tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.comments2023-06-17T01:07:53.748-07:00Canadian Media ResearchBarry Kieflhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758105644419847206noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-5948652158813561972016-08-23T07:30:49.511-07:002016-08-23T07:30:49.511-07:00I call B.S.I call B.S.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929735470514992656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-45346925680778213042016-02-23T21:22:26.239-08:002016-02-23T21:22:26.239-08:00It wasn't so very long ago that Canadians had ...It wasn't so very long ago that Canadians had the opportunity and the privilege, as readers of CBC news stories, to participate in the dialogue by posting comments following a story. This is no longer the case. Comment moderation at CBC has become so limiting and draconian in it's nature, so censoring in it's own role, that the reader comments section following many important stories has been throttled to near non-existence. CBC moderation of reader comments is getting worse as every day goes by. Canadians who pay a billion dollars a year for this organization are getting a poor return on their investment, and while our Charter or Rights allows us the privilege of free speech, and one would think the national broadcaster's stories would be an opportunity for Canadians to engage in a dialogue, the opportunity has been throttled back to a trickle. How do they do this? (1) by imposing a highly censored filter on anything which challenges the ideas being put forward by the main published story itself. If it is any way critical of content of the CBC story, for example by pointing to elements that have a contentious nature, or by challenging the 'sources' of their story, chances are you'll be filtered out. (2) by slowing the publishing of comments to a point that it takes hours (4,5,6) for comments to even appear. By doing this they deliberately discourage interest and the following of the conversation among Canadians that follows the story. (3) by squeezing the window of opportunity to comment down from days to what appears to be only hours now .. readers have little opportunity to get involved with the 'small' window of time that is available to participate. It has perhaps gotten worse since some of the implementation of Harper's C-51 began to kick in, and so any challenging of the official story (which has been proven so many times to be absolutely false, misleading disinformation and propaganda), any contest to the narrative which is presented by the story, is quickly removed. Mark Twain once said that "If you don't read the news paper, you're uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you're misinformed." The appearance of alternative sources of news has been a major challenge to the MSM, but they have been the cause of their own demise through the telling of their false narratives. Many readers responding on this issue have said that the 'reader comments' were the best part of CBC stories, because it was in there that one could read the pulse of the Canadian people. It's true; the comments have often been the best part of the story, with frequently better crafted, more insightful, intelligent writing than the main story itself. As with anything one has to separate the wheat from the chaff .. it's like mining for diamonds, but there is often some very intelligent, informed comment being posted. It's criminal that Canadians are moderated by a company in another part of the world, too (I.C.U.C.) .. this company is utterly failing in it's responsibility to Canadians 'and' the CBC .. their moderation is driving readers away. CBC fails Canadians once again by imposing this draconian control over the publishing of reader comments, and this militant censoring of reader feedback. It's offensive, and a lot of people are abandoning the broadcaster for this reason alone. I certainly am. Canadians would be far better served if the billion dollars a year that goes into this white elephant were spent on something more worthwhile. Shut CBC down; they are not worth it any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-39679164823915321642015-09-10T06:02:37.897-07:002015-09-10T06:02:37.897-07:00Thanks, Nick. Personally, I think a new government...Thanks, Nick. Personally, I think a new government should appoint two people, one English, one French, to advise them on the future of CBC. The CBC Board should be asked to resign and replaced with non-partisans.Barry Kieflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15758105644419847206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-10994055793250012102015-09-09T18:36:10.676-07:002015-09-09T18:36:10.676-07:00Barrie -- Very interesting. So if the NDP becomes ...Barrie -- Very interesting. So if the NDP becomes the government, what should they do in the first year to help the CBC? Will they be able to tell the terrible Board what to do, or will they have to wait until they get their own people on the Board? <br /><br />Thanks, Nick Fillmore (almost 30 years a CBC journalist/producer/editor) fillmore0274@rogers.comNick Fillmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01164453733837765836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-91999933738601128002015-09-09T17:43:40.116-07:002015-09-09T17:43:40.116-07:00Fascinating