[Swprograms] Fox News ion Canada

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Fox News is available on the Bell Expressvu satallite system free until 
September when they begin subscription. Not sure about rival Starchoice or 
cable.

Mick Delmage
Sherwood Park, AB


Quoting 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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:08 AM
> To: Richard Cuff; Shortwave programming discussion
> Subject: Re: [Swprograms] OT: Fox News competes for international
> viewers
> 
> 
> 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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