Not many a tear was shed as Fox News North closed up shop.
“Sun News Network went off the air at 5 a.m. ET Friday after failing to find a new owner. Programming on the channel was replaced with a Sun TV logo. Sun Media Corp. issued a statement saying it spent months unsuccessfully trying to find a buyer, but financial losses meant it could not continue to operate.”
On a brighter note the Sun Logo is much more interesting and informative than any of the content that was available previously on SNN.
“The network began broadcasting in April 2011, launching a right-of-centre programming schedule, but it has had a constant challenge attracting viewers.”
The market for right-wing, fear driven false-populist hogwash just isn’t that large in Canada – go figure.
“Its supporters blamed the CRTC for not giving it the same access enjoyed by news channels operated by CBC and CTV. The federal broadcast regulator denied Sun News a guaranteed spot on basic cable TV packages in August 2013. Data released as part of that application showed that while the network was available to 5.1 million households, it was only attracting, on average, 8,000 viewers at any given time.”
I am completely shocked that SNN supporters would blame the government for their failure.
Having one less source of absolute nonsense contaminating the public airwaves is a good thing and really quite the lovely Valentine’s Day gift. :)
bleatmop
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February 16, 2015 at 5:58 am
john zande
Hooray for Canada! First, you ban Fox News, now this! Your Commonwealth cousins salute you!!
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February 16, 2015 at 6:43 am
bleatmop
Holy fuck. Only 8000 viewers at a time??? I knew it was bad, but I didn’t know it was that bad. I mean, that many and more show up to an Oilers game and all.
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February 16, 2015 at 7:31 am
The Arbourist
@JZ
Thanks John. It is nice to see that Canada can get a few things right once and awhile. If we could just extend the winning streak to the Canadian journalist, Mohamed Fahmy, and get him out of there I would think we are on a streak or something.
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February 16, 2015 at 7:34 am
The Arbourist
@bleatmop
The market decided. Of course, you’ll hear little about that from right-wingers, they’ll focus on the the CBC and whinge about how cruel and unfair the presence of a public broadcaster is.
Too bad so sad. Said market conditions were a known entity when this venture was still-birthed. Bla bla bla risks…bla bla bla strongest surviving….bla bla bla competition.
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February 16, 2015 at 9:18 am
robert browning
Congrats. Canada shows it’s more enlightened mind-set. Unfortunately here in the u.s. the capitalist media has a strong foot hold creating and fanning the fears of a gullible populace.
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February 17, 2015 at 6:51 pm
VR Kaine
Sun News Network sucked, and sucked bad. The market did decide, and any right-winger that whines about its “unfair treatment” deserves to be on the left. :)
Just like Bullard’s whiny departure in favor of the much more funnier Daily Show, SNN can ride of into the sunset all the same.
Only thing I will say in SNN’s favor: their calling out and reporting on the fake native hunger strike and the fraud uncovered by the Deloitte audit was the right thing to do. It was a story that none of the others had the guts to cover.
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