whether the new digital media are a natural extension of print, or of radio and television, is a moot point. Sites like thestar.com and cbc.ca are an amalgam of both traditions. So broadcasters might as easily complain about newspaper websites horning in on their territory as vice-versa.
New research on the impact of national public broadcasters has the potential to inject a fresh theme into the ongoing discussions in this country around what to do about the struggling CBC/Radio-Canada.
As the CBC and its supporters search with growing urgency for solutions to the public broadcaster’s critical funding problems, an idea gaining some traction is that CBC television be dismantled, and spun off into a clutch of subscription-based cable specialty channels.
A new, 12-year contract with the NHL will commit CBC to continuing heavy reliance on commercial sponsorship, a strategy which many of its fans see as disastrous in the long term.
© 2013 Wade Rowland As someone who teaches media studies to second year university students, I spend a deal of time each new semester explaining…
There are two obvious responses to the crisis facing our public broadcaster, and both involve eliminating advertising on CBC television. Both the theory and practice of public service media demand this.