聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 In the world it is a very trivial thing, however, it was a bit surprising.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Canadians are no longer allowed on this knowledge based game show, which a Canadian-born individual hosts. What is Jeopardy?
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The show has stated on their website that they are currently 鈥減recluded from accepting registration information from Canadian residents.鈥� Apparently the show is looking into it, but as of right now Canadians need not apply for the fun game show I鈥檓 sure we鈥檝e all watched at some point鈥� especially when Ken Jennings went on his longest winning record on the show. He had a total of 74 wins and earned $2,520,000 with his wins, $2,000 for placing second in his 75th appearance, $500,000 for a second place prize in the Ultimate Tournament of Champions, $100,000 for second place in Battle of the Decades, and $300,000 during the IBM Challenge competing against the computer Watson.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The thought is that the reason Canadians can no longer apply is due to international laws regarding how information is shared on the internet. After all the typical reason Canadians aren鈥檛 allowed to enter contests in the States is due to that Skill Testing Question required to win. And although the question format is typically an arithmetic exercise, I鈥檇 have to say a game of Jeopardy would likely be filled with enough skill testing questions. After all, if you can win Jeopardy, you know a ton of little factoids that took some work to learn.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I personally haven鈥檛 watched it in ages because I do not have cable. The times are definitely changing. Apparently 鈥渃ord cutters鈥� 鈥� people turning away from cable television 鈥� are beginning to develop more and more.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Content providers used to be able to increase their rates and charge cable companies crazy amounts for the rights to broadcast content. However, with pressure on licensing prices coming from streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, cable is now attempting to create 鈥渟kinny鈥� bundles offering focused channel packages for cheaper monthly rates.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 These 鈥渟kinny鈥� bundles aren鈥檛 where people would like them either though as you still have to pay $25 a month for a basic bundle with pick and pay channels available after that. But, what if you don鈥檛 even want any of the 鈥渟kinny basic鈥� options? Too bad, you need to buy that anyway.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Personally I wouldn鈥檛 mind about three or four channels, but I鈥檓 not willing to pay $25 a month for a 鈥渟kinny鈥� package that I don鈥檛 care about, which means I鈥檓 watching Netflix and renting movies or television shows through my iTunes account, then streaming shows via CTV, Global, or CBC online. CTV and Global are only available for a week following the airing of the show if you do not have cable, which suits me just fine. While CBC features their original shows for years, you just have to watch the odd commercial.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 So, I simply go without watching some things, like the national news and Jeopardy. That kind of news I can get online in a variety of places and shows that I liked watching, such as Jeopardy, I鈥檓 simply going without. I鈥檓 finding other shows to watch and am finding other things to do instead of watching T.V. I have volleyball, coaching, reading, kayaking during the summer, cooking, and more that I鈥檓 enjoying instead of just watching television.
