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Watching the Watchdog: The Difference Between Public and State Broadcaster

Tim Knight | Posted 05.17.2013 | Canada Politics
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Tim Knight

So what's all this fuss the lefties are making about Prime Minister Harper trying to keep track of costs at the CBC by writing a few words into the back of his omnibus budget, Bill C-60? But what's the difference between a public broadcaster and a state broadcaster? I've worked for both. So I can tell you what's the difference.

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Watching the Watchdog: Bill C-60 Does Canadians a Disservice

Tim Knight | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Politics
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Tim Knight

I drink a toast to a man who believed passionately that journalism -- all journalism, but particularly journalism committed at a crown corporation like the CBC -- isn't just a job. That instead, it's public service. And that it's an honour to be a journalist -- particularly a CBC journalist -- and serve the people.

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CBC To Up Its Game?

CP | Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.06.2013 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - The CBC is considering creating a customer "loyalty" program as it bleeds revenues from the NHL lockout and struggles with deep federal budge...

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How the NHL Lockout Could Devastate the CBC

Ian Morrison | Posted 12.09.2012 | Canada
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Ian Morrison

The CBC is hooked on hockey and the NHL lockout could be just a bitter foretaste of the future for the national public broadcaster. Friends' calculates that the CBC will suffer a devastating financial loss of as much as $200 million annually if it loses the rights to Hockey Night in Canada in 2014 when its agreement with the NHL expires. All told, the loss of hockey would be much worse than the most recent round of cuts announced in the federal budget last March. It would amount to a game changer for our national public broadcaster. Friends is not proposing that CBC television drop hockey, but our national public broadcaster must prepare for this scenario, which could open new and exciting possibilities to operate more like a public broadcaster.

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Rachel Mendleson

CBC Aims For Real Estate Selling Spree

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 06.07.2012 | Canada Business
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The cash-strapped Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will tap into its rich real-estate portfolio to dull the pain of deep budget cuts, but president a...

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Time to Privatize the CBC

Gerry Nicholls | Posted 12.21.2011 | Canada Politics
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Gerry Nicholls

For this country's urban intelligentsia (the kind of people who think subsidizing Margaret Atwood books should take priority over buying military helicopters), a reduced CBC budget is more terrifying than a Don Cherry rant.

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CBC Skating Away From Don Cherry After Hockey Violence Rant

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.08.2011 | Canada
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TORONTO - Other than using some colourful language, Don Cherry has no regrets about his recent rant on fighting in hockey.Speaking on his popular "Coa...

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Althia Raj

CBC Cuts Could Be Deeper Than 10 Per Cent, Liberals Suggest

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 11.29.2011 | Canada
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OTTAWA –The CBC could see even deeper cuts than the 10 per cent reduction the Heritage Minister has discussed, federal Liberals suggested Thursday. ...

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Althia Raj

Tories Seek Big Budget Cuts At CBC

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 11.29.2011 | Canada Politics
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Heritage Minister James Moore wants to slash CBC’s budget by 10 per cent, The Huffington Post has learned. Although a government decision is far ...

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