analysis. CBC Television's addict...Fascinating analysis. CBC Television's addiction to Sports has long been a thorn in the side of many both inside and outside the Corporation, including those who have long suspected that the expenditures CBC makes on televising professional sports and Olympic events far outweigh the loudly touted advertising revenues Sports attracts. Yes, while it is true Sports may well bring in more advertising dollars than Drama or News, it is also true that it drains more of the overall television (and as you point out, overall corporate) budget than it recoups through advertising. If CBC did not bid through the roof for the Canadian Olympic and World Cup rights, would the cash hungry IOC and ISF would turn down (lesser) bids from Bell or Rogers? I think it highly unlikely, and I think this supposition only underlines your thesis: the CBC English language service is addicted to sports at the cost of unique, indigenous Canadian cultural and information programming. Management has lost both its courage and its direction, and along with it, has strayed far, far away from the CBC's mandate through the development of a competitive mind-set in which it suits up to take on commercial broadcasters at their own game. Insane. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-21471596392675758672015-07-13T14:27:18.033-07:002015-07-13T14:27:18.033-07:00One has to wonder where the CBC is getting their d...One has to wonder where the CBC is getting their data from.<br /><br />I have been following CBC Radio 2 market share on my blog using data from Numeris (formerly the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement). I have been tracking the decline in the overall radio audience measured by Numeris in key Canadian cities (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Calagary and Edmonton) and the corresponding decline in CBC Radio 2's market share. Let me quote from my most recent analysis of the Numeris results:<br /><br />"In spite of an increase in the total radio listening audience in Montreal by 4% since S1 2007, the audience share for CBC Radio 2 has declined by a whopping 42.1%. Not good.<br /><br />In Toronto the total radio audience has declined 14.5%. CBC Radio 2 has declined 33.9%. Not good either.<br /><br />In Vancouver the total radio audience has declined 18.5%. The audience for CBC Radio 2 has declined 52.9%. Even worse.<br /><br />In Calgary the total radio audience has declined 16.6%. The audience for CBC Radio 2 has dropped 49.5%.<br /><br />In Edmonton the total radio audience has declined 13.3%. The audience for CBC Radio 2 has fallen 62.0%.<br /><br />In summary, the total radio market in these cities has declined by 12.5% since S1 2007. Yet the market share for CBC Radio 2 stations in these cities has declined by 39.5%, or a total of 280,500 listeners.<br /><br /><br />280,500 listeners can’t all be wrong."<br /><br />This analysis can be found here:<br /><br />http://cbcradiotwoandme.blogspot.ca/2015/01/the-latest-survey-of-cbc-radio-2-market.html<br /><br />I use no trickery, manipulation of the data or wishful thinking in the analysis. The data is there, thoughtfully provided by Numeris. Anyone can replicate this analysis. So how can CBC tout improved audience numbers?James Wootenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932289702872433813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-86512906923415809692015-06-09T13:49:37.048-07:002015-06-09T13:49:37.048-07:00Young people grow into public radio; they're n...Young people grow into public radio; they're not always open to it when they're teens or even in their 20's. Tastes mature, ears open up to more diverse styles of music, people are drawn to more esoteric subjects, and many of us yearn for our high school/college/university days when all we had to do was absorb and contemplate new ideas. It's a fool's game to try to cater to 20-somethings when eventually the appeal of well-made public radio will draw them in. The tone might - and should - change with the times, but intelligent radio is something that eclipses demographics and age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-84439780809410850512015-02-15T18:26:02.305-08:002015-02-15T18:26:02.305-08:00What free market? The only ones to get anything fr...What free market? The only ones to get anything free is the CBC....Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-79863657957945464242015-02-13T17:31:59.727-08:002015-02-13T17:31:59.727-08:00As of today Feb 13th 2015, SUN News Network is no ...As of today Feb 13th 2015, SUN News Network is no more... gone the way of the Dodo. <br />Couldn't compete in the 'free market'...WorknPlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983018947757411881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-53076593085466572982015-02-02T21:45:17.336-08:002015-02-02T21:45:17.336-08:00My experience with simple.tv has been exactly what...My experience with simple.tv has been exactly what I expected from this type of technology, even slightly above <a href="http://www.mygeotv.com/dunya.php" rel="nofollow">dunya news</a> my expectations. The picture quality is perfect - there appears to be no signal compression so the picture looks exactly as it would if my