Re: [Swprograms] [Sporrans] OT: Fox News competes for international viewers

["Sandy Finlayson" <SFinlayson@xxxxxxx>]

Fox News has not exactly been welcomed in Canada.  For one thing they haven't exactly gone out of their way to understand the nuances of Canadian politics when they have carried Canadian stories and their take on American politics and life isn't shared by all Canadians. At this point I think Fox News is only available in Canada to people who pay extra for it so it does not have the same access to Canadians that CNN has had for a long time.

CNN International used to be on DirectTV but was quietly dropped a number of months ago and with the loss of Newsworld International at the end of July there will be even less international news coverage.  It is odd that BBC World is not available in the USA.  It seems as if the BBC has decided to simply make a part of that output available on BBC America and PBS.  I would have thought that they would have been able to secure a contract for national distribution to cable and satellite companies here.

Sandy

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Well, trying to put the best spin on this as is possible, I note that 
(at least IMHO) CNN International is a far superior and more 
informative service than its domestic US version.  Murdoch is a pretty 
savvy businessman.  He probably will think twice before trying to 
proffer the same kind of content Fox offers to domestic US (and now 
Canadian) consumers to a likely less docile and receptive 
international audience.

Maybe someone on the list familiar with Sky News would be kind enough 
to offer an evaluation of Sky and a comparison, for example, between 
Sky and the BBC.

John Figliozzi
...anticipating the CRTC decision on satellite radio 24 hours from now.

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 8:44 am
Subject: [Swprograms] OT: Fox News competes for international viewers

> see http://tinyurl.com/btm42 or
> http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?
type=televisionNews&storyID=2005-06-
14T093700Z_01_N14146759_RTRIDST_0_TELEVISION-FOXNEWS-DC.XML:
> 
> Fox News mentioned as possibly starting a news channel specifically
> for international consumption.
> 
> Interesting note:  The CRTC has already approved the existing Fox 
News
> Channel for distribution in Canada.
> 
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA
> 
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