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-