antenna was directly connected to my TV. The unit I'm using also has a pass-through outputAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187649918166173338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-47469914769610284932015-01-26T13:39:57.013-08:002015-01-26T13:39:57.013-08:00Nice work! After the blasting you gave CBC as I wa...Nice work! After the blasting you gave CBC as I was reading this I kept thinking....'oops, where's the methodology!', good to see it at the end. On the topic between movies and TV, when people here "canadian tv show", they automatically think of a show specifically designed by bureaucrats to meet their expectations of what they think 'canadian' is. It may be urban legend, but I still remember how it was said that CBC executives in Toronto were embarassed that their highest rated show was "Rita MacNeil and Friends" and were pretty anxious to axe it as it didn't fit their idea of 'Canada', which was more 'Toronto' (don't know whether that is true, and given the nature of the CBC, probably never will). <br /><br />In canadian movies one typically thinks of independant filmmakers, because there really are not others. Lions Gate used to be canadian, maybe still is, but certainly doesn't make content that makes one think of Canada.asadi sandhuhttp://freeonlinemovies.me/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-10618434720805403762014-12-13T11:07:30.196-08:002014-12-13T11:07:30.196-08:00I agree 100%! Why should my family pay over $100 p...I agree 100%! Why should my family pay over $100 per year in taxes for a chanel that we never watch! Their news reporting is far from balanced. If the cbc were still relevant to Canadians, it could compete in the open market without being propped up by a billion taxpayers dollars every year!Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261804031694732258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-39684405820052347492014-11-05T10:34:25.140-08:002014-11-05T10:34:25.140-08:00Silly Leftist... it's a private company!Silly Leftist... it's a private company! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-49070753901170956722014-10-30T04:45:36.326-07:002014-10-30T04:45:36.326-07:00What you say MAY have been true in the past, but y...What you say MAY have been true in the past, but you can get more Canadian Content off the Internet since the new milennium. The CBC is a tarpit of wasteful, entitled, overpaid managers at this point. Most Canadians would prefer a different "donation" model than the highway robbery of our taxes to support it's pitiful content.Mrs. Ashehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05478210013157966281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-1809485988999014002014-10-30T04:42:46.727-07:002014-10-30T04:42:46.727-07:00exactly, the CBC has an unfair advantage, using YO...exactly, the CBC has an unfair advantage, using YOUR Canadian tax dollars and mine against other CANADIAN-CONTENT networksMrs. Ashehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05478210013157966281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-51288206887654155342014-10-30T04:40:56.126-07:002014-10-30T04:40:56.126-07:00I was an ardent CBC fan in the 60's, 70's ...I was an ardent CBC fan in the 60's, 70's and 80's. However the lack of worthwhile "Canadian Content", the Progressive Bias in reporting, and the availability of the same via the INTERNET makes the CBC a highly over-rated, parasitic behemoth employing "entitlement mentality sycophants". The sooner we privatize the beast, make its bloated managers become truly competetive in the world market, the better for taxpayers who never use its services anymore. Sell the assets to the highest bidder and put the money back in our Canadian coffers. The sooner the better.Mrs. Ashehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05478210013157966281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-76435607376965937292014-08-04T15:15:20.982-07:002014-08-04T15:15:20.982-07:00I'd love to see an end to public funding of th...I'd love to see an end to public funding of the CBC. They have become a left wing advocacy group, taking public money to promote only the left side of the political spectrum even though conservative tax payers are forced to contribute to it. They rose to a position of power during the Trudeau years when the huge increase in public funding to the CBC was initiated and most of the aging political commentators at the CBC owe their careers to the Liberals. That public funding now stands at over $1 Billion per year - more than the worst case scenario of the F-35 funding.<br /><br />Add to the Liberal legacy of the modern CBC the fact that most employees of the CBC are members of public sector-style unions. Just about everyone from the camera men to the writers to the on-air personalities belong to a union. Only Upper Management and "Guest Commentators" are exempt from mandatory union membership. Thus the organization as a whole has a self interest in opposing any political party which advocates cuts in government spending or limitation of public sector union power. No wonder that the CBC has a left wing bias.