CBC sides with Israel Asper against Cable co's and Canadians

I think the CBC went thru some changes some years ago when Harper was first elected. One of the changes was stacking the upper management of cbc with his conservative buddy's. Could be they are israeli symphasizers . ....did they actually openly admit they have lots people of Israeli extraction working for them?

I kinda knew long ago when the tv outlets were running into financial difficulty that the conservatives would have to try and find a way to get their propaganda services up and running..especially in the face of somewhat fair reporting via the cbc. I figured they would just chop and cut (de-nut)  the cbc  to even the playing field which they did....then the big problem would be how to funnel that savings to the propaganda service. Looks like when you stack the deck you can do all kinds of maneuvering.

The name of the game now is bailout and yes this socialism for the rich is way out of hand....but Canadians don't seem to care ...just look at the polls. Funny when they are doing well , anyone that relied on government funding was trash..now the shoes on the other foot and they are  picking our pockets. Or at least shystering us.

Israel Asper died six years ago.

Hummm..........................not good. Would you perhaps like to consider rephrasing things. 

Quite apart from the anti-semitic comments and the anachronistic reference to the late late Izzy Asper, why the assumption that the Cable co.'s and "Canadians" are on the same side, lined up against the evil TV networks?

Cable companies have been fleecing Canadians for years, with the collusion of the CRTC "regulators". They charge us up the wazoo for sending signals to our homes through wires - signals that they get for free. They are so awash with cash that they have to keep finding new ways to invest their money, mainly by taking over other businesses. Meanwhile the CRTC permits them to pass along all their costs to cable subscribers. So naturally if the TV networks are to get paid for their signals by the cable companies, we the viewers will foot the bill.

I don't like Canwest any more than anyone else, and I don't think TV networks should start getting paid for the signals they currently send out free of charge. But that's not because I love the Cable companies more. 

Terrestrial broadcast is so last century -- cable television is alive and well.

There's been a big shift in the landscape between cable and terrestrial over the years.  Nowadays, nearly everyone has either satellite or cable.  IIRC, those who don't make up less than 5% of television viewers, but don't quote me on that.

Anyway, at one time the big broadcasters had no need of fee for carriage because they were preferred broadcasters for advertisers.  Cable channels had a tougher go raising broadcast dollars, but were an added value to the cable cos, so fee for carriage made sense to all.  However, with the fragmenting of the television market and the move away from terrestrial reception, advertising has also been splintered.  Cable companies still make money carrying the terrestrials, which are having more and more difficulty making a go of it, and they don't want to share.

It's interesting to look at the broadcast companies and see who is having trouble.  Corus is doing okay.  S-Vox and APTN are doing all right.  It's the terrestrials who are sucking slough water.  Not that I don't think they're playing it up for effect - I'm sure they are, and I'm seeing it hit a lot of producers very, very hard because licensing is supremely tight right now - but there is a grain of truth in it.

Personally, I'd like to see the cable companies pay fee for carriage and be prevented from jacking up rates.  I have no confidence this will come to pass.  But I also think we can see a reduction in the money for CanCon out there if the big three don't get fee for carriage in some respect.