Yorkshire Film Studios TL

Great TL! :D
So, here comes the next question: will there be a Canadian competitor to MFS? The existence of MFS alone would make the Government nervous, probably enough to convene a Royal Commission to look into the matter.
 
Great TL! :D
So, here comes the next question: will there be a Canadian competitor to MFS? The existence of MFS alone would make the Government nervous, probably enough to convene a Royal Commission to look into the matter.

Why would the MFS make the Government nervous? They're a competitor in the film industry as much as anyone else.

I like the creativity and the correct use of the butterfly effect. Not too much, but not too little either.

Glad you like! :)
 
Why would the MFS make the Government nervous? They're a competitor in the film industry as much as anyone else.

This is Canada I'm talking about. Any media, particularly American media, is seen as threatening the unity of Canada, including film, radio, and television. Thus, it's not just a competitor - it's a threat to Canada itself. (The exception being Québec, because of a language barrier which allows French-language media to thrive.)
 
This is Canada I'm talking about. Any media, particularly American media, is seen as threatening the unity of Canada, including film, radio, and television. Thus, it's not just a competitor - it's a threat to Canada itself. (The exception being Québec, because of a language barrier which allows French-language media to thrive.)

Really? Didn't realise it was like that. Although I imagine Holles will be very keen on expandig into North America.
 
Really? Didn't realise it was like that.

It helps to explain a lot of things in Canadian history.

First off, the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) was pretty much designed as a Canadian radio (later television) broadcaster (and, in its original conception, as a regulator as well) to serve as a Canadian voice in an overwhelmingly "American" market. (In terms of media, Canadian politicians distrust anything "American" (which is seen as a pejorative) because it's too 'popular' - they prefer high culture over mass culture.)

Most of the Canadian film apparatus is pretty much designed to provide Canadian competition to American films (even though most people don't watch Canadian films).

These are just small examples. If anything, the Canadian Government's Motion Picture Bureau could be formed sooner (it was in 1918 in OTL) or even the NFB could be founded sooner, probably with a wider mandate to include haute culture/arthouse feature films.
 
Huh, I wasn't aware of all that. Although it should tie into the TL quite nicely.

Sounds good. :D

If you ever have the chance, read the following books:

Culture, Communication and National Identity: The Case of Canadian Television by Richard Collins (1990: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON, Canada). Although the book is a bit dated (it makes tons of references to Dallas, for instance), it's still a very good book, dealing with the Canadian situation. A more up-to-date version is Canadian Television Today. I know - I have both of them, and I've read both of them. :D

For a more general outlook, then I could only recommend to you my first-year Mass Comm. textbook.
 
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