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The Interrobanger
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added_time said:
Kardinal is a essentially a nobody outside of Canada so pandering to his Toronto roots is all he's got.
lunarworks
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Citytv launched their new CityNews Channel today. Rogers Cable, Channel 1.
CP24 can officially fuck off now.
Then there was Maestro Fresh Wes...
CP24 can officially fuck off now.
I prefer k-os, myself. He's not as blatantly self-promotional, but he paints the city into his lyrics sometimes.added_time said:
Then there was Maestro Fresh Wes...
Ya, it was around then that we did the stay out all night thing. It was a blast. The streets full of people all night.Rinoa said:
BigJonsson
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And its in HD 
lunarworks
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If you have an HD box. I don't. :/BigJonsson said:And its in HD
(Not that we feel like forking over tons of money a month for HD channels we can mostly pull off the air.)
crimzonflame
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Which one has the red head, Lindsey? Citytv or Cp24?
Her?crimzonflame said:
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/loca...o_lindsey_delucetake2/20110524/?hub=CP24About
lunarworks
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CP24.crimzonflame said:
If all you wanna see is pretty girls, go for it, but their "news" coverage on that channel is pretty insulting. They honestly bring a new low to the meaning of "Breaking News".
crimzonflame
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Yeah, her. CP24 has Mellisa, Lindsey and Farah. Who does CityTV have?
added_time
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lunarworks said:
I can't watch any news broadcasts anymore. Even CBC has a huge celebrity section now. There is no place left for people that hate stupid shit.
Maybe this thread can be my news source from now on.
lunarworks
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http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/personalitiescrimzonflame said:
Zombie James
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Kabuki Quantum Lover
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Zombie James said:
They will look at the image and not the description. Mission accomplished, Mr. Hudak.
obligatory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzull7scV2Ylunarworks said:
CP24 is the most irritating thing ever. I hate flipping to it when I just want some downtown weather info, and all I hear is TV/celeb gossip. We desperately need an alt.
My kill button is hearing
"oren's jewellers"
"sell off vacations.com"
any terrible condo jingle (especially "mercer mercer me")
and... "CP24"
Just count the times they say it within a 60 second timeframe. It makes CNN and Fox look good.
BigJonsson
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What other cities have 2 24 hour news channels just for them?
How anyone 25 now can vote for hudak is beyond my comprehension, especially after what harris did to my generation's education and healthcare. It baffles and really saddens me. Enough to want to move to another province.
Not to mention, my cousin who is a pioneer in solar and wind technology will probably be out of a job in a year or two.
Not to mention, my cousin who is a pioneer in solar and wind technology will probably be out of a job in a year or two.
crazy monkey
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cp 24 has more pretty girls for now i shall keep watching that.
ConvenientBox said:
Your cousin and my brother probably work for the same company lol.
His bosses are both staunch conservatives (from the southern US originally, hate Obama and loved Bush strangely) but even they don't seem to like Hudak's "fuck green energy, it's more expensive" stance.
Zombie James
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EKOS poll released today (previous poll in brackets):
Code:
LIB: 37.8 [35] +2.8
PC: 30.6 [31] -0.4
NDP: 22.7 [25] -2.3lunarworks
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I've been tiring of CP24 for a few years now, with their so-called "Breaking News" and in-depth live-on-the-scene coverage of bake sales, but I permanently shut it off last month when I turned on the TV and heard "Today is Twitter Day here on CP24!"Rinoa said:
CityNews Channel seems to be taking the news a bit more seriously, fusing CityNews and the 680 News radio model, so I have a good feeling the Mickey Mouse shit will be kept to a minimum.
It's an odd situation, really. But this boils down to Citytv trying to get back what was "theirs". CP24 was an extension of Citytv, then the parent company CHUM sold themselves to Bell/CTV. Citytv was sold to Rogers, and CTV kept their filthy hands on CP24. So all this time CP24's been copping Citytv's style, but never explicitly telling the audience they're not related to Citytv anymore.BigJonsson said:
lunarworks said:
I was in 299 when the split happened. The major announcements were broadcasted internally and none of the major questions were answered straight. Awkward as hell, but I distinctly remember that someone in the basement cut the end of the internal feed to avril lavigne's "I don't like your girlfriend" song and it was hilarious.
As soon as the deal went down, whole floors were cleared out within days for more CTV people to move in, original people who were staying to become sardines, and Rogers people to move out.
But as you said, CP24 becoming part of CTV was the weirdest. It kept the original look/feel/layout/assets way too long and the change wasn't noticable to the population at large. I mean heck, the quick paintjob on the building-car (after realizing they couldn't tear it down) is representative of the situation.
BigJonsson
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Yea, its a really strange situation
I keep forgetting that CP24 is owned by CTV =/
I keep forgetting that CP24 is owned by CTV =/
crimzonflame
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So thats why they dont show soft core porn on CityTV anymore.
lunarworks
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So you were there, eh? I imagine there must have been a whole lot of tension, former close coworkers suddenly becoming competitors.Rinoa said:
It's pretty obvious why CTV kept CP24's whole style intact: They wanted to keep the viewers. If everything suddenly changed overnight, like calling it "CTV News Toronto", loyal viewers may have kept with Citytv. They even kept BT and CityNews at Six on there to keep the illusion up, until Rogers announced a new 24 hours new channel, at which time CTV pulled the plug on that arrangement at lightning speed.
I knew that since the channels I worked for weren't gonna be on the Rogers half, that I wasn't gonna have problems. I'd be staying in the building and doing what I always did.
