How things have changed

[telstar_1]

Anyone know how Canadians are doing with cord cutting? I would think there could be added incentive simply in that Canadian cable/sat has been heavily regulated to exclude much of US content in order to promote home content. Streaming would seem to cut through any of that, presuming there aren't restrictions on that as well. Or maybe US streamers won't sell there?

 

[NYDutch]

Anyone know how Canadians are doing with cord cutting? I would think there could be added incentive simply in that Canadian cable/sat has been heavily regulated to exclude much of US content in order to promote home content. Streaming would seem to cut through any of that, presuming there aren't restrictions on that as well. Or maybe US streamers won't sell there?

Some of the most popular streaming apps, like YTTV, Netflix, Hulu, and others, are geo locked to at least one country, if not even tighter. There are ways around that for the technically inclined.

 

[Rolling Joe]

Anyone know how Canadians are doing with cord cutting? I would think there could be added incentive simply in that Canadian cable/sat has been heavily regulated to exclude much of US content in order to promote home content. Streaming would seem to cut through any of that, presuming there aren't restrictions on that as well. Or maybe US streamers won't sell there?

They do sell in Canada. However, the CRTC has extended the Canadian content slush fund requirement to the US streamers. That fund has been getting less money from the Canadian media companies (CTV, Global etc.) as the ratings and viewers decline. So the "solution" is to make the US companies take up the slack meaning that a majority of that funds money will come from the US. That in turn, means a portion of the monthly fee US customers pay ends subsidizing Canadian TV, news and music production.

The US streamers are less than happy about this (as well as the current and former administration in Washington.). The Canadians claim they are 'reviewing' things as this may impact the wider trade agreements between the US and Canada. We'll see.

 

[Bruce]

Once again, streaming wins-

 

[Jimbo]

Once again, streaming wins-

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[Bruce]

Are you posting Broadcast/Cable TV is a dead horse?

 

[Jimbo]

Are you posting Broadcast/Cable TV is a dead horse?

I'm posting that you for some reason expect different results.

Streaming at this point will always be ahead, they've past them and theres very slim chance it ever changes.

 

[Bruce]

Streaming at this point will always be ahead,

11 months in a row currently.

they've past them and theres very slim chance it ever changes.

Agree and I blame all on Traditional TV, less and less new content and pricing increases that well out paced inflation, plus the fact that certain providers treated their subscribers like absolute ****.

 

[ncted]

On the plus side, inflation is catching up!

 

[navychop]

Let's just see a few fiber cables get cut. Satellite TV might make a comeback, even considering they use some fiber.

Of course, TV watching might be a "lesser" priority then…..

 

[telstar_1]

The fiber I'm on claimed 10 years ago when it started that it uses a redundant "looped" system that will prevent outage in event of any cable cut.

 

[Jimbo]

The fiber I'm on claimed 10 years ago when it started that it uses a redundant "looped" system that will prevent outage in event of any cable cut.

So, do we know if that in fact is true ?

I've heard that same thing when installing Fiber, but have never tested the theory.

 

[Bobby]

So, do we know if that in fact is true ?

I've heard that same thing when installing Fiber, but have never tested the theory.

I think that 'may' be true going to the node but definitely not true to the branches.

 

[Jimbo]

I think that 'may' be true going to the node but definitely not true to the branches.

Yes, they never did say exactly WHAT that covered.

 

[meStevo]

So, do we know if that in fact is true ?

I've heard that same thing when installing Fiber, but have never tested the theory.

Yes, it's relatively standard resiliency practice - an area / neighborhood is fed in a hub / loop so typically a single cut / failure in that loop results in service continuing from the other direction. Multiple failures can still orphan nodes and cause an outage, sure.

 

[Bruce]

Link shows the vast majority of cable television networks experienced dramatic drops in viewership in 2025.

Still cannot understand why so many households ( about 65 Million now) pays a lot of money per month for these channels, where the majority of content is nothing but reruns, that are available for free on services like Pluto/Tubi/Roku and etc.

Top-Rated Television Networks: Ranking 2025’s Winners and Losers

TV network ratings for 2025: A complete broadcast, cable ranker of the top-rated/most-watched channels of the year, including winners and losers.

variety.com

 

[Bobby]

Link shows the vast majority of cable television networks experienced dramatic drops in viewership in 2025.

Still cannot understand why so many households ( about 65 Million now) pays a lot of money per month for these channels, where the majority of content is nothing but reruns, that are available for free on services like Pluto/Tubi/Roku and etc.

Top-Rated Television Networks: Ranking 2025’s Winners and Losers

TV network ratings for 2025: A complete broadcast, cable ranker of the top-rated/most-watched channels of the year, including winners and losers.

variety.com

Because that's the way they always did it. You, obviously, see it a different way.

 

[navychop]

Convenience. Commercial handling. Common interface. Maybe local storage of programs on a physical DVR (even though that did not work out for me).

 

[ncted]

Link shows the vast majority of cable television networks experienced dramatic drops in viewership in 2025.

Still cannot understand why so many households ( about 65 Million now) pays a lot of money per month for these channels, where the majority of content is nothing but reruns, that are available for free on services like Pluto/Tubi/Roku and etc.

Top-Rated Television Networks: Ranking 2025’s Winners and Losers

TV network ratings for 2025: A complete broadcast, cable ranker of the top-rated/most-watched channels of the year, including winners and losers.

variety.com

Reminds me a lot of working in the newspaper industry. Glad I didn't go to TV when I left.

 

[dishdude]

Reminds me a lot of working in the newspaper industry. Glad I didn't go to TV when I left.

It's exactly like what happened to the newspaper industry. AM/FM is suffering too, I don't know anyone that listens to the radio any more.