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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009POLLARA public opinion survey on Canadians’ views on the CBC: KEY FINDINGS Briefing Note from Ian Morrison, FRIENDS’ Spokesperson May 19, 2009 FRIENDS commissioned POLLARA to survey a random sample of 3,361Canadians 18 year of age or older. The results are considered accurate to +/- 1.69% nineteen times out of twenty. The resulting data were [...]
Protect our national treasure
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009[Prime Minister Stephen Harper] also ignored a unanimous House of Commons committee recommendation that “in the interests of fuller accountability and arm’s length from government, nominations to the CBC board should be made by a number of sources, and the CBC president should be hired by and be responsible to the board (Lincoln Report page 567).”
CBC’s golden opportunity to cut commercial strings
Thursday, April 9th, 2009TheStar.com – Opinion Public broadcaster would be freed from self-defeating ratings game April 09, 2009 by Wade Rowland Professor of communications studies at York University If the CBC is to survive the shock-doctrine opportunism of federal Conservatives bent on either privatization or elimination of the public broadcaster, it needs to once and for all come [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Have we no pride?
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009ROBERT J. MULVANEY January 2, 2009 Columbia, S.C. — Will CBC Radio 2′s current tsunami of idiocy never cease (Naming Those Tunes That Define Canada – Dec. 30)? Having just heard the dazzling Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman sing in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony on U.S. National Public Radio, and having recently seen the brilliant Michael Schade [...]
Tune in to geography?
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009MAX TITBORK January 6, 2009 Ottawa — So CBC Radio 2 has a scheme to send 49 songs from above the 49th parallel to Barack Obama to make him more aware of Canada (Naming Those Tunes That Define Canada – Review, Dec. 30). Mr. Obama probably knows this, but it appears the CBC does not: [...]
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