tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10931739.post7318162314871130064..comments2023-12-11T15:35:23.779-08:00Comments on Pulp 2.0: The Whopping Post of DoomCunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137025404327426886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10931739.post-50366341106331347192007-02-21T08:19:00.000-08:002007-02-21T08:19:00.000-08:00All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men ...All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing...Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137025404327426886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10931739.post-13325787533944126662007-02-21T07:35:00.000-08:002007-02-21T07:35:00.000-08:00"x hours per week per channel in primetime is rese...<I>"x hours per week per channel in primetime is reserved for original Canadian programming."</I><BR/><BR/>This policy already exists, or at least it did when CTV and Global got their last license renewals. That number was 8. Eight hours of 'priority programming' per week between 7 and 11.<BR/><BR/>The problem is, neither CTV nor Global comes close to eight hours per week, even including entertainment magazines and other junk they're allowed to fill their schedule with.<BR/><BR/>This week, CTV has a mere 3 hours of Canadian programming, and only 1 1/2 hours are scripted shows. Global is better (7 hours), but that includes 'Deal or No Deal Canada' and four year old re-runs of 'Blue Murder'.<BR/><BR/>Combining a weekly minimum with financial incentives and all the other excellent suggestions you made might fix the situation, but the minimums would still have to be iron-clad and enforceable because otherwise Canadian commercial broadcasters will do <I>anything</I> to avoid Canadian programming.Jennifer Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610902519752808810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10931739.post-77121273357384986462007-02-20T17:33:00.000-08:002007-02-20T17:33:00.000-08:00This is some great suggestions, Bill...thanks for ...This is some great suggestions, Bill...thanks for this. <BR/><BR/>I'm still mulling and thinking about forwarding to people I know more involved with policy desision making just because I can't imagine most of these haven't already been considered. I'm presuming so (I was on committees ages ago that pushed for reforms in order to get more production out in the regions and out from under Telefilm), and want to try to find out why things turned out the way they have.wcdixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511429457006302795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10931739.post-52432792264651068082007-02-20T15:48:00.000-08:002007-02-20T15:48:00.000-08:00I believe it Steve. I've met too many people who d...I believe it Steve. I've met too many people who don't like "doing things the same old way" for it not to change. <BR/><BR/><I/>(And that's on both sides of the border!)</I> <BR/><BR/>And yes, I realize that there are privately funded projects afoot. I whole-heartedly endorse them for that reason alone even though they may not be to my taste. If there's an audience for it - got get 'em. Build the business. Fill the niche. <BR/><BR/>My whole arguement about governments, any government, is that they don't don't know how to build upon what they have been given by the people. They only know how to administer what they have been given.Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137025404327426886noreply@blogger.com