Comments on: Massive cuts at CityTV, but Rogers doesn’t care

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:10:51 +0000

I think citytv did it to themselves. Especially Toronto, that is the only one that I have watched. It has become wishy washy, childish, almost foolish focusing on the mundane.

By: Fassero

Fassero — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:57:25 +0000

Well, Rogers was already in the TV biz before City (they owned the multicultural OMNI stations.) I think it's interesting to remember that when the CTV-CHUM was first announced, Rogers was to acquire the A-channel network. It was flip-flopped to City when CTV was concerned about getting CRTC clearance. That being said I'm amused when I read that it wouldn't be like this if Moses Znaimer was still in charge. It's easy to forget that, in the early years of CITY, Znaimer didn't even want to set up a local newscast. In fact, CITY only really built up newscasts in around the mid-1980's, after the station had already been sold to CHUM. The other fun point is reading around the Toronto-centric blogs which are loaded with ex-City staffers who are not the least bit mourning some of the on-air talent dismissals. That being said, I can't disagree with Steve that this bludgeoning coming just after Rogers boasted to the CRTC about how local television is viable and look at their stations as an example comes across as BS.

By: Fagstein

Fagstein — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:55:37 +0000

My argument is that Rogers is bullshitting us by pretending it's acting in the best interests of CityTV, or pretending that City isn't joining the Local TV Matters campaign for any reason other than the fact that it's owned by Rogers.

These are the "basic tenets of capitalism", just as the basic tenet of journalism is to cut through the bull.

By: Jim Todd

Jim Todd — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:46:16 +0000

Why did Rogers get into the TV station business in the first place, when all they've done is reduce the Citytv stations to mere shells of themselves? Citytv, in Toronto especially, used to be one of the most interesting TV stations on the dial. Not anymore. Nothing worth watching there.

By: Billy Bob

Billy Bob — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:27:45 +0000

Bull shit, indeed. What Rogers is doing is really, really, really bad. They go before House of Commons committees and tell MPs nothing is wrong with local TV. They go before the CRTC and say nothing is wrong with the business model for local TV. These guys are shameless. It is any wonder why the Harper government even gives them the time of day. Shame on Rogers.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:23:23 +0000

First of all, who is watching CityTV? Not me for sure.

By: James

James — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:58:42 +0000

>>Rogers continues to sabotage its TV stations for its own benefit, and people like Anne Mroczkowski pay the price.

I'm not sure I follow your logic on this one. Rogers is a corporation and it will do what it has to do to generate profit for its shareholders. It's not in business to "take care of people", no matter how pretty they are. Every corporation (and individual as well) will shape its statements to show itself in a more positive light, and distract you from any hypocrisy on its part. These seem like basic tenets of capitalism, and while I lament the fact that good peope lose their jobs occasionally, I also live in the real world.