<br /><br /><br />Ending public funding of the CBC has two main benefits: <br /><br />The first one is self explanatory - we save $1 Billion per year. <br /><br />Second and more important than the savings is the leveling of the political landscape where the $1 Billion per year given to the CBC is tantamount to giving $1 Billion per year to the Public Relations and Advertising budget of the Liberal Party of Canada. This gives the Liberals an unfair advantage and is thus a threat to true democracy.<br /><br />To those that say, that ending public funding of the CBC is just a Conservative attempt to snuff out opposing political views, I say this: I'm not opposed to people with different views having an opportunity to express their opinions. I'm just opposed to being forced to pay for people expressing views I disagree with.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-7315027774322862542014-08-01T13:29:24.536-07:002014-08-01T13:29:24.536-07:00My concerns as a viewer are many but I do apprecia...My concerns as a viewer are many but I do appreciate Evan Solomon. Truly troubling is the advocacy for Israel in coverage of Gaza. Does CBC hav responsibility and obligation to provide the viewers with balanced reporting..clearly when CBC has brought forward Israel issues, the current tragedy, avoiding any reflection of the aggression on a population held prisoner and blasted away from a remote control technology, over 800 children massacred from what the world is beginning to condemn as a Genocide..<br /> The photogdepicting Gaza has been 90% fluff! Avoiding the term or facts on the "Occupation" avoiding John Kerry being accused of "Systematic Terrorism" by Israel, avoiding coverage of the real horrors of the Gaza massacre , simply muting the voice of UNHR, accusing Israel of War Crimes , deleting any reference to Ban ki Moon's statement that "Killing children while they sleep is shameful" ,,,these are just a few concerns of media coverage in Canada. If we continue to be made to haer and learn a biased reporting on tragic murderous situations wherever and given the slaughter f over 800 children is being carried out as I write, what are the chances of change for the long term in the prison state of Gaza? Who can justify journalism that appears to be edited by our Harper, Baird , both who seem obsessed with psychological control anger issues, both mouthpieces seem co dependent on war and power political distrust Minister or Military wing of Netanyahu? Let's see CBC stop the propaganda and start helping justice and freedom for Palestine children and civilians with fact and photos that represent the reality of this occupation and the tragedy of Israel acting as tyrants with no regard for international law!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-87312837357414719862014-07-10T19:31:34.329-07:002014-07-10T19:31:34.329-07:00I'd like to see the CBC set up as a self susta...I'd like to see the CBC set up as a self sustaining non-profit that ran on the donations of it's supporters. Let them freely state their opinions without political interference from the Government of the day and sink or swim on their own. They served an important function for many years but now the internet and satellite TV allow almost all Canadians to be connected and informed from sources of their choice. Sadly CBC tv has become a Toronto-centric entity that has little relevance to most Canadians outside the GTA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-55511222557963867822014-05-17T06:36:06.278-07:002014-05-17T06:36:06.278-07:00Thanks for your thoughtful and pragmatic perspecti...Thanks for your thoughtful and pragmatic perspective. Hopefully the Senate (and perhaps a visionary political party) will SERIOUSLY consider these ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-84747472518118759852014-03-11T10:27:28.905-07:002014-03-11T10:27:28.905-07:00Easily, the article is actually the best topic on ...Easily, the article is actually the best topic on this registry related issue. I fit in with your conclusions and will eagerly look forward to your next updates. Just saying thanks will not just be sufficient, for the fantasti c lucidity in your writing. I will instantly grab your rss feed to stay informed of any updates. <a href="http://greatvacations.travel/new-jersey-vacation/" rel="nofollow">New Jersey Vacation</a><br /><br />David talpurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15600881829320806595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-44062954061003206072014-02-28T09:30:51.166-08:002014-02-28T09:30:51.166-08:00Hear, hear!Hear, hear!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-66080114978804134622014-02-23T08:31:06.440-08:002014-02-23T08:31:06.440-08:00Quality is no longer about cost. How much did Bla... Quality is no longer about cost. How much did Blair Witch cost? Years ago I remember reading an article that was talking about the number one show in LA. It was a cable access show where a guy sat in his garage and for the first half hour answered questions about philosophy, and the second half hour was a garage sale where he'd show people's stuff and people would call in and bid on it.<br /><br /> Cable access has forever been fought in Canada, by ALL the networks equally vociferously. Its so bizarre that the US has REQUIREMENTS where public airwaves must be available for those who want it, while in canada, if you want to be 'public' you have to be on a 'station'. Its this shutting out of canadians and talking down to them about 'what is their culture' that has people going to the US. If you are going to be insulted, its better that its from a stranger than somebody who supposedly cares about you.