Canada, they were each licensed on the condition that Canadian content be offered. Each provider must have at least eight Canadian channels, and can't offer more than 9 American channels for each Canadian channel offered. Furthermore, all Canadian channels must have 85% Canadian content, and be produced on Canadian soil.
XM has thus far taken a very pragmatic approach, producing primarily Canadian content which is easily marketable to Americans, and therefore somewhat less distinctly Canadian.
Sirius, on the other hand, partnered with the CBC / Radio-Canada, and therefore carries multiple channels from CBC, SRC, and Radio-Canada, as well as a few stations from other Canadian partners.
XM has thus far taken a very pragmatic approach, producing primarily Canadian content which is easily marketable to Americans, and therefore somewhat less distinctly Canadian.
Sirius, on the other hand, partnered with the CBC / Radio-Canada, and therefore carries multiple channels from CBC, SRC, and Radio-Canada, as well as a few stations from other Canadian partners.
The Canadian networks, other than CBC/SRC of course, rebroadcast the best of American programming. On TV, the "CH" stations broadcast a number of CBS programs, including The Price is Right and NCIS; other CBS programs such as CSI are seen on CTV, or A-Channel in the case of Jericho. CTV also shows some NBC programs such as Law & Order. Global shows a number of FOX shows including House, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and American Dad. American Idol is seen on CTV. CKXT in Toronto (Sun TV, Channel 52) shows My Network TV programs; a few CW programs are split between A-Channel and Citytv, both owned by CHUM.
Canadian programming is mostly confined to CBC/SRC, and most of it these days is of a lower quality than most American programming, and is there just to fill the schedule with as much Canadian programming as possible. CBC used to have a number of "good" Canadian shows, back when its mandate was to be a network and not an outlet for "anything Canadian" at all costs.
There is also much less local programming on Canadian television compared to American stations, particularly where the CBC is concerned. Even in smaller markets, American network affiliates tend to have two hours of local news in the morning plus local updates during the network morning shows, at least a half hour at noon, 90 minutes at the supper-hour, and 35 minutes at 11 PM. Local morning newscasts are not done on CBC or CTV affiliates, and local news at 5 PM is almost unheard of, except in BC and Alberta and on the French TVA network. All but one of the CBC owned-and-operated stations are limited to a half hour per day, from 6-6:30 PM, and there are no updates on most stations. Weekend local programming in Canada is very, very minimal, and CBC doesn't even have any. Canadian broadcasters tend to be less concerned with profitability than American broadcasters. Canada does not have an equivalent to PBS per se; there are a few educational broadcasters, owned by provincial governments - CICA in Toronto and broadcasting through Ontario (TVO), CIVM in Montreal and broadcasting throughout Quebec (Tele-Quebec), plus Knowledge Network in BC and SCN in Saskatchewan on cable/satellite; there's also Access Alberta (CIAN/CJAL) which is privately owned. CFTU in Montreal (Canal Savoir) is probably the closest thing to a PBS station there is, as it is run by the University of Montreal.
Canadian radio is much more similar to American radio, with the same formats, and similar models for local programming. The CanCon requirements do create more variety, depending on the station. For oldies stations it means having to endure Edward Bear and Susan Jacks several times per day.
Canadian programming is mostly confined to CBC/SRC, and most of it these days is of a lower quality than most American programming, and is there just to fill the schedule with as much Canadian programming as possible. CBC used to have a number of "good" Canadian shows, back when its mandate was to be a network and not an outlet for "anything Canadian" at all costs.
There is also much less local programming on Canadian television compared to American stations, particularly where the CBC is concerned. Even in smaller markets, American network affiliates tend to have two hours of local news in the morning plus local updates during the network morning shows, at least a half hour at noon, 90 minutes at the supper-hour, and 35 minutes at 11 PM. Local morning newscasts are not done on CBC or CTV affiliates, and local news at 5 PM is almost unheard of, except in BC and Alberta and on the French TVA network. All but one of the CBC owned-and-operated stations are limited to a half hour per day, from 6-6:30 PM, and there are no updates on most stations. Weekend local programming in Canada is very, very minimal, and CBC doesn't even have any. Canadian broadcasters tend to be less concerned with profitability than American broadcasters. Canada does not have an equivalent to PBS per se; there are a few educational broadcasters, owned by provincial governments - CICA in Toronto and broadcasting through Ontario (TVO), CIVM in Montreal and broadcasting throughout Quebec (Tele-Quebec), plus Knowledge Network in BC and SCN in Saskatchewan on cable/satellite; there's also Access Alberta (CIAN/CJAL) which is privately owned. CFTU in Montreal (Canal Savoir) is probably the closest thing to a PBS station there is, as it is run by the University of Montreal.
Canadian radio is much more similar to American radio, with the same formats, and similar models for local programming. The CanCon requirements do create more variety, depending on the station. For oldies stations it means having to endure Edward Bear and Susan Jacks several times per day.
M.J. said:
The worst offenders tend to be CTV and Global, which mainly use Canadian programming not only to meet Cancon requirements, but mainly as schedule filler, until the next big American program cones along.
M.J. said:
For Americans listening to Canadian oldies stations, it's much better than American oldies stations these days. Until recently, CFCO AM 630 in Chatham, Ontario was one of these, with alot of cult listeners in the US. Everytime I was in Michigan, more often you would find me listening to CFCO than the Michigan stations. Since then, they started replacing some of its music with local talk and sports -- and that, it seems, upsetted its listeners. Word now that they're lighening up on the talk a little.
azumanga said:
CFCO is actually a fairly good station. They do have some small-town local programs like those flea market call-ins, but they have a fair enough amount of music.
azumanga said:
I definitely agree. If nothing else, Can-con has opened up the playlists. There are several representative oldies stations available online. CISL in Vancouver CKOC in Hamilton come to mind (and happen to be co-owned). There are about a half-dozen or a dozen others.
As for CFCO, it doesn't stream (at least not the last time I checked), but puts a decent signal into about half of lower Michigan as well as parts of northern Ohio. CHWO in Toronto....more of a nostalgia station...is a 50KW blowtorch covering most of the Northeastern U.S. at night (and parts of upstate New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania during daylight). No streaming however.
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Yes, CFCO has a *great* mix of oldies! I love listening to them whenever I can. I was disappointed with the move to more talk programming and glad they may be moving back to more music now. I guess CFCO is my favourite oldies station out there. They also sound great technically. Still broadcasting in AM-Stereo and it sounds awesome. I have visited the station studios and their transmitter site. They have a nice little operation. Very good for small town radio. They sound much better than a lot of the big market stations. During my visit at CFCO (summer, 2005) I asked about streaming online. I was told that worries over copyright issues was the reason. Their fear was that if stations in Canada have to start paying to stream online (as they do in the US), the fees would be retroactive. I do wish they were available online. CKOC in Hamilton is good too, and streams online, but I prefer CFCO. The once mighty CHUM is a disappointment. Seems that after the failed boneheaded decision to go sports, they've just never gotten it together.
cyberdad said:
And then there's the channel called SPACE, which is what SCI FI should resemble here in the States.
azumanga said:
Radio Canada International produces RCIplus, a multilingual service, available exclusively on Sirius // 188.
http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/PDF/B06_RCI_Plus.pdf is the schedule.
Unfortunately, some older USA-only Sirius radios (including mine) don't receive 188 and a few others. However I have verified on an in-store Sirius demo unit that newer radios receive all Canadian streams just fine.
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