12 — Sunday, January 23, 1994 - North Shore News

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HANG ON to your remote control! Next month the
Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications
Commission (CRTC) wilt look at proposils to add up to 50

new television channels to our present selection of 39. The
new additions will likely bring a greater choice of shows to
watch, buf not without a price. First there is the social
cost, as if contributes to aur becoming a nation of couch
potatoes. Next is the financial cost: how much are we poing
to be charged for the new channels? Will th

Do you agree with proposals to add up to 50 new TY channels?

y be billed as

part of the basic cable service, whether we want the chan-
nels or nat, or will they be “pay” channels? And finally, 50
additional channets will likely cost us in quality of pro-
gramming, [t's a natural pregression: more channels equal
smaller audisnces. which means the networks have to
resort fo alternative sources of revenue — such as late-
night “info-mercials’ — in order to compete, The result:
the more channels there are, the less there is to watch,
Choice is good, but sometimes less is more,

INQUIRING REPORTER

Christy Mackie

North Vancouver

No, definitely not. |
think too many people
already watch too much
TV as it is. People need
to find other things to
do.

Ron Gadoury

North Vancouver
agree, because the way
it is right now on TV
there aren’t very many
shows that are worth-
while watching. With
more channels there
would be a better selec-

Kathleen Poste

North Vancouver

Sure, why now? It would
broaden our choices if it
offers more movies and
entertainment,

John Ford

North Vancouver

Oh sure. why not? More
channels means it's
better, doesn’t it?
Everything's better
when there's more of it!

Michel Nadeau

North Vancouver

No, there's enough on
TV to watch, People
should take more time to
go for a hike or a walk
and appreciate Vancouver
more, TV just contributes
to too many problems.

tion.

SURVEY TEAM
The North Shure News survey team called 461 North and YES
West Vancouver residents to find out if you agree with the

proposals to add up to 50 new television channels. The follow-
ing is a complete breakdown of survey results:

NO NO DON'T
OPINION

Horseshoe Bay 1% 40% 32%. 12%
Dundarave/Ambleside 15% 41% 19% 25%
British Properties ES 1 x
Norgate/Pemberton Heights 13% 671%. 20% coe
Capilano/Delbrook Highlands 21% 45% 21% 13%
Lower Lonsdale 15% 37% 15% 33%
Central und Upper Lonsdale 1% 47% 24% 18%
Lynn Valley 18% 471% 10% 25%
Blueridge/Deep Cove 1396 46% 27% 14%
TOTAL . -14.7% 45.4% 21.7% 18.2%

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