If all the CTV wants is revenue why dont they sell the Superbowl like a PPV event?

Because it's available for free on NBC.

"Hello CRTC? I want to complain that I was forced to watch a free Canadian broadcast of an American event. It's just not fair that a Canadian broadcaster would be able to make money off my eyeballs, like they do every other day of the year, instead of letting me watch the American commercials that I didn't pay for either"

But, I don't understand how nobody fills any complaint against that CTV thing.

What CTV did is perfectly legal. To change the rules, you'd have to complain to the CRTC, or get the government to force the CRTC to make changes.

Alright then, I'll get equiped for 2012. I won't watch a second Canadian Super Bowl, that's for sure. :)

Alright, so if I install an antenna to my HDTV, I'll get CBS from the United States next year?

Yes, although the Super Bowl next year will be broadcast on NBC.

I live in Laval. Does this stil work in Laval?

For the purposes of simultaneous substitution, Laval is no different from Montreal. Whether it works is a question of whether the antenna can pick up a digital transmission from across the border. The antenna might need to be outside, on a roof, for any signal to be captured.

To keep in mind for next year, we subscribed to US Time-shifting on Videotron last week, and come game time the American signal was NOT replaced by the CTV's one.

The only thing with this, other than the fact that CTV will probably make sure it doesn't happen again, is that the time-shifting isn't available in high definition. I suppose people could switch channels during the commercials (and it wouldn't matter if they only had SD to start with).

By the way, I live in Laval. Does this stil work in Laval?

does anyone know the magnitude of the fine if Videotron chooses not to comply with the SimSub requirement and instead broadcasts the U.S. feed of the Superbowl?

I don't think there's a set fine for this kind of thing, but CTV would take it to the CRTC, which would hold a hearing and eventually order Videotron to comply. If they didn't, they could face fines or have their license to operate a cable service revoked.

As for the % mentioned about picture lock, each TV internal tuner is different. So is the % at which the signal meter measures picture lock. Some models lock at 60%, some lock at 34%, some at other %'s, some don't even use a percentage and use a bar indicator. What I'm trying to point out is, you need to find out at what point you get a picture lock on your TV.

"CTV announces that it's digital transmitter is up sufficiently enough to screw up the Super Bowl. To Videotron and it's subscribers this weekend: Suck It!"

Meanwhile in Gatineau, Bell is begging for the CTV acquisition to go through by throwing bones at independent producers and local news coverage but threatening to shut down A Channel - as in the A Channel they opted to take (read: overpay for) in order to get clearance for the CHUM acquisition a few years ago. Watch in the next five years how this network does everything in it's power to try and pare itself down to the four cities where they have the digital transmitters.