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this is what happens if you view a comedy central video and you have a canadian IP address.

really? there's no way to make this experience better? like link to the clip on watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart? yeesh, there's a bunch of communist hippies up here who eat up colbert and stewart and you're alienating them.

this crappy experience annoys me (and others)... so i either:

- skip the clip, which blows for us both, cuz you need people to watch your stuff to, you know, increa$e $hareholder value, or
- go find somewhere else to watch it (where odd$ are you don't benefit in any way)

now, how is that smart? 

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damclean  Pro User  says:

Isn't just because they don't have broadcasting rights in Canada, where CTV does? You can basically get most of Daily Show and Colbert from CTV.ca anyway.

But I feel your pain too.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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reemer  Pro User  says:

you're right, ctv / comedy network has rights to the daily show. it's silly to cut up online rights based on geographic borders. it's an artificial and antiquated limitation that pushes content consumers to route around those limitations to find a solution where nobody wins.

a win-win alternative would be for CTV to include in the deal code that would replace the comedy central swf with a comedy network swf (and ad impression) if a canadian IP was detected. that's win-win...
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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