MDST*2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Trades Union Certification Officer, Tv Land, Canadian Content
Week 9: Canada’s Television Industry Can Con, Cable and Specialty Channels
Canadian Content for Radio
M: Music written by Canadian
A: Artist is Canadian
P: Produced/performed in Canada
L: Lyrics written by Canadian
-To Be Canadian - 2 of the 4 must be Canadian!
-Canadian Radio Stations must play at least 35% Canadian Content
Pros and Cons
-Supporters of Can Con Say: It’s been effective • Canadian airwaves are public
property which overrides freedom of individual broadcasters • Radio is still an
important medium • Talent alone won’t get a Canadian artist on radio
-Critics of Can Con Say: Regulations have little to do with music • Exposure does
not necessarily
equate to consumption • Can con ghetto • Are regulations really effective?
How We Get T.V Signals
Canadian Television
-Public (CBC)
-Private: for profit stations
-Private stations don’t receive as much attention from academic community, but
garner much larger audiences than public broadcasters such as CBC
-Conventional Broadcasters: CTV, CBC, Global, CityTV
-Conventional Broadcasters: Signal is available over the air in addition to cable
and satellite; Advertising main source of revenue
-Specialty Channels: TSN, Slice, TVLand, HGTV, BNN, Much
Canada’s Television Industry
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Document Summary
Week 9: canada"s television industry can con, cable and specialty channels. To be canadian - 2 of the 4 must be canadian! Canadian radio stations must play at least 35% canadian content. Supporters of can con say: it"s been effective canadian airwaves are public property which overrides freedom of individual broadcasters radio is still an important medium talent alone won"t get a canadian artist on radio. Private stations don"t receive as much attention from academic community, but garner much larger audiences than public broadcasters such as cbc. Conventional broadcasters: signal is available over the air in addition to cable and satellite; advertising main source of revenue. Specialty channels: tsn, slice, tvland, hgtv, bnn, much. Invests more than 4 billion dollars in public funds in creation of content made by. We watch about 28 hours of television per week. 2010: total revenue 2. 14 bil, local ads 350 mil, national ads 1. 46 bil, profit 52 mil.
