[All] Fwd: Fox News North -- Give us a choice!

[Robert Milligan]

Since we try to avoid the forced feeding of toxic inputs generally!
Robert M


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From: 	avaaz at avaaz.org	
Subject: 	Fox News North -- Give us a choice!
Date: 	December 2, 2010 2:33:26 PM GMT-05:00
To: 	mill at continuum.org


Dear friends,

"Fox News North" is back trying to make us pay for poisonous media --  
this time through backroom corporate deals that include them in cable  
packages with channels we actually want. Send a message to cable  
giants Shaw, Bell and Rogers demanding that they give Canadians a  
choice and offer Sun TV as a stand alone option to consumers.

We've won the right to refuse to pay for “Fox News North”, but now  
that right is under threat. Sun TV is pressing cable companies to get  
their channel included in our cable packages. This means we would be  
forced to pay for Sun TV if we want access to any other special news  
channels.

Right now, Shaw cable company offers the American Fox News as a stand  
alone option. If you don’t want Fox, you don’t have to pay for it.  
Let's require the same deal for Sun TV. Canadians should not be forced  
to pay for “Fox News North” just because they want to watch their  
regular news channels. An outcry from consumers across the country  
will force cable providers to offer us a real choice when it comes to  
"news" of the Fox variety.

Send a message to the Presidents of Shaw, Bell and Rogers demanding  
that they offer Sun TV as a stand alone option. When we reach 100,000  
messages, we will take out newspaper ads across the country. Click  
below and then forward to your friends:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/dont_pay_for_sun_tv/?vl

“Fox News North” first tried to force Canadians to pay for its content  
by applying for special treatment from the CRTC. In the course of that  
fight, they threatened legal action against Avaaz, involved themselves  
in the sabotage of our petition and published smear pieces in their  
newspapers across the country.

We won. But now, “Fox News North” wants to use their corporate  
connections to still force Canadians to pay for their content even  
when we don’t want it.

Public outcry against these dirty tactics has shut down Sun TV before  
and can again. We caused the resignation of Sun TV frontman Kory  
Teneycke, we forced Sun to abandon their application for special  
treatment and now we can make cable companies give us a real choice  
when it comes to paying for “Fox News North”. Send a message to cable  
giants Shaw, Rogers and Bell by clicking on the link below:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/dont_pay_for_sun_tv/?vl

Canadians should not be forced to pay for right-wing agenda news. “Fox  
News North” is trying to use corporate power to strong arm our cable  
companies into giving Sun TV a package deal. We can call on Shaw, Bell  
and Rogers to stay strong and offer their consumers a real choice when  
it comes to “Fox News North”.

With determination,
Ricken, Emma, Laryn and the rest of the Avaaz team

Sources:

Sun TV gets go-ahead to operate 24-hour news service:
http://www.obj.ca/Canada---World/2010-11-26/article-1996972/Sun-TV-gets-go-ahead-to-operate-24-hour-news-service/1

Shaw offers Fox News as a stand alone option:
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20090514/fox_off_090514/

Rogers offers news in a package deal:
http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PTV_PROG_CHANNEL&forwardTo=themePack&group=1&N=125+12+4294967120+4294946363+4294949430+4294944567


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