Archive for March, 2009
CBC cuts hit news, drama, sports, radio
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Last Updated: Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 4:52 PM ET Comments475Recommended224
CBC News
from cbc.ca
CBC English Services plans to cut up to 80 positions from its news division and a further 313 from sports, entertainment, current affairs, sales and support across the country as part of its efforts to make up a $171-million shortfall in 2009-10.
Richard Stursberg, […]
Delayed downbeat for National Broadcast Orchestra
Thursday, March 19th, 2009By Jessica Werb, The Georgia Straight (Vancouver)
Publish Date: March 19, 2009
When the CBC Radio Orchestra played its last concert on November 16, 2008, anger and disappointment was mixed with hope: its conductor, Alain Trudel, had hatched a plan to revive the ensemble as the independent National Broadcast Orchestra with support from Montreal businessman Philippe Labelle […]
CBC should emphasize service, not ratings, says former chair
Thursday, March 19th, 2009IAN BAILEY AND CAROLINE ALPHONSO
From Thursday’s Globe and Mail
March 19, 2009 at 4:00 AM EDT
VANCOUVER and TORONTO — The crisis facing the CBC offers the public broadcaster a chance to refocus and separate itself from private stations, making it less reliant on ratings, the network’s former chairwoman says.
“Because we have reached a bit of a […]
CBC pulls plug on meeting with Heritage Minister
Monday, March 16th, 2009Broadcaster feared encounter could give rise to appearance of political interference as board meets to adopt business plan.
DANIEL LEBLANC
From Monday’s Globe and Mail
March 16, 2009 at 4:24 AM EDT
OTTAWA — The CBC abruptly cancelled a scheduled meeting today with Heritage Minister James Moore, acknowledging the planned encounter fuelled an appearance of political interference in the […]
Time to re-think CBC funding?
Monday, March 16th, 2009Private networks are reeling, newspapers are struggling, so maybe we need public broadcasting after all. But as with public transit, is there a better way?
Mar 15, 2009 04:30 AM
by Sarah Barmak
SPECIAL TO THE STAR (Toronto)
Last year, it bought cheap foreign programming like the The Wheel of Fortune. Now, it’s considering selling off distinctive properties such […]
Michael Ignatieff: An open letter from Norman Lebrecht
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009Dear Michael Ignatieff
As a former colleague of yours on the BBC’s Late Show in the 1990s, I want to draw your attention to a Canadian phenomenon which, though you are not yet prime minister, can be significantly remedied by your intervention. There may even be some votes in it.
You can guess what I’m referring to. […]