CBC gives it to taxpayers in hi-def

Misc CDN | 578 hits | Oct 28 8:48 am | Posted by: WDHIII

OTTAWA -- The taxpayer-funded CBC has spent almost $24 million on two broadcasting trucks so it can show hockey games and cultural events in high definition.

Comments

by JackCoiner
Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:17 pm
Finally - they are spending my tax dollars the way I would! I'm sick of funding outrageous 'art' incentives and programs for marginalized minorities. Here is something for the average Canadian hockey lover. Go CBCHD!
by bootlegga
Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:20 pm
Keeping up with technology requires investment. Sounds like a good purchase to me.
by PluggyRug
Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:42 pm
Woopeee... re-runs of Martha in HI-DEF.
by Regina
Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:57 pm
Is there something cultural other than hockey in Canada??
by TattoodGirl
Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:58 pm
"Regina" said
Is there something cultural other than hockey in Canada??

Lacrosse
by Regina
Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:00 pm
"TattoodGirl" said
Is there something cultural other than hockey in Canada??

Lacrosse
Hmmm....OK.
by scarecrowe
Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:39 pm
At well over a billion a year to prop up the CBC and with the current Federal deficit project to be 1.7 billion, sell the CBC assets to private interests. Our culture will grow just like it does in yogurt, voraciously.
by mixedfarmer
Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:06 pm
good investment . Hockey night in canada is a great tv program.
by roger-roger
Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:09 pm
Im still going to watch TSN for my hockey
by fifeboy
Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:19 pm
"JackCoiner" said
I'm sick of funding outrageous 'art' incentives and programs for marginalized minorities.
Yep, thats what Harpie said. Still a minority.
by Freakinoldguy
Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:44 pm
As much as I love HiDef TV this huge expediture seems a little out of line.

Oh sorry, I forgot who's responsible for it.
by RUEZ
Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:47 pm
The CBC should be privatized. If CTV can run a network without tax money the CBC can do it too.
by roger-roger
Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:49 pm
Then how would they be able to create wonderful Canadian programs like "Little Mosque on the Prairie" ?
by Canadaka
Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:05 am
I like CBC for thier investigative jourlalism and documentaries, something that doesn't exactly make the big bucks and CTV doens't have. Thats why we should have a public broadcaster so it doens't have to worry about the bottom line and just carry Canadian Idol type shit. The CBC focus should be on more of this educational and Canadian content.