From: doug.bryce{at}sympatico.ca (Doug Bryce)

Rhetorical answer ? ......Maybe our networks would rather plug
their other shows.  (I dunno).



On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 21:55:07 -0500, "John Beamish"
 wrote:

>Okay then, why don't we see the "and on next week's episode"?
 (That's a
>rhetorical question.)
>
>
>"Doug Bryce"  wrote in message
>news:3e61481e.20039811{at}news.barkto.com...
>> I *detest* that rule.....have done ever since we got cable almost 18
>> years ago when we moved into this house.   At that time, we were
>> getting US feeds from Buffalo, NY and Erie, PA.....and CBC still had
>> an affiliate in London, On.    And at that time (and maybe still)
>> Canadian stations could request that their feed be substituted for
>> *other* Canadian stations, too !   There were times when I'd have the
>> London feed on 4 channels....and it would go away -- all 4 channels
>> would go blank.   Aarghh !! 
>>
>> I just checked with my son about commercial minutes in prime time.
>> Apparently it did come up in his 'Media Law' class -- while he's not
>> sure of the actual number of minutes allowed, we are lower and he
>> thinks it's a couple of minutes per hour.
>>
>> doug
>>
>> On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 00:03:29 -0500, "John Beamish"
>>  wrote:
>>
>> >Ahhhhh ... now I understand what you're talking about.  Oh, yeah,
>> >definitely:  both channels carry the same Canadian feed.  You're
>absolutely
>> >right about that.  And, btw, you and I have exactly the same grumble.
>> >
>> >I'd be interested to hear what your son says.  My late cousin worked for
>CBC
>> >and, although it was on the radio side, he would certainly
have known who
>to
>> >talk to on the TV side.
>>
>
>

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