TVO Strike

Decades ago TVO showed a British series about sex that was quite explicit. It was hosted by an actress with a Liverpool accent whose name I can't remember. I remember on one episode she said, "sex is kind of a strange thing to get up to."
 
Does anybody watch TVO. Does anybody care they are on strike?
The more educated people watch it, Darts.

You may have missed that.
 
I stopped watching the channel when Saturday Night at The Movies, with Elwy Yost ended. It showed old movies, followed by interviews and discussions. Very entertaining and informative.
 
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I stopped watching the channel when Saturday Night at The Movies, with Elwy Yost ended. It showed old movies, followed by interviews and discussions. Very entertaining and informative.
The problem is it was scheduled opposite Hockey Night in Canada.
 
Like all things government, average is never a goal to strive to. TVO is a pretty pathetic public broadcaster.
 
I stopped watching the channel when Saturday Night at The Movies, with Elwy Yost ended. It showed old movies, followed by interviews and discussions. Very entertaining and informative.
Elwy Yost lived in Thorncrest Village. I asked him what shows were coming up when going from house to house during halloween.
 
When my kids were younger they watched a lot of TVO and TFO programs. I never limited screen time if watching TFO because I wanted my kids exposed to as much French as possible while living in southern Ontario. I used to watch the Agenda semi-regularly but watch it less now as I watch less TV. I really enjoyed the series The Life-Sized City and a few others that I stumbled upon or heard about word of mouth.... they don't advertise much. I think good value but I realise my views are not shared by everyone.
 
Elwy Yost lived in Thorncrest Village. I asked him what shows were coming up when going from house to house during halloween.
For those who may not know, Elwy's son Graham became a very successful screenwriter/producer. His big breakthrough was writing the script for the Hollywood blockbuster Speed(1994). Appropriately, it was the last movie Elwy featured on his show Saturday Night at the Movies before he retired.
 
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Decades ago TVO showed a British series about sex that was quite explicit. It was hosted by an actress with a Liverpool accent whose name I can't remember. I remember on one episode she said, "sex is kind of a strange thing to get up to."
Tipping the Velvet maybe?
I still recall thinking it was strange watching a lesbian coming of age historical drama on a public TV station
 
In 1995 TVO had 350k daily viewers. This was before the internet.

I imagine that numbers have significantly declined over the past 28 years. Who knows, maybe they're now hovering around 20k daily staunch high intelligentsia viewers like mandrill. Using magical math, that's plenty to pay 400+ staffers over $100k salaries.

 
Here are some stats: https://tvo.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/98962CC_AR-English_2021-AODA-Final.pdf

Audience Growth in 2020-21 TVO’s readers, listeners, and viewers have access to the highest quality current affairs coverage through an Ontario lens. That quality is what sets us apart and has driven this year’s meaningful audience growth, which exceeded our key targets:
• 45%+ growth in number of digital page views (~ 9.9 million)
• 10%+ growth in digital video views (~ 27.2 million)
• 125%+ increase in Ontario Hubs page views (~ 833,000)

So TVO's entire network is equivalent to a moderately successful YouTube influencer, except that the YouTuber is one person while TVO encompasses hundreds of employees.

Just like Elon's twitter could operate with a fraction of Twitter's original staff, TVO could be just as (un)successful with no more than 10 employees. Too many Starbucks pumpkin spice latte sippers doing fuck all there right now.