Small-city and rural Canadians could lose their free TV

[oneh2obabe]

Shaw Communications has asked the CRTC for permission to cut off free television to tens of thousands of Canadians in small cities and rural areas by ending a program to replace signals lost when broadcasters stopped transmitting via analog eight years ago.

In a recent application to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Shaw's home satellite service advised the broadcast regulator it wanted to terminate the Local Television Satellite Solution (LTSS).

Small cities like Kingston, Ont., Brandon, Man., Fort McMurray, Alta., and Kelowna, B.C., would be affected.

[GordonH]

As a kid we had only 2 channels, later a very snowy 3rd channel.

1) BCTV (CTV) clearest
2) CHBC (CBC Affiliate) little snowy
3) Knowledge network, not worth watching due to mostly snow. Plus mostly distance education classes.

Added later: I could be wrong here but I believe KN was Pat McGeer baby

[Country plough boy]

Remember when we had local tv. Its been a while.

[Brushy Bill]

We always had CBC where I was rural Alta
I thought CBC was a constitutional right, had to be provided, analog or digital

[The Green Barbarian]

We always had CBC where I was rural Alta
I thought CBC was a constitutional right, had to be provided, analog or digital

CBC English, and CBC French.

[d0nb]

I hope that the CRTC declines. Since they still get them for free, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to ask that cable, satellite and internet TV providers supply a free package consisting of all the main networks to anyone who wants them.