Who says the CRTC doesn't allow them? Has anyone applied to carry them here?
Its both Cable/satellite companies and CRTC's responsibility to step up to the plate and demand such channels.
Take away some of the series and prime time shows and you are left with the majority of the programing like the morning shows and news that is completely catered to British & Irish people.
No offense but are you blind? You seem to confuse American channels with British TV channels. They broadcast shows from noon to late night, unlike American channels that gets filled with infomercials and pointless talk shows.
Even if the CRTC allowed them to broadcast, too many program rights issues would likely prevent them from broadcasting here anyways.
How come American channels gets their right to broadcast their shows here? If you have a show that broadcast at the same time as Canadians, then simply blackout them. This is how multicultural channels are running in the first place.
BBC, ITV, Channel & Five are absolutely no different to what we get here, content wise. Sure, there may be a few dramas and documentaries that stand out, but the majority of shows on offer are just your usual daytime TV rubbish and reality shows.
The reverse happens in the UK. We, they, want what we get over here and in the States; everyone assumes the grass is always greener. It isn't, it's just a different shade.
Agreed that ITV Channel 4 and 5 are somewhat styled into an American basis schedule, but all BBC channels are those channels you don't have worry about commercials. Just visit their iplayer site with some procies, and watch some of their shows. Its nothing close to the lack of qaulity shows you see in the US. To be honest I don't find anything entertaining watching shows like Lost, NCIS CSI, American Idol, and other pointless reality shows.
And you don't think that the channels in the UK constantly recycle shows? They do, and just as much as over here.
No one channel in the
world can't just keep on running with new shows every single day. I don't get your logic there.
Having lived over here for 6 years now I'd say the shows put out by the American channels are far far better than what is coming from the BBC, ITV etc etc. UK Tv is over run with reality shows and spin offs of American Idol and the other usless talent shows.
Having lived there you show know that American Idol is based on a retired british show named "Pop Idol", so spinoffs of that show would mean they're actually following their own creation
Xfactor
Wife Swap
Come Dine With Me
Britain's Got Talent
How to look good Naked
All of the above show has been copied by the US.
The only decent stuff coming from the UK has been Life On Mars & Ashes to Ashes, which were picked up by Showcase.
Or you were throwing up your personal preference. How about misfits? Top Gear? Doctor Who, also care to check Global reality TV.
There has been very little that I have seen that is worth showing over here. Believe me, UK TV ain't it's all cracked up to be; I lived with it for 34 years!!!!
BBC alone you'll some new and improved dramas. The new ones that they released includes:
The Silence
Dive
Waterloo Road
Irresistible
Crash
Casualty
What actual shows do you have in mind? Pray tell.
See above, and if you want more just pm me.
So, again, what UK tv shows would you like to see here? A lot of shows are very regional and would make absolutely no sense to anyone outside of that region.
Most shows if not all shows are based on UK, same with all the US shows. DO they care about who's watching their shows outside of the country? NO
I really can't believe that you are so bored of US & Canadian shows that you want another countries products be brought over here, whilst not listing one show or genre that you want to see.
Give me one Canadian shows other than some popular sport shows that broke rating outside of Canada. I can name only two or three in my entire life I saw. Flashforward, and Corner Gas. CTV is so obsessed with US shows that it refuses to broadcast any Canadian content let alone prime times dramas. And So you think you can dance Canada doesn't count as a Canadian content. CBC on the other tries hard but fails to make any great quality Canadian content. Most of their shows have low ratings.
What is so different in the UK, NZ, AUS, Europe that we don't get here?
The UK has the resource and the thinking to make unique shows that you won't find either in U.S, Canada, NZ AUS or anywhere else.