What Is Canada Watching?
November 24, 2006

In Canada, there is a big black market for U.S. television content. The reason is that certain channels like ESPN, MTV, HBO, Showtime, Nickelodeon, and the Tennis Channel are not available on Canadian TV. Why aren't they available? Because of a Canadian law designed to protect Canadian writers and artists from U.S. competition. The Wall Street Journal estimates that about 700,000 Canadians watch pirated U.S. programming. That is 700,000 out of a population of about 30 million.

posted by M. Masterson @ 3:43 PM,

1 Comments:

At 12:52 PM, Anonymous Mitch said...

I'm betting that the number is much higher than that, but that's about all they can find. Too many Canadiens seem to know so much about American entertainment that it has to be more pervasive than that.

 

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