Serenade

Oh... So akshea, you are a SFU Communications major... then you should be quite familiar with media responsibility then! The media has the responsibility to report with a general unbiased perspective right? clearly, Fairchild is in violation of that rule. Have you ever heard of any possible negative news against the Fairchild group on their TV channel? NONE! The shooting down at Aberdeen Center? OOPS, I am sorry, our reporters didn't get there in time, therefore we didn't get to report it in the news! I mean... come on, what part of the problem don't you get? It has nothing to do with whether the market is not worth investing, we are arguing how it is a media monopoly and tyrannism here. I do not mind so much about the TVB dramas, and frankly, I don't even watch them because most of them are crudely made anyways. (with the exception of a few spetacular production, probably once a year) But the least Fairchild could do is give the general public a better news report. People do not have much of a choice for Chinese TV news. And most people just rely on that one single source that they pay for: Fairchild. Especially the older generation who have less ability to determine whether the news they are watching is reliable or not. With Fairchild's way of doing their news, the Chinese media is pretty much sealed in.

On top of that, it is not that the market is not worth investing in, Fairchild is earning A LOT of money from the TV station. With the amount of money that they receive from their sponsors, commercials and subscribers, this is a HUGE business. The problem is that, the TVB dramas are solely contracted to be supplied to Fairchild. No other TV stations are allowed to air the shows. So basically... anyone who even remotely wants to invest on a new TV station will have to go through the government for multiple broadcasting licenses and Fairchilds monopoly before they can start.

Go and do more research before you make any statement... I am a communcations major too, you need to look at the bigger picture, not the smaller one.

sheep

今日下晝0禁0岩有人嚮蝕到慌跳樓死0左
佢地獨家現場第一時間都唔報
你話佢地新聞係以咩泥做標準去報定唔報
係選擇性 同有關蝕到慌負面既 都唔報

sheep

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不過 獅子開大口
咪冇人問津0羅
如果成個集團叫media group都冇電視 電台既話
叫咩傳媒集團呀
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SFU係冇人識教

原帖由 akshea 於 2008-10-26 15:33 發表
How come u are so negative and stubborn about this whole FTV issue. hahaha lol.. What do you want and expect from a chinese TV station in a North America City. Who is stupid enough to setup a 新台 in  ...

chunsh

原帖由 sheep 於 2008-10-26 15:47 發表
今日下晝0禁0岩有人嚮蝕到慌跳樓死0左
佢地獨家現場第一時間都唔報
你話佢地新聞係以咩泥做標準去報定唔報
係選擇性 同有關蝕到慌負面既 都唔報

are u saying they didnt mention it in the news report on 96.1?
I dunno, well, I dont like 1470 at all, but I think they didnt report it in the news PROBABLY becos the cops told them not to do it
as u know, the rcmp always like to seal the criminal news like the chinese 公安 do

akshea

原帖由 Serenade 於 2008-10-26 15:38 發表
Oh... So akshea, you are a SFU Communications major... then you should be quite familiar with media responsibility then! The media has the responsibility to report with a general unbiased perspective  ...

Thank you for the post. This is a more educated and worth reading post than the other ones which only bashing about Fairchild without any plausible reasoning. This is an open topic for everyone and it's very interesting to see other people's view on this topic. I agree from the news stand point their are totally lacking media responsibility. I personally don't really spend time watching their stuff. haha.. so I wouldn't know how badly their news cover is. I remember back in the first year of communications they taught about the gate keeper. That's the position who decided weather a news should be reported or not. Of course from the stand point of FTV it's for their own interest to not report any negative news about their corporation. It's understandable but it's not acceptable of course. That would be one of the major area they should be improved on. Totally agree.

I do however want to know where did you get your source for saying they are making tones of money off their TV stations. Can you give us a little ball part figure of how much profit they making annually ??

Also for the TVB drama contract and other broadcasting licenses concern, I think that's just part of the game. If it's in fact a Chinese TV Station is so profitable in Canada, I don't understand why all those legal licensing would become a concern. Again, I haven't done my research here. It's been 6 years after I graduated from SFU. I dont' really wanna start researching anymoore. haha it's good to discuss about it just for fun however. hahha

[ 本帖最後由 akshea 於 2008-10-26 16:09 編輯 ]

sheep

don't be so naive
RCMP cannot stop anybody to report news.
It is  "public interest".
They can only suggest you not to told the public the victim's name or background before the next of kin is noted. Even you have done so, they can't do anything.

原帖由 chunsh 於 2008-10-26 16:00 發表


are u saying they didnt mention it in the news report on 96.1?
I dunno, well, I dont like 1470 at all, but I think they didnt report it in the news PROBABLY becos the cops told them not to do it
as  ...

akshea

原帖由 sheep 於 2008-10-26 16:00 發表

SFU係冇人識教
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Lol .. you are pretty funny..

starbug

原帖由 Serenade 於 2008-10-26 15:38 發表
Oh... So akshea, you are a SFU Communications major... then you should be quite familiar with media responsibility then! The media has the responsibility to report with a general unbiased perspective  ...

所似我話廢柴簡直就侮辱咗中文傳媒.

sheep

你話俾我聽
你識得邊個係有讀過新聞或者相關學系畢業架
可以話無

原帖由 somewhereintime 於 2008-10-26 10:24 發表
I live in Vancouver for 32 years and never feel the need to subscribe to Chinese Channel. I have been guest on 30 FTV  shows , 100+ talkshows on both radio
stations plus Channel M  so I think I've see ...

starbug

原帖由 akshea 於 2008-10-26 15:33 發表
How come u are so negative and stubborn about this whole FTV issue. hahaha lol.. What do you want and expect from a chinese TV station in a North America City. Who is stupid enough to setup a 新台 in  ...

吓? 我吔係畀錢嗰個, 個service provider 做得唔好就要講架喇, 要点做好D係廢柴要諗嘅問題, 或者係D理想青年做功課諗嘅問題, 作為消費者我好哋聽嘅就叫提供意見, 唔好聽嘅就叫做"插", 我已經好rational 咁插架喇.