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CBC-TV future shocks

I'm shocked! Wow, where to begin?

Yesterday was a double whammy for CBC brass. They filed the corporation’s submission to the CRTC’s Television Policy Review, and they were grilled by the standing committee on heritage.

Some of the headlines:

- CBC could lose hockey and local news

- CBC wants to charge fees for cable and satellite users

- CBC does reality TV, but we don’t eat bugs

Each of these items is worthy of a heated debate, so I’ll file the details in separate stories.

In the meantime, here’s your homework:

- Check out the CBC.ca story on the heritage presentation
- Read the Corporate news release
- Extra credit: read the full 68-page submission to the CRTC

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One Response to “CBC-TV future shocks”

Mark says:

Hockey Night in Canada is the model of perfect hockey coverage, period - and I’m not even a hockey fan. The CBC production crew have mastered the art of following the puck, something that has been immitated and NEVER duplicated. CBC has never relied on a fluorescent or animated puck. It’s homegrown, pure and organic. And to take away local news coverage seems to go against the Canadian Broadcast Act.

There’s an agenda at play, here. Taking away the two things that Canadians look most to CBC for sends a clear message of what the government has in mind.

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