Wednesday, November 8, 1995 — North Shore News — 44

Srother of the airwaves

Damn right they are threats to majority of them tune into us the same satellite excrements an old fogies movie channel
Canadian industry; they are supe- = American networks to bring us the — we get through Rogers and Shaw, — (Showtime), and an anti-male net-
rior in almost every way. Take hottest stall? Do we honestly need not one work (WTN)?

HBO for example. It has movies Who the hell does the CRTC but three country music channels, See Satellite paye 44
showing on its channels within six think they are, telling me what 1

months of the theatrical release. can and cannot see on my TY. At : . , “a < _ : .
We have that too; it's catled present there are a fair number of , _P I L o ose :
Viewers Choice pay-per-view, Canadians with deactivated dishes : : a ¥

which is royally pathetic com- on their roofs waiting for the

pared to its American counterpart. Canadian CRTC-approved
Besides, if our Canadian net- providers, such as ExpressVU and

works are so great why do the PowerDirect TV, to start sending

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from a hard day’s work to
kick back on your leather
sofa with a nice kot dinner
.and a good movie on the
tube, —

You turn on your new mini- .
satellite system (which you just : + FREE EASY TO INSTALL SOFTWARE
bought to escape from the monop- ; * NO CONTRACTS
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you are welcomed to a black . . ope :
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technology wasn’t receiving and
decoding “Canadian Radio-televi-
sion Telecommunications
Commission (CRTC) authorized |
signals.” "
If you bought a perfectly legal
DSS dish, chances are you aren't
aware that you are illegally
receiving and decoding your sig- ‘
nals..The satellite signals are sent
via satellite from service
providers based in the U.S. The
CRTC doesn’t like this one bit
- because they aren't able to pollute
the American signals with ; .
“Canadian Content Television.” : OFYA7 Prices in Canadian dollars and include round-trip airfare from
ly cuiiswed the reception and lere- fancouver. & Both offering a fabulous all inclusive floating resort
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way to receive these signals is by ; : } Departs every i Adi eparts A cry
setting up an American post office XX t Sunday, 5 Nov 95 ; : Saturday, 4 Nov 95
box and having all bills and ; og | chrotuth 27 Apr 96, ROU ume through 20 Apr 96,

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to your Canadian address. By | trom Los Angeles | iol Nara pasa from Miami visiting ie
doing so you are fooling the i visiting Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan” | San Juan, St. Thomas & St. Maarten, =

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that you are an American sub- : . 1
; program offered & operated by: AIR CANADA @-

scriber. . ] * : :
. Apparently, the only problem Canadissn Holidays : ~ S& other leading airlines.

with this is that you cannot order
Pay-Per-View movies and events

because when doing so your satel- | @ :
‘Tite receiver will dial a 1-800 ae rivVel .
number to authorize the purchase . °

ote ee ene ; THE MOST POPULAR CRUISE LINE IN THE WORLD!

the number is dialled within
Canada‘apparently the CRTC and . ‘
the provider are alerted. The. Your Kind of 1
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side of your house.
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