<br /><br /> PS, that better not be an implication that the littlest hobo is next to the paragraph about 'bad quality shows'. I loved the Littlest Hobo, it was every bit as good as Beachcombers, and just because it wasn't on CBC is no reason to disparage it. And no mention of SCTV makes you start sounding a wee bit biased (although some of those shows you mention may not have been on CBC, thats before my time-there was really a show called "Quentin Durgens MP"-if that doesn't stand for 'military police' then wow, only in Canada!). I also used to love "Smith and Smith", Bizarre (yeah, probably for the breasts), and Snow Job. But its probably true that at that age it was pretty easy to please me. But 'quality' is easily subjective (how many people actually DESPISED 'the beachcombers'?)mikelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-53058128618146827372014-02-23T08:14:58.098-08:002014-02-23T08:14:58.098-08:00Nice work! After the blasting you gave CBC as I w... Nice work! After the blasting you gave CBC as I was reading this I kept thinking....'oops, where's the methodology!', good to see it at the end. On the topic between movies and TV, when people here "canadian tv show", they automatically think of a show specifically designed by bureaucrats to meet their expectations of what they think 'canadian' is. It may be urban legend, but I still remember how it was said that CBC executives in Toronto were embarassed that their highest rated show was "Rita MacNeil and Friends" and were pretty anxious to axe it as it didn't fit their idea of 'Canada', which was more 'Toronto' (don't know whether that is true, and given the nature of the CBC, probably never will). <br /><br /> In canadian movies one typically thinks of independant filmmakers, because there really are not others. Lions Gate used to be canadian, maybe still is, but certainly doesn't make content that makes one think of Canada. <br /><br /> Finally, being 'interested' in something doesn't actually say much. I am 'very interested' in Hollywood movies, because thats where most movies come from. But I'm full well that the quality is usually lacking and 'hollywood movies' is almost a catch all that means little. Hollywood movies are 'bad', but at least they meet a certain level of production that separates them from home movies. Although I'm convinced that if you spliced up the 'best of youtube' you could easily make a show that people would watch. And I don't think the public broadcaster should even be looking at such issues. Do we want to simply show american movies on CBC because people say they want it. On that note, CBC should have programs that are aimed for purchase by schools, thats a good way to rationalize the costs. mikelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874411412954017819.post-48390192960466765962014-02-23T08:01:14.512-08:002014-02-23T08:01:14.512-08:00Excellent post and research. I agree about the &#... Excellent post and research. I agree about the 'telling number' mentioned above, I thought that sentence was a typo, because its really not at all useful anyway. <br /><br /> CBC should really be regarded completely separate. CTV and Global kick CBC's butt because they simply buy US programming. That adds NOTHING to canada's economy or public debate. I don't discount the value of entertainment completely, but have to wonder whether "Republic of Doyle" actually adds much to the 'values' of Newfoundland. <br /><br /> As for the web, its easier to comment on stories at the Globe and Mail than the CBC. By now I've probably had DOZENS of comments which simply do not show up and state 'content disabled' even though they contain no foul language or insults. Stories about sex offenders never allow comments at all, while stories about natives let the bigots have full reign. <br /><br /> CBC shouldn't even be compared to other stations, they should be rated according to how much legislation their stories affect, how much more active listeners become in public life, and things like that. Its embarassing that the small province I come from has had more legislation affected by the work of one blogger than all of the CBC. In New Brunswick for some bizarre reason more emphasis is put on what one reporter 'predicts' gas prices to do that week than anything else. Although to be fair, its hardly CBC's fault that virtually nobody pays attention to their weekly political roundups-but media still hasn't caught up to the fact that the public no longer sees political parties and elections as the representatives of political action. Most of the public simply takes it as a given that such people are lying whenever they speak anyway-which makes it hard to have political discussions. <br /><br /> The question is whether it is better to have fluff pieces as entertainment to a large group of people, or stuff of quality for smaller groups. There is plenty of fluff to go around, so I agree with others that IF that is CBC's aim, then we simply don't need it. For the other though, we need that very much. mikelnoreply@blogger.com