service in Canada

[brotherhood]

hi all
is dishnet ever going to add service in canada?
i like my expressvu but sure would love dishnet and all its soccer ,international channels.
thanks

[Islandguy43]

hi all
is dishnet ever going to add service in canada?
i like my expressvu but sure would love dishnet and all its soccer ,international channels.
thanks

How good are your chances of getting a relative in the U.S.? That is how good your chances of getting Dishnet in Canada.

[boba]

When is Canadian law going to change allowing non Canadian companies to use Canadian airspace.

[ivbuhalo]

When is Canadian law going to change allowing non Canadian companies to use Canadian airspace.

When?

Never!

Reason #1 must have "Canadian" content
Reason #2 end users must pay GST/PST and "save the local TV" tax
Reason #0 Bell/Rogers is enough to imitate market competition plus this is the way to keep prices as high as possible.

[QCK]

Yup, ivbuhalo pretty much summed it up. It will not happen for sure in our lifetime.

[chiodo]

Why would Dish or Directv want to change their marketing to CRTC controlled Canadian standards?

Also Canadian TV networks purchase the Canadian rights to TV shows to show and distribute in Canada, if Dish Network & Directv operated in Canada, they would not be able to show any US TV channels that shows the same programming that a Canadian network has rights to in Canada. SimSub is not an option that US satellite providers are interested in for a market that is smaller than the state of California.

Only way it would ever happen is if USA and Canada merge into one country, not likely in our lifetime.

[SamCdbs]

The above is correct.

Long ago, when DirecTV first started (called DSS then), DirecTV and the Power Corporation of Canada (a Canadian mega-corporation with politcal ties to everybody) had a joint liscense to serve Canada. The system would have worked something like XM does today in the terms that there would be channels that Canadian subscribers would not get, channels that US subscribers would not get and a core of channels that both got.

After listening to the CRTC's conditions relative to sim-sub and Canadian content, they passed and let the liscense expire.

[chuckster_dude]

I always thought that DISH should offer a Canadian TV package in their international pack. Maybe with CBC, CTV, Global, CityTV and TSN or Sportsnet in such a package.

Since these channels carry US content from the major networks, there would need to be some blackout work to be done, but with all the Canadians living amongst us (including 1 in my house ) it might have some customer appeal in the US.

[drdroo]

I always thought that DISH should offer a Canadian TV package in their international pack. Maybe with CBC, CTV, Global, CityTV and TSN or Sportsnet in such a package.

And Showcase and Comedy.... Though Showcase doesn't matter so much since Trailer Park Boys are gone..

I do like the idea though.

[tdti1]

hi all
is dishnet ever going to add service in canada?
i like my expressvu but sure would love dishnet and all its soccer ,international channels.
thanks

Go out and grab a big c/ku-band dish if you have the room for it.