CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ad-free

Re:CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ... by codeinchaos on Monday November 28, 2016 @09:41PM (#13060321)

having worked within the CBC, I don't trust the leadership at all! mis-management of funds is a CBC tradition and pastime!

they continue to struggle to understand the digital era, and the executives have gone on record plenty of times in their own town halls expressing their confusion and dismissal of "that thing called the internet".

and while the CBC continues to compare itself to BBC at every turn, that is not a fair comparison, more like a toad contemplating itself a deer.

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Re:CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ... by MrBlue on Monday November 28, 2016 @10:10PM (#13060457)

This exactly. My GF works at the CBC which gives me some insight to what's going on behind closed doors and let me tell you that I've never seen such incompetence and mismanagement at the management level. An additional $400M will go up in smoke the minute the cheque clears with very little to show.

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Re:CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ... by josho on Monday November 28, 2016 @10:31PM (#13060552)

Having worked at large corporations myself I can assure you that the CBC does not have a monopoly on mismanagement.

Yet somehow despite corporations mismanagement they still are more productive than many a small business.

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Re:CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ... by adgezaza on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @09:35AM (#13063234)

^ this guy is paid by the tax payers

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Re:CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ... by derrickdirge on Monday November 28, 2016 @10:04PM (#13060429)

Well, the BBC does receive three times the public funding, so it's really not a fair comparison.

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Re:CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ... by adgezaza on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @09:34AM (#13063231)

having also worked in CBC digital, this is very true.

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