Well, posting to the blog via email works, but as you can tell from the
entry below, the text is a little wonky. So I will try a second test,
and this time, I will not add any carriage returns except for
paragraphs.
Like there.
Anyway, the big news today is this: the CRTC is *finally* announcing
the winners for satellite radio licenses. There are three applicants,
two of which are teamed with the existing US services (XM and Sirius).
The CBC is in bed with Sirius, and could be the most interesting
applicant. Certainly if that application gets the rubber stamp, that
means CBC Radio 3 -- which is based in Vancouver -- would go 24/7. And
that would certainly mean some work for yours truly.
The worry is that the CRTC will try to cram too much Canadian Content
into the licenses. Two of the three applications have 4 or so channels
that would be carried stateside. If the CRTC demands more, both XM and
Sirius would balk. The third application is 100% Canadian. Great.
Franco-country 24/7. So we'll see: will the CRTC admit that they
can't force CanCon down our throats (and the troats of Americans) or
will they get with the program?
My guess? They license all three and let the free market decide.
Some interesting thoughts on Microsoft guru Robert Scoble's blog:
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/06/16.html#a10410
Cheers!
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