"You're watching Canada Ploos — your source for all Canadian entertainment."
In the South Park world, there are only 2 options on Canada Ploos: The Terrance and Phillip Show and The Queef Sisters. Terrance and Phillip have been a South Park presence even before South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut and the Academy Awards nomination for Blame Canada. The Queef Sisters follow a similar theme in its content.
Good to know there are 23 seasons of The Terrance and Phillip Show and 10 seasons of The Queef Sisters. Most Canadian shows don't last nearly that long.
South Park poked at the new Disney+ service in its latest episode Basic Cable. So Canada Ploos (+ en Francaise, n'est-ce pas?) was the logical extension.
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I've been dreaming of a streaming service for Canadian content along the lines of Britbox and Acorn TV for British TV. You can find some Canadian shows such as Slings and Arrows on Acorn TV. Canada deserves its own streaming service.
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Encore + is still active and has Canadian content for free. This is great for older and sometimes more obscure Canadian content. The service has ditched some of its TV shows and most of its feature films. Slings and Arrows used to be on the service.
With the CBC/Netflix breakup, more content could move onto a Canadian content service. Acorn TV could have a separate Canadian section but that doesn't address the need for Canadian films on a streaming service.
Netflix has a small amount of Canadian films on its service. Many of those titles are Canadian in technicality but feels more "American." For the $500 million contribution, Netflix hasn't really embraced Canadian film. Amazon Prime has some more unusual Canadian film titles to its benefit; searching for those films is next to impossible. Netflix has a better search function but not too many results.
Canada Screens and CBC Gem are available to Canadians but neither of them would be well-suited as a template for a Canadian content streaming service. Canada Screens charges by the film and has surprisingly few films in its library. CBC Gem focuses more on television than film with commercials for the "free" model.
A potential Canada Ploos would be strong on English-language and French-language films as well as indigenous films, documentaries and feature. Shorts would also be a great option as Canada does really well with short films. There should be directors sections to find older films of established Canadian directors such as Atom Egoyan, Patricia Rozema, Don McKellar, Sarah Polley, and Bruce McDonald. Films could be sorted by prominent actors or to have a search capability better than even Netflix's search engines.
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CanadianCrossing.com television coverage
South Park airs on Comedy Central in the United States and Much in Canada.
photos credit: South Park Studios
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