Rally for Our TV June 1 in Toronto!

Fresh back from their annual cross-border American programming shopping spree, Canadian broadcasters are set to unveil their fall TV schedules this week. Canadian actors plan to deliver them this homecoming message: BUY CANADIAN!
What:    ACTRA rally, outside Global TV’s “upfronts” press conference
Date:    Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Time:    2:00 – 3:00pm EST
Where:  Outside the Hazelton Hotel, 118 Yorkville Ave., Toronto
Canadian broadcasters are annually spending hundreds of millions of dollars on Hollywood programs that can already be seen on American networks, while squeezing Canadian TV off their schedules. The CRTC’s new March numbers show that their spending on foreign programming has soared to a record high: $846.3 million, and a 3.3% spending decrease on Canadian programs.