"I want my Free TV"

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)** in May announced analog over-the-air broadcasts will be shut off and replaced by digital on Aug. 31, 2011.

When the shutdown happens, people picking up free channels such as the CBC will need to either buy new televisions that are compatible with the digital signals or install set-top box converters, which now cost about $200. About 10 per cent of Canadian households still use rabbit-ear antennae, according to the CRTC.

TV For Nothing *

Now look at them CRTC yo-yo's that's the way they do it
We watch the shows on the FREE TV
That was workin' that's the way we do it
They say: "No TV for nothin' and no movies for free
Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it"
Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb
Gotta pay mo' money on your Cable bill
Maybe get a loan from yer bank

We gotta install set top boxes
Custom living room deliveries
We gotta throw out these rabbit ears
We gotta throw out these colour TV's

(look at the bureaucrats, their heads are up their arses)
The CRTC think we have our own jet airplanes
The CRTC thinks we're all millionaires

Gotta install set top boxes
Custom living room deliveries
We gotta throw out these rabbit ears
Gotta throw out these colour TV's

I really liked to watch the shows
I really liked to play them for free
Look at that Government, they got it stickin' in the taxpayers ars
Man we could protest the CRTC...
they say:
"And it's gone now, what's that? Whining noises?
Bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee"
That was workin' that's the way we do it
Get your TV for nothin' get your movies for free

We gotta install set top boxes
Custom living rooms deliveries
We gotta throw out these rabbit ears
We gotta throw out these colour TV's

Look a' here, The CRTC says
"That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
You watch the shows on your FREE TV
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
TV for nothin' and your movies for free
TV for nothin' and movies for free"

TV for nothin' and your movies for free

Look at that, look at that

TV for nothin' and your movies for free
I want my, I want my, I want my FREE TV
TV for nothin' and movies for free

(Fade)
I want my, I want my, I want my FREE TV

*Adapted by The Wizard of 'OZ' from the song, "Money For Nothing" ,© Dire Straits
** Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is an independent agency responsible for regulating Canada's broadcasting and telecommunications systems. They report to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage.