Consumer Information

Hollywood Suite – Free Preview

Yes, it’s off topic but I thought you’d like to know that the Hollywood Suite preview starts today.

You’ll get four channels of films, one dedicated per decade starting from the 1970’s up to the 2000’s, and an On Demand channel until January 12th, 2016. And these channels will be $6 or less per month afterwards if you want to continue watching them.

Click here for details on getting it on your Cable or Satellite Provider.

Cyber Monday Offers

The offers continue, this time for Cyber Monday :

Black Friday Offers

Here are some offers I thought you’d like :

PonoMusic Now Online In Canada

Canadians can now purchase high quality music from the Pono store and the PonoPlayer from Amazon.ca in either black or yellow. And don’t forget to check the Black Friday deals at Amazon.ca.

Changes Coming To Cable

The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission has issued a schedule in regards to the implementation of the “skinny basic” and pick-and-pay cable rules.

By March 1st, 2016 cable providers will be required to offer their basic package at $25, which will include the “must carry” status channels. And by December 1st, 2016 cable providers will be required to offer the remainder of their channels individually or in small packages.

I watch mostly my local networks and on occasion the American networks so my cable bill should drop considerably once my contract with Rogers is over. But I am still looking into foregoing cable entirely and going with an external television antenna.

When Much Music, Musique Plus and the other music video stations aired actually musical content it was worth paying a few bucks a month but i’ve had Youtube/Vevo, iTunes and my music video collection for a while now. And the news, weather and other content that was once exclusive to cable are now online.

VMedia are currently offering their skinny basic package of approximately 30 local and American network channels for $17.95 so perhaps we’ll see some deals before the new year. Hopefully.

Sprichst du deutsch ?

It appears that English speakers are now able to access most of Amazon.de in English, just in time for the end of year sales.

Knowing only English and French, I had used Amazon UK and Amazon France for years for the German CDs and DVDs I couldn’t get in Canada. But now I guess i’ll be able to use their German site for vinyl as well.

They’re still working on translating most of the site though so you might still run into German pages as you browse the site.