A CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO QUALITY

Published: February 18, 2008, 10:52 pm

As they did a couple of weeks ago at the CTF hearings, Canada's broadcasters use every television festival, industry convention and government hearing to avow their commitment to providing Canadians with the very best television possible. According to their oft repeated mantras, they're continually out there beating the bushes for great shows and learning what their audience really, really wants. They'll go on ad nauseum about the back breaking process they endure trolling foreign markets or US network previews to find quality product; and wax poetic on the tenacious dedication of their own crack development teams. "Nobody tries to produce a bad show.""Our success depends on giving our viewers what they want."And if the regulators would only let them have a little more free money and a somewhat longer leash -- oh, well, then -- what wonders they could achieve.Unfortunately, actions speak louder than words and the actions of our broadcasters in just this past week, as their words to

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