Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5841616)

It would make more sense for them to offer the Canadian feeds to Americans for the same price that we pay for the American feeds, do a deal with SuperPass. That way Canadians could still get it for free, and they could make some extra money from all the American BB fans.

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5841616)

It would make more sense for them to offer the Canadian feeds to Americans for the same price that we pay for the American feeds, do a deal with SuperPass. That way Canadians could still get it for free, and they could make some extra money from all the American BB fans.

Originally Posted by jyunga (Post 5841985)

No US station has picked up BB Canada to broadcast in the US. Why would Slice (a Canadian channel who wants to give free live feeds out to Canadians) go to the effort of signing a deal with Superpass so a tiny handful of Americans can watch them? Especially when they'll likely be recorded and tossed on youtube :P

Originally Posted by troynuncdicit (Post 5841721)

k get over it.

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5841987)

umm, cause they'd make more money? duh.

Originally Posted by jyunga (Post 5842044)

They only make money from Superpass buying the rights to distribute the live feeds. Why would Superpass want to buy the rights when the huge majority of the viewership will have access to the live feeds for free?

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5841989)

don't start with me.

Originally Posted by troynuncdicit (Post 5842066)

I'm not starting with you, you're just whining too much for no reason.

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5818883)

racist bastards. :(

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5835287)

that's so selfish. so Canada gets to watch all our BB's but we don't get to see yurs?

wtf.

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5835309)

That doesn't even make sense. America shares our shows with the whole wide world, but nobody ever sends us much back. yea, we got Degrassi, and we get Downton Abbey, but we sent out WAY MORE shows to you guys then you give to us.

It's not fair. :(

And you totally ruined Fringe. America get's screwed over by foreign TV.

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5835351)

but it's being shown FREE for everyone in Canada, the live feeds are FREE there. , so why should we have to pay for it?

I'm going to send a very strongly worded e-mail to Ms. Julie Chen about this, and if you know anything about Ms. Chen, you'd know that she knows how to get her way. If Julie can't do it, no one can. For Canada to be depriving us of their Big Brother is just protectionist and nationalistic and as an American i won't stand for it. America has done so much for Canada over the years. It's a slap in the face.

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5841616)

It would make more sense for them to offer the Canadian feeds to Americans for the same price that we pay for the American feeds, do a deal with SuperPass. That way Canadians could still get it for free, and they could make some extra money from all the American BB fans.

Originally Posted by troynuncdicit (Post 5842083)

Yes, whining.

PS I highly doubt a majority of American BBUS viewers give a **** about BB Canada. Only forum users know and somewhat care.

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5842134)

wait, so what are you tryna say? I'm beginning to think that you're a canadian..,

Originally Posted by troynuncdicit (Post 5842755)

I'm saying that the only Americans who remotely care about BB Canada are forum users, and they happen to make up a very small fraction of BBUS viewers. Not enough people would care for Slice and production to go through all the hassle to make the show easier for Americans to watch when so few people would watch it in America. And this is all coming from an American.

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5842760)

BUT, BBCANADA is being played on SPLICE, which isn't a basic channel right? I't's my understanding that Splice is basically like the Canadian version of Bravo...
Bravo is not a major station in the US eigther, so why couldn't they put it on Bravo??

BB Canada is not on the major networks like CBC or CTV or Global...it's on a cable station. It's on the same cable station that plays the Real Housewives shows...

Originally Posted by Josiah. (Post 5842770)

Umm, Alex; BB Canada could air on Showtime 2. Bravo can't air BB Canada because Bravo is owned by NBC and Showtime 2 is (somewhat) owned by CBS.

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5842922)

wait, so then who owns Slice? cause it's clear that Slice is almost exactly like Bravo. And why was BBCANADA sold to an NBC owned channel to begin with? ANd is SLice owned by the same company as Global? cause Global shows BBUSA in canada right?

this is all very confusing.

Originally Posted by Josiah. (Post 5843082)

The company that owns Global owns Slice. CBS and Shaw Media (Owner of Global and Slice) have an agreement to air BBUS on Global and BB:After Dark on Slice (used to air on Global Reality). So basically, BB Canada wasn't sold to NBC to air on Bravo.

Originally Posted by Patrick (Post 5857013)

It's ironic how Canadians online have always outspokenly said they wished they had BBUK in their country because they hate the US one.

Then they finally get their own series, and it's a replica of the USA one :laugh: