Talk:Global Television Network

Unattributed criticism
The following paragraph makes charges against Global but does not say who was making them, other than "some critics":

''Some critics charge that Global's news programs have become more conservative, and in particular more supportive of Israeli and American government policy in the Middle East. Global's Middle East correspondent Martin Himmell's documentary Confrontation at Concordia, on conflicts between pro- and anti-Zionist students at Concordia University, was strongly criticised for bias and selective reporting but was aired serveral times in prime time by the network in 2003.''

The second sentence is particularly poor, since it uses the passive voice to avoid attitbuting the criticism to anyone. -- Mwalcoff 01:13, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Globbal's pro-Israeli bias is well known, and can be shown every evening by their coverage of Middle Eastern events. Nlsanand 00:41, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

If the bias is well-known then you should have no trouble finding a source. 85.24.184.24 04:11, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Global Edmonton
For those that don't know, Global Edmonton or CITV used to be known as ITV before becoming a Global affiliate station. Mr. C.C. 06:59, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Global Confusion
I've never understood Global. Global TV in Ottawa advertizes itself as "Ontario's source for news", but I have yet to see a Global reporter leave the greater Toronto area. A murder in Ottawa would (and has) gone unreported while "Ontario's source for news" reports on street sweepers in Toronto. Every anchor, reporter, and advertisement is very careful to use the word "Ontario" and never the word "Toronto", which seems very disingenuous. Even traffic and weather reports are branded as being for Ontario despite being solely for Toronto. Even having read the article, I am still left completely confused as to which markets Global claims to cover, and which markets it actually covers. --24.200.34.209 05:21, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Another simsub complaint
In the 2005-06 season, Global would go to commercial at the wrong time during live broadcasts of Saturday Night Live, usually as TV Funhouse or commercial parodies began. Since the NBC feed was substituted, viewers sometimes missed entire segments of the live broadcast. I know this definitely happened with Global Maritimes (definitely one of the most incompetent Canadian broadcasters around), but I don't know how much the rest of the network was affected. I had heard some of this happened with Global Quebec too but I'm not sure if it happened as much as with the Maritimes affiliate. 74.115.226.191 19:16, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Global hd.jpg
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Global's privately-owned affiliates
Does anyone know if Global and the Jim Pattison Group have any agreements regarding Jim Pattison's E! affiliates? I mean, all of Global's stations are owned-and-operated, and the majority of the E! stations are.... does Global have any problems with another owner's stations airing their programming, or did Global welcome JP Group's affiliation into its network "family"? I know of no plans for Global to buy the JP Group stations... RingtailedFox • Talk • Contribs 20:10, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Well those are affiliates of E! not Global and plus Global has it's own repeaters in Northern B.C. for Chan (where most of the affiliates are located) I don't think Global would buy those because they are already trying to sell the other E! stations. There is a station CJON-TV branded as ntv in Newfoundland and Labrador former CTV affiliate airs Global programing but Global dosen't care because there is other news station there other than CBC but has CTV news casts because they are worried that if they use Global's then CTV will apply for a station then Global will apply for a station. RebaFan1996 (talk) 00:52, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Global BC
I keep writing that CHAN operates in Burnaby not Vancouver because it does and somebody keeps erasing it so I ask if some would like to change it give me some reasons. RebaFan1996 (talk) 01:51, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * There is no good reason why that should be stated. It's not important where the studios are located. If the location of the studios should be mentioned, it should be in the station's article. єmarsee  •  Speak up!  04:43, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Global News
I definitely think that Global News gets its own article instead of being redirected into this page. There's more than enough content to fill an article, especially when A News and OMNI News can have their own articles. I'll be working on it if I have time. єmarsee •  Speak up!  01:16, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

international action hour market

 * Series initially intended for the US and international market are sometimes called "industrial" productions and largely disappeared with the collapse of the international action hour market.

What's the international action hour market? When did it "collapse"? Sources, anyone? 121a0012 (talk) 06:10, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Canwest sale price to Shaw (E! section)

 * ...eventually led to Canwest filing for bankruptcy protection and selling its properties to Shaw Media for 6.7 trillion USD.

That sale price is definitely incorrect, as it's about 6 times the GDP for Canada in 2009(!). Deleting the mention of price until it can be confirmed by a reputable source. tesserac (talk) 16:42, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Assuming the person who wrote that isn't a vandal, it could very well likely have been $6.7 billion. █  EMARSEE   01:50, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

About One Of Global Idents From 1997 to 2001
Guys, what kind of idents does Global have in 1997 to 2001? How many idents are there in Global in 1997 to 2001? Do you guys know? Have you ever seen one of the Global idents like bouncing fruit, maple leaf flags, flowers, sailboat, totem, butterflies, balloon, tropical fish, countdown, negative color countdown, loon, fireworks, and crescent? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.147.6.141 (talk) 17:09, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

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Telesat's merger with Loral Skynet
It is extremely relevant that Telesat DID merge with Loral Skynet in the 2000s. I have provided references in my own edit as proof. --GroupJWbackup (talk) 20:53, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Telesat's ownership status into the 2000s is relevant to Telesat, but it is not relevant to the Global Television Network at all. What happened to Telesat in 2000 did not affect or impact Global at all, let alone having anything to do with the failed NTV license application from 1968 in particular. The only thing that's relevant in this article is the immediate impact ofthe initial creation of Telesat on Global's 1968 license application itself — anything outside of that is just digressing, because Telesat's ownership status in the 2000s has nothing to do with Global. Bearcat (talk) 15:50, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Page move
Will this article ever be moved? I am younger but I have never seen it referred to as "Global Television Network". When speaking no one ever says "Global Television Network", they say "Global". Media outlets don't call it "Global Television Network", they write "Global". On https://www.globaltv.com/about-us/, it is written as "Global". On https://www.corusent.com/brands/global-television/ it is written as "Global Television". The article title for NBC is NBC, not "National Broadcasting Company". I don't know a lot about page moves but I think this page should be moved, ideally to Global (TV network) but if it's better to not have parentheses then at least Global Television. The long form "Global Television Network" just seems so outdated; it's been the page title since 2002. Heartfox (talk) 03:26, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Both of those are bad choices, as they can mean other things. The current one is the only title that can only mean this topic and not something else. Bearcat (talk) 15:32, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

SCTV
in all the talk of original programming, I don't see a single mention of SCTV, surely Global's finest contribution to civilization and the televisual arts

J Edward Malone (talk) 16:03, 17 January 2022 (UTC)