nitzguy
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| reply to JVRudnick
Re: "I'm a Celebrity..get me outta here!" TV show - MIA?
Chances are the NBC Detroit decided to pre-empt the I'm a Celebrity coverage for the Fireworks, because I'm on Starchoice myself and found the exact same issue....
It sucked, but hey what can you do? Chances are anyone who recieved their feed from NBC-WDIV in Detroit ran into the same issue.
Again, not a Cogeco issue, not a CRTC issue, but simply an issue where the broadcaster decided to broadcast whatever they wanted.
Since MMM is not an OTA station, their ability to have programs simsubbed is very limited even if they ran it at the same time. You'll typically see this mostly when Auto Racing and golf are on, example Fox. You'll see a TSN logo on the TSN channel, but a Fox logo on the Fox channel as TSN does not have simsub rights even though they've purchased the rights in Canada, its weird, but meh.
Cogeco recieves the requests from the broadcaster days in advance because of the time required to input the data for the substitution to take place. Its not an easy thing to do, and is it perfect? no...but again Cogeco is following the broadcasters request and simply fullfilling the mandate of their license.
Now, if the broadcaster makes a last minute change, it may not get noticed instantly, because there are so many channels in so many areas not 1 person can watch them all, all the time. So, mistakes do happen, its part of life and no big deal  . |
