06-06-2022, 03:01 PM
(06-06-2022, 01:35 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(06-06-2022, 11:11 AM)westwardloo Wrote: They are probably planning on shutting down operations at the region all together and move everything to Toronto. Unfortunately that has been the case with almost all of our local media. It is too bad, even 570 news a shell of what it used to be.
It would be interesting to know what would happen if some of these were still independent. I mean it’s a natural thing for CTV to centralize and standardize everything; but if CKCO were still a separate business, that wouldn’t be an option (short of selling out, obviously, which actually happened decades ago). Of course, maybe the answer would be that a standalone TV station isn’t a viable business in today’s economic environment.
Somehow Hamilton was able to keep a local channel in CHCH. The centralization of media is one of the most disappointing things in todays world. All of our news agencies are owned and for the most part produced from toronto, which means none of them have a real vestide interest in spending money to provide meaningful stories that affect our community. its just watered down toronto news.