Scott Stinson: The CBC starts to erect its funding defences
Thursday, June 16th, 2011By Scott Stinson When Jim Flaherty’s ministry released the federal budget in Ottawa last week, the Finance Minister was resolute in his belief that about $4-billion in savings from program spending should be easily found. It was, Mr. Flaherty told reporters packed into a steamy room in Centre Block, kind of odd that something as [...]
CBC contributes $3.7 billion in gross value to Canadian economy: report
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011By: Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Faced with that uneasy feeling of budget cuts on the horizon, the CBC released a study Wednesday that pegs their gross impact on the Canadian economy last year at $3.7 billion. The analysis by consultants Deloitte and Touche LLP was commissioned by the public broadcaster in connection [...]
Tories re-announce budget measures
Thursday, June 9th, 2011The majority Conservative government announced stable funding of $100 million per year for the Canada Media Fund (CMF) in its federal budget Monday. The funding was also announced in the minority Conservative government’s budget in March, which did not pass due to an election forced by the opposition parties. The budget released Monday, a rehashing of [...]
CBC prepares for 75th birthday
Thursday, June 9th, 2011Tara Bradbury/The Telegram Two years ago, the CBC was dealing with a budget shortfall of $171 million by cutting jobs and selling assets. The public broadcaster has recovered in a big way since then, and is now expanding its services across the country as part of a new five-year plan, and preparing for its 75th [...]
Moore says ‘wait for budget’ on CBC funding
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011Heritage Minister James Moore refused to give details about CBC’s funding allocation for coming years when he appeared before the Commons heritage committee on Wednesday. CBC president Hubert Lacroix spoke to the committee last week about the difficulty in planning when $60 million of the public broadcaster’s annual budget is up for review every year. [...]
CBC’s new five-year plan to emphasize local and regional coverage
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011CBC’s management unveiled a broad five-year plan on Tuesday to increase its local and regional news, make its prime-time TV lineup more Canadian and enlarge its digital presence with new services and websites. This isn’t a move to change the services CBC currently provides or the feel of its shows, emphasized Hubert Lacroix, president and [...]