Comments on: Coming soon: The battle for Vancouver

By: John Milligan

John Milligan — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:36:53 +0000

Obviously CTV will dominate this like they do everything else.

CTV appeals to the younger demographic, where CBC still holds reigns on the aging population that grew up watching them in the early days and still don’t know what’s best for them.

I like the CTV broadcast style better… more intriguing and exciting. Not to mention their promos and on air imaging and graphics are top notch. The CBC is too conservative in my opinion. I tend to fall asleep. ‘Nuff said.

By: Paul Gorbould

Paul Gorbould — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:35:16 +0000

MB and Vancouver are right about Global dominating the ratings, which is what Johnny Michel said in the piece. Unlike CBC and CTV, I haven’t seen anything about their future plans for the region – sure would like to, though….

By: MB

MB — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:36:19 +0000

…and to add to my previous post, the battle for Vancouver is REALLY about Global vs. everyone else – NOT CBC vs. CTV as you paint it to be.

By: MB

MB — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:33:43 +0000

I do hope CBC throws some money at its Edmonton TV news operations… I’ve tried watching their 6pm news, but really it is such a mess. Too many on-air mistakes, seemingly inexperienced reporters, and getting beaten by CTV and Global when it comes to breaking news (ie. breaking into regular programming to bring viewers something important, local election coverage, etc).

If the CBC plans to expand the amount of local newscasts CBC Edmonton produces, I really do hope they address these problems. Or else they’ll be stuck in 3rd place while CTV and Global continue to dominate the 5th/6th largest television market in the country.

By: Wab

Wab — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:02:04 +0000

So what the hell is myCBC anyway?

I realize that it is a cross-platform strategy that paves the way for multimedia convergence in newsrooms across the country,
but I’m not sure what any of that bureaucratese means outside of a press release?

Is it anything like MySpace?

By: Vancouver

Vancouver — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:46:02 +0000

Tod you seem to paint the battle over B.C. as being CTV vs. CBC. But the reality is more like CTV vs. Global. Global is the ratings leader for news in Vancouver and CTV is probably more focused on Global than on CBC. Over the years I’ve worked for many CBC bosses who believed the private stations watched our every move. The sad reality is that many private newsrooms don’t even notice us. We can build a new set, cross promote our web sites, change the music and add a new show at 11 p.m. But then the privates can buy another helicopter, add a new fleet of live satellite trucks and plaster any market with more bus ads than we can afford.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:27:31 +0000

OMG! They are finally making Canada AM live throughout the whole morning. It sure took them so long.
I used to watch AM when I was young. Call me silly but I favored Rod Black as co-host but until Seamus took over. It’s just me but I am not big on Seamus. Something bout him that I don’t like.

Didn’t AM once go LIVE in different regions back in 1997 when they aired the Hong Kong handover?

By: iNudes

iNudes — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:25:46 +0000

I don’t work in the Vancouver newsroom, but I’ve watched their Six o’clock show online and they are doing an amazing job. The show is now the best supper hour show in Vancouver (and I wouldn’t have said that before). If all the supper hour shows across the country look as good as they do we will be back on top. It will take years for our audiences to come back though; local news is a habit. We need to set it and forget it for at least a year and then we’ll know how successful we’ve been.