What's New at Friends.ca:
Mar 3, 2010 — News Release: Foreign ownership a threat to Canadian culture
FRIENDS says the Harper government's Throne Speech commitment to open the telecommunications and satellite industries to foreign ownership threatens Canadian culture and tilts the playing field against Canadian broadcasters.
Mar 1, 2010 — Policy Brief: Re: Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-732: Mandatory distribution – Section 9(1)(h)
FRIENDS supports the mandatory carriage of those television services which the CRTC determines to be in the public interest.
Feb 1, 2010 — Policy Brief: Re: Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-661: Policies for Community Television
FRIENDS endorses a proposal that would see community TV stations become more like public libraries with local control and dedicated funding.
Jan 27, 2010 — Policy Brief: Re: Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-803, item 1: Application # 2008-0203-4: Média de Novo Inc.
FRIENDS offers comments and poses questions on a Média de Novo submission to the CRTC that would see the company sell the 'local availabilities' on U.S. specialty channels.
Dec 9, 2009 — Policy Brief: Compensation Regime for the Value of Local Television Signals
FRIENDS recommends that the CRTC re-regulate the basic service of the big four cable monopolies and ensure that cable distributors do not pass along signal compensation charges to their subscribers.
Nov 12, 2009 — Blog Post: CBC’s sudden $171 million short-fall. How come?
FRIENDS says decisions by the management of CBC's English Television network contributed heavily to a budget short-fall and the need to lay off 800 staff.
Nov 2, 2009 — News Release: Canadian consumers need protection from big cable
FRIENDS says CRTC should protect consumers from skyrocketing basic
cable TV rates in the face of price increases of up to 85% since 2002.
Nov 2, 2009 — Policy Brief: Re: Compensation Regime for the Value of Local Television Signals
FRIENDS recommends that the CRTC re-regulate basic cable rates, ensure that big cable companies do not pass along signal costs to subscribers and new compensation be divided among local conventional stations based on viewership of Canadian programs.
Oct 7, 2009 — Podcast: The debate over 'fee-for-carriage' heats up
In a radio interview with CIUT Take 5, FRIENDS spokesperson, Ian Morrison, discusses the need for "fee-for-carriage" to preserve local television and the misinformation being presented by Canada's cable monopolies.
Sept 23, 2009 — News Release: CBC petitioned to leave The National alone
Thousands of Canadians are calling on CBC to retain the one hour format of The National and keep it in its 10 pm time slot.
Sept 14, 2009 — Policy Brief: Re: Policy proceeding on a group-based approach to licensing of television services
FRIENDS recommends that Cable broadcast distributors should share a portion of their considerable profit with local TV broadcasters and that those fees should be divided based upon the total audience assembled for Canadian programs.
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Apr 14, 2009 — Letter: Re: Cuts to the CBC by Mike Bradley
Letter from the Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario urging the Prime Minister to provide bridge financing and increase the parliamentary allocation to Canada's public broadcaster.
Apr 14, 2009 — Fact Sheet: Parliamentary Appropriation to the CBC
Data show that claims by the government that the CBC is receiving record levels of public financing and that the Harper government has increased CBC funding every year since coming into office are false.
May 19, 2004 - CBC News - Harper Comments on the CBC
Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper suggests his party may revisit
government funding of CBC English television and Radio Two.
May 26, 2009 — Opinion Poll: Canadian Attitudes and Expectations Towards Public Broadcasting
According to a new study from POLLARA, the vast majority of Canadian
voters hold the CBC in high regard and believe the public broadcaster
is underfunded.
September 15, 2008 - Conservative Party of Canada - 2008 National Critical Issues Survey
Conservative Party fundraising letter polls supporters whether the CBC is a good or bad use of taxpayers dollars.
April 2008 - Publication - CBC Radio Listeners: Their Attitudes and Behaviour and Why They Listen to the Radio
Radio trends survey prepared by Canadian Media Research Inc.
February 28, 2008 - News Release - Conservative agenda would damage CBC
FRIENDS says a Conservative minority report on future of the CBC would
expand the gap between the national public broadcaster's mandate and
the resources available to meet it.
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