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With content deals, I feel like Can-Con is to blame. Can-con is the law that a percentage of content must be Canadian in origin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by engtech 14y ago
With content deals, I feel like Can-Con is to blame.
Can-con is the law that a percentage of content must be Canadian in origin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content
I personal hold Can-con responsible for the fact that Call Me Maybe is played so often on Canadian radio.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_me_maybe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_me_maybe
- jmedefind 14y agoTo be fair, Call Me Maybe is played a lot in the US too.
- jonny_eh 14y agoCan-Con so far hasn't been applied to the internet, AFAIK. While Netflix in Canada has a bunch of Canadian content, it's only because it's relatively cheap and in demand, i.e. due to market forces. The real reason a lot of these services aren't in Canada (or other smaller markets) is due to regional content licensing.
- msbarnett 14y agoCanCon doesn't apply to the internet. At all. It is zero percent to blame for any content site being unavailable in Canada. Canadian rights holders have been notoriously reluctant to sign internet distribution deals. CTV and Global dragged their feet for years on iTunes TV distribution rights for a number of popular shows.
- guyzero 14y agoPlease. They play 'Call Me Maybe' on the radio every half-hour in the SF Bay Area.