Im coming cheap
Mood:
caffeinated
Topic: News on News
Rogers has bought all the CityTV stations across Canada.
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/media/070928/X092817AU.html
What do you know? I have a Rogers cell phone, ordered Rogers home phone and Rogers/Yahoo Hi Speed Internet, rent movies on DVD from Rogers Video Store and occasionally read Macleans (havent read Chatelaine though lately) and now I can pay at least part of my bill to the corporate media giant.
Hand in hand with this deal is DOLLARS $$$$ for more premium at par home spun cottage industry CANADIAN entertainment !
One dose not have to reach back that much further in recent memory to recall oodles of goodie noodles of great Canadian shows and I dont mean just Bob and Doug McKenzie
I mean shows like Due South, North of 60, Traders, ENG just to name a few. Sure, Da Vincincis Inquest is seen widely around the world and now with Intelligence in its 2nd season, I wonder if one Chris Haddock per country is our creative output limit or something.
My question beyond that is: how do our own corporate values and ethics differ from our neighbors to the South?
I look forward to this bolstering of our national identity thanks to cash injections that will cotton Candian creativity into a firm tapestry and strengthen our fabric.
For now, my cheap sunglasses are defintely on order.
Thanks for visiting today!
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Goodbye Miss Moneypenny. Mostly remembered on-line at least for uttering to Flemings fictional hero James Bond on screen: "And James..(pause for emphasis).....come back alive"
Posted by mach1231
at 12:23 PM PDT
Updated: Sunday, September 30, 2007 12:47 PM PDT