A few major things sucked. One was that a whole lot of huge projects/improvements my manager was working on would never come to fruition. The other was that a lot of mainstays at channels I worked on were to be replaced with "younger, hipper people". I specifically recall being shocked that Jonathan Llyr of Space was being replaced by someone from YTV. This uprooting caused a lot of exodus to other companies in the end, including myself.
A few major things sucked. One was that a whole lot of huge projects/improvements my manager was working on would never come to fruition. The other was that a lot of mainstays at channels I worked on were to be replaced with "younger, hipper people". I specifically recall being shocked that Jonathan Llyr of Space was being replaced by someone from YTV. This uprooting caused a lot of exodus to other companies in the end, including myself.
lunarworks
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It's a bit more complicated than that.crimzonflame said:
Moses Znaimer was the founder and head of Citytv, Muchmusic, etc. He was quite a bit like Steve Jobs. He considered himself a visionary, and all of his TV stations had to reflect that. That's how Citytv and Much got their old styles, and were considered somewhat edgy and rebellious in the broadcast industry. Several years ago the CHUM board of directors got more powerful, wanted to be more profitable, and forced Moses out. They went on an immediate mission to dumb down all their properties. This is when Muchmusic started its steep decline into retardation (I apologize for the term, but it's accurate), but Citytv (and Space and Bravo) suffered too.
Most of City's signature edgy shows were cancelled, and there was no room for softcore porn in their attempt to appeal to a wider, mainstream audience.
CTVGlobeMedia's purcahse of CHUM, and the sale of Citytv to Rogers, just put the dumbing-down of all of those things into overdrive.
I care way more about this stuff than I should. :/
BigJonsson
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Damn you TV, you used to be cool
Kabuki Quantum Lover
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lunarworks said:
I was thinking about Electric Circus, Speaker's Corner and Ed the Sock a few days ago. I miss those shows now, but at the time, I couldn't care less.
BigJonsson
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Electric Circus
I used to hang out around Queen St a lot back when I was 12-14, we would always check out what was going on at Much and I remember there was this one handicapped guy one night asking the security guys if he could go on and dance cause he thought the host was hot
I used to hang out around Queen St a lot back when I was 12-14, we would always check out what was going on at Much and I remember there was this one handicapped guy one night asking the security guys if he could go on and dance cause he thought the host was hot
lunarworks
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I still miss Mark Dailey. He's left a void in the Toronto's airwaves.ConvenientBox said:The days of mark daily introducing the saturday night movie are sadly gone
who remembers when they used to broadcast live from that much dance studio? Damn I feel really old...
I can't blame Citytv for cancelling Great Movies. Back in the '80s and '90s it was a treat to watch, but in the least decade sooooo many cable channels have been showing movies day and night that it became kinda... pointless.
I never watched Electric Circus much, but there were times I was downtown on Friday night and I just had to stop by and see it live. So much energy.
Speakers Corner was genius, but with Citytv being kicked out of 299 Queen Street West it was inevitable it would die. I'm honestly surprised they didn't transition it to a webcam-based model, though. Rather than venture down to City's new location, just submit it through your webcam and see if it gets on. Unless CTV retained the rights to Speakers Corner...
On a related note, CTV retained the rights to Citytv's groundbreaking "The New Music", and quietly killed it off. (Looks like they did the same to "Movie Television", too.)
Then there's Ed the Sock. I used to know the guy. I'm not gonna speak for him, it's been a while since we talked, but he's got a whole lot of opinions on everything that's gone down in the last decade. I'm pretty sure he was fucked over by virtually everyone involved.
added_time
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I walked by Snakes and Lattes today and noticed they are expanding to include the shop next door now. I wonder if they are just adding more space or if the other side will have a different focus?
I was kinda hoping they would buy like tons of vintage game systems and you could pay to play them hourly or whatever.. I doubt they would do it though.
I was kinda hoping they would buy like tons of vintage game systems and you could pay to play them hourly or whatever.. I doubt they would do it though.
GloomyHitsuji
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What did you get? any pictures that you can post?Kinitari said:
Their website don't have much on it.
crimzonflame
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I remember when Monica Deol came to our school to talk about racism.
GloomyHitsuji said:
No pictures, and I don't remember the names exactly unfortunately and no pictures.
1. I think it was Mayan Hot Chocolate - it was spicy hot chocolate, very thick and yummy, and it was awesome because I remember the taste sort of hit you in a rolling wave, going from sweet to spicy. Loved it
2. Caramel Chocolate Rogue Lava Cake (website description) - Fudgey and moist bundt cake, filled with gooey buttery caramel, topped with toasted pecans and served warm in pools of pure Coco Rogue chocolate and caramel sea salt sauces.
It was delicious, so fucking good... goddamn. Just remembering it.... ugh. And I don't even really have that much of a sweet tooth.
Also, more importantly, the atmosphere of the place is great. The owner served us himself, he is very excited and talkative about his business - it seems to be doing really well. He actually (in the 2 months I think he's been open) has had 4 T.V. shows film episodes in his place because it's that... awesome.
Stet said:
heh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeg2sEs4HQU&feature=related
dat intro!
"I miss these days, when Muchmusic and its viewers actually had some brains and balls, now its just pimp my ride and other faux reality garbage. The next generation has so much power and technology at their hands and they're utterly brainwashed into morons."
QFT
I miss ed the sock's yearly fromage
BladeWorker
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You mean the guy on Twitter under the handle EdTheSock isn't really Ed the Sock?lunarworks said:
lunarworks
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How did I say that?BladeWorker said:
They're waiting for Godot.will52 said:
lunarworks
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Guilty of watching that.Takao said:
I thought they cancelled it, though.