Hollywood Update

Ok, so I forgot to mention one more thing (as if the post wasn't long enough). A few nights ago on CBC News (with Peter Mansbridge) there was a piece about the next possible step in Canadian television - Network TV wants to charge cable companies for the privilege of airing the networks. In other words, cable companies currently pay for channels like TCM, USA, A&E etc. but they can broadcast network TV for free (in the USA that would be ABC, CBS, NBC, and in Canada it would be the CBC, CTV, and so forth). Networks want the cable company to pay them. The cable companies are saying that, if it comes to that, they will turn around and up everybody's cable bill. To the tune of $5 CDN a month. That's $60 a year.

Now, this story was just referring to Canada, but if it works there, how much you wanna bet that the American networks will follow suit? They know money when they smell it.

Grrrr.