I'm a Shaw Cable subscriber, and I have a bit of a beef with them. Almost any of their "Digital" channels are available for $2.49/month each.
The exception that I'm concerned about is Fox News. CNN is on basic cable, MSNBC is availabe for $2.49/month, but Fox News is only available as part of a News Pack for $6.95/month. (Shaw Channels)
Why is it that I can get the low-rated, left-wing, MSNBC for less than half the cost of Fox News? Why do I have to subscribe to BBC, Bloomberg, National Geographic, and Discovery Civilization to get Fox News?
Is this just a Shaw thing, or is this a CRTC thing with them protecting Canadians from the evils of Fox News by making them pay more for it?
Saturday, July 29, 2006
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While I agree with you that Foxnews should be the same price as MSNBC, since about 40% of my TV time is spent on Discovery Civ (history junkie here) if I had shaw cable I'd have already got the bundle.
I checked Starchoice and its the same deal there, if yah want Foxnews, buy a bundle. Except it only offers CNN as part of a bundle as well.
https://secure.starchoice.com/english/store/signup_pr.asp
OK, OK, I admit it...I watch Discovery Civ too...still we're at $4.98 vs. $6.95.
My only bitch about Starchoice is that my 5 year old reciever is starting to burn out, one channel at a time. Heh, time for a new one...
ferrethouse, click on the Shaw Channels link, just above where you fill in your name and stuff it says:
* Fox News can only be subscribed to as part of the News Pack for $6.95 per month.
I'm with ExpressView and I can't get ANY news station, not CNN or even CP24 without paying for the "news package" $6.95 Definitely feel the pain.
_You see LOOK Communications. Last Dec 15th (IN WRITING) they dismantled their long time $1 pick 'n pay for 3 set levels; Bronze, Silver, Gold.
_CBC Newsworld - Bronze. CTV Newsnet(!), CNN, CNBC-Cdnfeed - Silver at 10$ more a month. Formerly CBC & CTV's News channels were part of a far cheaper basic core package. In truth, they are still delivering CTV/CNN to this automatically switched Bronze subscriber - unannounced & unguaranteed.
_Of course, they've don't even offer FoxNews or MSNBC (or Dis.Civ, etc).
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