NAFTA and dishes???

[ak267]

I just don't get it. In an era of "free trade" why such a fuss about cross border sat-dishes?

Does it boil down to turf-wars, securing markets and protectionism??? :rant:

 

[bwaldron]

I just don't get it. In an era of "free trade" why such a fuss about cross border sat-dishes?

Does it boil down to turf-wars, securing markets and protectionism??? :rant:

It boils down to money -- most especially programming content being licensed for transmission separately in each country.

 

[Slartibartfarst]

To the best of my knowledge there are no limitations on sat-dish sales between the US and Canada.

 

[bradleys]

NAFTA was intended to help companies with free trade. NAFTA does not change anything for regular citizens (at least that I've noticed in 20+ years of traveling between USA and Canada).

 

[Satellite Expert]

NAFTA does not change anything for regular citizens (at least that I've noticed in 20+ years of traveling between USA and Canada).

Except that it takes longer .. and much more hassle to go thru customs now than 50 years ago.

 

[SamCdbs]

No, it "boils down" to copyrights. Esentually, everything else being equal, there are 1/11th as many English speaking people in Canada as in the USA. So Canadian networks pay Canadian-sized prices for Canadian rights. They do not own the rights to most of their material in the USA or any other country. Really that simple.