Normally, I'm in favour of laws defending Canadian culture from foreign competitors. But there is one industry where I say we should open the protectionist floodgates and let the invisible hand of the market pound the local competitors into the ground: Television.
I hit the breaking point with CTV. Currently they have a policy that all of their promos must refer to the show as "CTV's [show name]." That policy even goes for that majority of shows that they don't actually produce, but just buy from American networks. So you get ridiculous phrases like "CTV's Big Bang Theory." That's sort of like the corner store saying they sell "Oscar's Convenience Store's Coca-Cola." Okay, I guess it's theirs in the sense that they paid for it. But they've gone to new lengths by asking us to tune in for "CTV's American Idol".
I hit the breaking point with CTV. Currently they have a policy that all of their promos must refer to the show as "CTV's [show name]." That policy even goes for that majority of shows that they don't actually produce, but just buy from American networks. So you get ridiculous phrases like "CTV's Big Bang Theory." That's sort of like the corner store saying they sell "Oscar's Convenience Store's Coca-Cola." Okay, I guess it's theirs in the sense that they paid for it. But they've gone to new lengths by asking us to tune in for "CTV's American Idol".
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