That would be interesting. I remember watching a couple of Canadian shows years ago I loved. One was a couple of comedians. Wayne and Shuster I think they were called. Another was Degrassi Junior High. I nearly forgot, You Can't Do That on Television.
"It's always opening time in the Sailors Arms".
That is kind of what I was here looking for...updates on some Canadian dramas I liked. I know there is a CTV. I'd check there.
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You hear about Canadian Television
and you hear of Canadian performers
and you hear of Canadian networks
but when it comes right down to it
you don't know much about any of that
until it's all taken away from you
In addition to CTV
they also have CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/television/
Why they have to abbreviate everything
who knows? who knows?
♪ Not even Mad Scientists
get it right every time
If you live in Detroit or buffalo, I'd imagine so.
I know that many US citizens find it hard to believe that Canada is a sovereign nation and not an unofficial "51st state", but Canada really is a foreign country, and its TV programming is protected by international treaties. OTOH Canada has gone beyond stealing away most of our TV show filming locations, and has gone to selling shows about actual people in Canada...well, isn't the next step to put up a CBC America cable channel?
If I can watch Alan Cumming present Masterpiece Mystery!'s edition of a year-old BBC show and play a lawyer in America all in the same evening, why can't I see the lost "Flashpoint" episodes?
Ok, I admit it. Though I do not think Canada is the 51st state, (that's obviously Puerto Rico), I know precious little about our neighbor to the North. That's why Canadian television is so fascinating to me...Really? It's a sovereign nation? I thought they were under the English crown? You mean all that Prince William and Kate visiting hoopla was just sightseeing? Oy. Ok, they're a sovereign nation all their own. They're that neighbor who doesn't cause any problems, but mostly keeps to themselves.
I recently scrolled through ALL of the cable channels available to me. I can get programing from Kuwait, for Pete sakes, but not Canada! What can I say? Canadians don't like to share? So, I can pretty much watch anything I want so long as I don't speak the language?
I would think it would benefit the Canadian people if they had a partnership with a cable provider in the US. Wouldn't it drum up some business for everybody? Perhaps they know they have a good thing going up there, and don't want to advertise for fear we'll start storming the borders? Supposedly there is a way to watch almost anything illegally on the internet. I don't recommend it. It cost me $100 to get my computer fixed after I tried to watch the last half of the first season of Remedy. (And THEY posted the first four episodes on YouTube!)
By the way, what's all this about lost Flashpoint episodes? That's gotta be my favorite show, Canadian or otherwise, and this is the first I'm hearing about this? Might there be more????
IIRC the last season of "Flashpoint" didn't air in the US. It's been a while, but I'm sure I read that the next season was "in production", but never made it to air in the US.
Canada has some weird and isolationist laws regarding local talent. For example their radio stations could only play music performed by Canadian citizens...all three of them. I remember driving through Ontario and hearing the same songs played over and over. I can only surmise that there's some rule that forbids Canadian TV networks from making international deals.
When it comes to DBS satellite distribution it's a two way street. US companies like DirecTV can't sell their services outside the US. A friend in Jamaica is always bugging me to get a satellite box in my name and mail it to him so he can sell it on the black market.
I'm no expert on international law, but apparently it's a big deal for some reason. Don't ask me why though...
The last season of Flashpoint can be seen on the Ion television network. The last two episodes are incredible! They're worth looking for. You can also find them on Amazon instant Video under season five. I know, I know, the seasons got all messed up between the United States season five, and the Canadian season five, but that got straightened out when they issued season four in two versions. (This idea didn't sit too well with those who purchased the DVDs through Amazon only to discover they already owned half of the material.) If there was a better relationship between the two parties, stuff like that wouldn't happen. Supposedly, I can't watch streaming video from the Global network, (no pun, that's really their name,) because there is no rights agreement between the two countries.
I had no idea radio stations can only play music by Canadian musicians. How in the world did they manage back in the sixties when the Beatles were around and everyone under 21 needed a cause to protest against?
There does appear to be some way around things for members of the military. If they are stationed in or near Canada, they are allowed to watch things on Amazon that I can't watch from here using the same account. I wish I knew whose cage I could rattle in order to get things settled. I mean, can't we all just get along?
Thanks for sorting that out for me! That explains why I sometimes thought that I had just imagined the last season. I'll have to binge watch the whole series, just as soon as I finish watching this season of "Rookie Blue". Seems fitting.
My experiences with Canadian radio are limited to one family trip taken in the '70s and another that I took alone in the '80s to see a friend in upstate New York. I was a pretty curious kid, so no doubt I asked (and was answered) during the first trip. I'm not sure how long that rule lasted (it may be in place today!) but IIRC it meant that Canada was largely insulated from rock 'n' roll music (at least over the airwaves) for a very long time. Crazy, eh?
I didn't think about Internet streaming, but come to think of it you're right--streaming video services use geolocation by IP address to block users in markets that they can't serve. I guess living near the border means you can cheat a bit, just like people in Detroit could watch Windsor TV stations, and vice versa!