Big Changes Underway at CBC News “the changes will be announced and introduced over the coming weeks and months, I don’t know exactly when they will take place….” [read]
CBC Airs Less Foreign Content Than Reported “It’s not as simple, I don’t think, as a percentage. It’s a matter of knowing your audience and building loyalty. Mere audience share doesn’t tell the story for a public broadcaster.
I urged people to write in and urge the CBC…” [read]
Yahoo Shelves the CBC’s Video System “Live & On-Demand streaming video is not rocket science. Nor is managing said content. The BBC has done it relatively in-house (of course, with support from external content reditribution networks such as Akamai to lessen the bandwidth load), and CBC…” [read]
Big Changes Underway at CBC News “”Myriad long time listeners have been lost over the last 2 years and things simply go from bad to worse - on all platforms.
However, management still receives perks and bonuses, so all is not lost”
Yup.
That must be why…” [read]
Big Changes Underway at CBC News “Dear Pumpkins,
Looks like management has been reading my ‘incantations’ to recharge Newsworld and make it into a powerhouse. My concern, is whether this will also usher in a new era of managers? Tell me no. No more managers! As…” [read]
CBC Airs Less Foreign Content Than Reported “80% sounds about right to me, so long as the other 20% matches the sort of audience and tone of a pubcaster. Despite the critics, I think Jeapoardy “fits” the CBC perfectly.
I wouldn’t mid seeing the CBC take some…” [read]
Yahoo Shelves the CBC’s Video System “Good effing riddance. I don’t think anyone who worked with it will have anything good to say about it, not just producers. Hopefully though the replacement will have to go through a more rigorous selection process, as scrambling to meet…” [read]
CBC Airs Less Foreign Content Than Reported “I would agree that around 80% is good enough given CBC’s situation. I remember the CBC president said it cost 10 times more to make a show like the border than it does to buy jeopardy. And at least jeopardy…” [read]
CBC Airs Less Foreign Content Than Reported “I think 80% is reasonable because so many Canadians also have access to satellite and cable networks that must also air a share of Canadian-content programming. Thus, jobs in the industry and connections to a ‘cultural fabric’ still remain, even…” [read]
CBC Twitter Feed
“You’re just a yerl away from being a part of it all.” Ouch. I think she means ‘URL’.
I alternate between url-sounds-like-furl and U.R.L. depending on the situation, I wouldn’t hold it against her.