Recently we’ve received numerous complaints from people who wish to view The Daily Show online, yet can’t seem to properly receive the content. This is due to the fact that these fans are located in Canada. In June of 2007, a content licensing deal was announced between Comedy Central and Canada’s CTV network, giving CTV exclusive rights to a broad range of Comedy Central content, in Canada. The terms of this agreement prohibit Comedy Central from serving any online content to people located in Canada.
Of course, the agreement does not prohibit Comedy Central from serving ads to Canadians. This is why citizens of Toronto, while unable to view Mo Rocca talking about politics, are able to see him talking about Blackberries. Obviously it would be preferable to explain this to Canadians more efficiently so they don’t view it as a malfunction of the player app. We will be examining possible means of accomplishing this.
