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Popularizing FTA satellite in Canada

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DrSat:
It would be interesting to hear your feedback on how to increase the popularity of FTA satellite in Canada.

As many of you know, the reputation of FTA was tarnished a bit by satellite piracy dealers using the term FTA as an euphemism for satellite piracy. One of our main objectives here at Dr. Sat is to set the facts straight and educate people about C and Ku band FTA satellite television. We hope to achieve this with our current and future initiatives but are always open to any suggestions from forum members on how to improve our efforts.

Please only post ideas or suggestions how how to popularize FTA satellite here in Canada. Any off-topic posts will be moved or deleted.

DrSat:

--- Quote ---something that should fix the problem is that someone uplinks some canadian channels to a ku band sat as ku band sats are common today
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I fully agree. At least the CBC & SRC should be available on Ku band FTA in HD to serve all Canadians, even those not living within range of one of their digital OTA transmitters. (i.e. London!) The CBC is already on C-band but is encrypted so even unencrypting that feed would be a good start and cost them nothing.

All Canadians should have the right to view the CBC and SRC for free in HD without having to go through a provider and only FTA satellite can efficiently cover the entire country.

Would it be best to contact the CBC directly in regards to this or would contacting local MP's be best? Perhaps a petition of local MP's of areas unserved by the CBC / SRC in HD would make the CBC take notice.

AddictedToTV:
I don't see Canadian signals ever being decrypted. That's partly due to copyright issues (US signal overlap) and partly due to the concentration of broadcast asset ownership in Canada. I do agree that there needs to be a low cost FTA option in Canada. That could be similar to the UK's FreeSat (though I don't see it being completely free in Canada) or some of the cheaper FTA packages that are currently available.

The big problem currently is that FTA is just not designed to be consumer friendly. The most desirable channels are spread over different satellites, some requiring large dishes, and the few that are available are essentially renegade or outlying feeds. US broadcasters, don't want consumers to access their signals with an FTA feed. Canadian broadcasters, mostly owned by BDUs with vested interest in DBS and cable systems, are even worse and exercise even tighter control on their feeds. They don't even like supplying HD OTA feeds, let alone FTA feeds.

Jorgek:
CBC is available on OTA so why not on FTA.  If its available in the clear on OTA then why not on FTA?

cyberham:
OTA is required to keep their broadcast licence isn't it? FTA isn't.

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