Russell McOrmond's legacy personal blog

This afternoon, on unceded Anishinabe Algonquin territory currently the subject of treaty negotiation, a British colonial ceremony was held....

CBC runs InCanada , an "online" Canadian Media Panel. I put "online" in quotations because while the panel is online, th...

I just finished season 1 of Van Helsing via Netflix Canada. Filmed in Vancouver with most cast members being Canadian, this is the type of...

When the current Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly suggested that someone saying " Without culture, nobody would be on the internet" ...

I own Samsung and ViewSonic televisions,  Philips and Panasonic DVD players, and mobile devices from ASUS, Huawei and LG.   I don't thin...

The deadline to participate in the Canadian content in the digital world consultation is this Friday, Nov 25, 2016 (See end of post). While...

There are a number of people active in the DigiCanCon debate that are claiming that Netflix isn't paying its fair share of taxes and als...

I've been a happy Netflix customer since 2011, dropped cable TV in 2012 , and frequently purchase DVD's of movies or seasons of scri...

One of the odd contributions to the #DigiCanCon discussion was from ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists).  A tw...

Shomi has announced they are shutting down as of November 30.  I just signed up for the trial period in order to do a technology review, b...

Reading The Netflix Backlash: Why Hollywood Fears a Content Monopoly  feels so disconnected from my experience as a fan of the works of scri...

I just watched Ascension  on Netflix. Spoilers, Sweety ..   It is really hard to discuss this show without giving something away.  Please ...

Some copyright holders and their lobbyists claim the reason people infringe Copyright is because they don't want to pay, and that copyr...