Comments on: TVO is seriously showing up the CBC

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 23 May 2007 17:32:44 +0000

Is that true that there’s no reason they can’t include commercials? Commercials are copyright-protected as well, with music and actors and writers etc. I’m sure those rights and IR issues would be clearable - lord knows it’s in the best interest of their creators - but it’s not a given that you can just put all TV commercials on the internet.

By: dmisener

dmisener — Wed, 23 May 2007 02:29:30 +0000

Mike, you’re absolutely right.

When MuchMusic offered a downloadable podcast version of their VJ search, they actually included commercials (for shampoo, I think). There’s no reason the CBC couldn’t include commercials. That said, I’m not so sure a public broadcaster should be running commercials.

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By: Mike Z

Mike Z — Fri, 18 May 2007 17:32:26 +0000

TVO has no advertisers. CBC does. Advertisers don’t like it when you offer the product they are paying to run their ad in without their ad.

By: Andrew Chisholm

Andrew Chisholm — Wed, 16 May 2007 12:52:50 +0000

Amen.

Also, Dan, you forgot to mention the neat little RA files. I wish CBC was more consistent in which formats it offers its web site visitors.

By: Your Boss

Your Boss — Tue, 15 May 2007 22:07:07 +0000

That’s no way to be a team player, Misener. Have you vacated your cubicle yet?

By: dmisener

dmisener — Tue, 15 May 2007 22:00:45 +0000

Avery, I do work there.

And as much as I wish I could do something about it, I can’t.

By: Avery

Avery — Tue, 15 May 2007 14:11:47 +0000

Ummm… don’t you work there? Can’t YOU do something about it?

By: Your Boss

Your Boss — Tue, 15 May 2007 13:52:15 +0000

You’re fired. Please pack up your things and leave.

By: Peter Rukavina

Peter Rukavina — Tue, 15 May 2007 12:14:43 +0000

It’s funny, but until reading your post I wasn’t fully conscious of the truth of your words.

The CBC was early to the game with streaming audio and video; while they’ve continued to have small innovations — I like the fact that I can watch my local PEI newscast while on the Italian riviera — their model has always been “Internet as bastard stepchild of the TV and radio.” In other words, the web gets the table scraps.

In the meantime along has come Flash video, YouTube, Google Video, et al and we all carry mobile video cameras in our pocket phones.