Ellemac clued me in to cancon a while back. I’m reminded of a quote of Lorne Michaels in Live from New York, where he {as a Canadian} pitched the SNL idea to CBC in the 70s only to be told that if he thought he was such hot shit, why isn’t he pitching it in the US.

I wish there was more good Can Con being produced. Québec can do it with francophone programming on a small budget and for relatively small audiences, but the viewers actually support it. I tried to like Billable Hours, but it was uneven at best. Same for Little Mosque on the Prairie. Rick Mercer and Kenny vs. Spenny show that it’s possible, but I guess it’s hard to compete with US programming filling the programming grids.

Plus, can the whole Anne of ___ just be given a rest. I half expect a sci-fi production of Anne of Andromeda to pop up.

Leafs. Ha! @Miss606 tweets Canucks games.

PS. Leafs suck. They aren’t even grammatically correct.

There’s been quite a bit of kerfuffle up here in Canada about ensuring a certain amount of CanCon content on the internet, though I think the CRTC is fucking loopy to think they can actually manage to get this to work. A lot of, though, has been driven by Canadian Film/TV industry folks, including Colin Mochrie. I have to admit, I haven’t really been following it too closely, so I’m not sure exactly what it is they are trying to do.

I can find out what site my friend got the TBP from and let you know. Then it will be a shit-typhoon of TBP for you, my friend.

Hmmmm. Well, I see watching TV online to be akin to time-shifting and premium content technologies like PVRs, VoD, and PPV merged with the functionality of the web. I can’t help but think of media convergence and one area of value-creation can be the integration of cable/satellite and the web. The interfaces of the TV realm are horrible with scrolling grids, TiVo notwithstanding.

Slingbox allows users to use the web to watch content from their home (converter boxes), but that’s not the same as what you’re saying. The content providers (NHL) are the ones who need to get on the ball regarding subscriptions or web PPV. One of the obstacles, as I see it, is global digital content management & I think someone needs to come up with a solution that lowers costs for offering web content. I’m firmly a believer in making the content available for purchase as easy as possible. LOWER the price and make it available ASAP. It’s already digital.

Leafs fan, EH? Well, here’s a reacha…what is it? Oh, a wraparound.

I like the idea of being able to watch TV on the web, though. Ironically, though, it seems like this feature would be most useful for constituents who were out of range (i.e. in another country or a different cable market) from their typical method of watching their favourite shows. God, if I were in Sweden and I couldn’t watch the Stanley Cup final, it might actually be the only time I gave a shit about not being able to watch it. What if the Leafs finally made it back to the Cup? And I was already far from home, missing Tim Hortons and Mother Corp (that’s the CBC to non-Canadians) and the Queen on the money?? It would be utter heartbreak.

How about CBC and others charging a subscription fee for HNIC internationally?