jdobbin Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...b=Entertainment The federal cabinet is considering a $150-million fund for the country's private broadcasters to help rescue local TV stations and their newscasts, The Canadian Press has learned.Members of the cabinet priorities and planning committee met Tuesday to discuss their options for helping broadcasters who warn they are stretched to the max, sources said. The private broadcasters are arguing that the CBC should not be eligible for money. I don't think Harper will let private broadcasters shut down stations in Tory ridings. Quote
MontyBurns Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 The private broadcasters are arguing that the CBC should not be eligible for money. CBC already gets government money. Lots of it. Quote "From my cold dead hands." Charlton Heston
Smallc Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 CBC already gets government money. Lots of it. CBC needs more money and it has to come from somewhere. Quote
MontyBurns Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 CBC needs more money and it has to come from somewhere. Hold a pledge drive like PBS. It is public TV so the public should have no problems supporting it out of their pockets. Quote "From my cold dead hands." Charlton Heston
Smallc Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 It is public TV so the public should have no problems supporting it out of their pockets. They already do....through about $30 per person in tax money each year. The CBC needs more...and unless you can come up with a better funding model... This isn't the US and the CBC doesn't fill the same roll as PBS. Begging for funding would not serve its purpose. Quote
MontyBurns Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 (edited) This isn't the US and the CBC doesn't fill the same roll as PBS. Begging for funding would not serve its purpose. CBC gets plenty of welfare now. It is begging for more. Edited April 8, 2009 by MontyBurns Quote "From my cold dead hands." Charlton Heston
M.Dancer Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 CBC gets plenty of welfare now. It is begging for more. I can think of much better funding models.... 1) subscription only, via cable or satellite. That would give them access to over 88% of the market. 2) Privatize it and commercialize it and let them compete on an even footing with the other private broadcasters. 3) Make it commerical free a la PBS with funding coming primarily from viewers like you... Quote RIGHT of SOME, LEFT of OTHERS If it is a choice between them and us, I choose us
Vancouver King Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 CBC gets plenty of welfare now. It is begging for more. Poor old Monty. Extolling the virtues of 'free market capitalism' and at the same time approving taxpayer bailouts for private corporations bottom lines. Profits remain private and only the losses are to be socialized, right Monty? Quote When the people have no tyrant, their public opinion becomes one. ...... Lord Lytton
Smallc Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 1) subscription only, via cable or satellite. That would give them access to over 88% of the market. Totally ignores the purpose of the CBC 2) Privatize it and commercialize it and let them compete on an even footing with the other private broadcasters. Completely ignores the purpose of the CBC 3) Make it commercial free a la PBS with funding coming primarily from viewers like you... Sure, lets make it commercial free...but again, asking it to beg for money would undermine its purpose. Quote
Smallc Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 CBC gets plenty of welfare now. It is begging for more. The CBC gets funding from the public purse because that's the way this country decided to fund its public broadcaster. The should be funded to the necessary level so that they can continue to do the job that they are mandated to do. Quote
M.Dancer Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 Totally ignores the purpose of the CBC The CBC has had a very long history of ignoring the purpose of the CBC. Not withstanding that the CBC itself ignore the purpose of the CBC, nothing in those proposals ignores the purpose of the CBC. ...you don't by chance think the purpose of the CBC is to be a money pit? CBC Mandate Quote RIGHT of SOME, LEFT of OTHERS If it is a choice between them and us, I choose us
M.Dancer Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 ..... so that they can continue to do the job that they are mandated to do. They stopped trying to do that decades ago. Did you watch Jeopardy last night? Edge of the seat stuff.... Quote RIGHT of SOME, LEFT of OTHERS If it is a choice between them and us, I choose us
Smallc Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 It's forced to abandon parts of its mandate because it doesn't get enough money. Aside from the American programing however, the broadcaster has at least made a good attempt in its other areas. I'd like to see the government force the CBC to take the American programs off of its roster, but the government of the day doesn't seem overly concerned. Quote
jdobbin Posted April 8, 2009 Author Report Posted April 8, 2009 CBC already gets government money. Lots of it. The private broadcasters gets lots of government money too. Lots of it. They also get protection from competition. Quote
M.Dancer Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 It's forced to abandon parts of its mandate because it doesn't get enough money. Horsepuckey Was it forced to drop french language hockey coverage? Is it forced to air almost excusivly Toronto Games? ....the myopia of the CBC goes back as far as 1969 when the Toronto execs cancelled Don Messier despite being the #1 enetrtainment show in Canada.....it continues when the cancelled the Friendy Giant.... Quote RIGHT of SOME, LEFT of OTHERS If it is a choice between them and us, I choose us
M.Dancer Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 It's a giant conspiracy. No it's not....but for those senior producers employed by the corpse it's a lunch ticket par excellence...no need for ratings, mediocrity is rewarded and the crap comes out on time. Quote RIGHT of SOME, LEFT of OTHERS If it is a choice between them and us, I choose us
Smallc Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 CBC is enjoying some if its best ratings ever on Canadian produced programming. CBC radio especially. Quote
Molly Posted April 9, 2009 Report Posted April 9, 2009 Whining about cancelling Don Messer, and the Friendly Giant?!!!! How about cheering that those programs ever existed in the first place? Without the CBC, they wouldn't have. Not those, nor any number of other great Canadian programs. CBC is a pretty darned important national education service. I'm happy to pay in order to have it. (Even while being really PO'ed that they've so botched curling and skating coverage, and given us such through-the-looking-glass dreck as 'Little Mosque on the Prairies'.) Quote "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" — L. Frank Baum "For Conservatives, ministerial responsibility seems to be a temporary and constantly shifting phenomenon," -- Goodale
M.Dancer Posted April 9, 2009 Report Posted April 9, 2009 CBC is enjoying some if its best ratings ever on Canadian produced programming. Well..their ratings must really suck then.....out of the top 3o shows on the box, CBC has 3. Coming in at # 17 it's.....Hockey Night in Canada Coming in at # 21 it's...The Rick Mercer Report Coming in at # 23 it's ...Jeopardy!!!!! http://www.bbm.ca/en/nat03232009.pdf Quote RIGHT of SOME, LEFT of OTHERS If it is a choice between them and us, I choose us
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