CBC may share resources with CTV station to return service to North Bay
Due to inflation, freezing CBC funding for 2002-3 represents effective budget cut
Oral presentation to House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage containing presents highlights from Friends research concerning television schedules, commercialization of CBC and SRC, popularity of Canadian programming
Private broadcasters seek subsidies to produce profitable Canadian television without regulation
Private broadcasters seek subsidies to produce profitable Canadian television without regulation
Private broadcasters seek subsidies to produce profitable Canadian television without regulation
Redesigned CBC supper-hour news appears very Toronto-centric
CBC updates its image while retaining classic logo
Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage recommends that the Committee refer to Broadcasting Act to gauge health of Canadian broadcasting system
Carole Taylor must ensure the CBC reflects Canada’s diversity of languages, cultures and communities
Carole Taylor must ensure the CBC reflects Canada’s diversity of languages, cultures and communities
Friends supports CRTC’s proposed amendments to CTV Newsnet’s conditions of licence to prevent competition with CBC Newsworld
Liberals’ delay in appointing executives to CBC, CRTC and Telefilm shows their disregard for culture
50 more CBC jobs will be cut as $60 million in additional funding is directed toward programming
Friends makes unbalanced attacks on CanWest Global while ignoring positive developments in Canadian broadcasting system
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting does not uphold the transparency and accountability standards it demands of broadcasters, columnist says.
Although not perfect, Friends is a vital grassroots public interest group
Friends recommends shortening terms of CTV, Global’s licences to force them to keep separate newsrooms for TV, print
New York’s Razorfish Inc. has been hired to head CBC rebranding
Measures English-speaking Canadians’ confidence in the ability of various broadcasters to protect Canadian identity
Friends questions appropriateness of CBC partnerships with Toronto Star
Following cuts to local news programs, CBC’s audience share for supper-hour news has dropped
Former TVO executive David Moffat Walker, a champion of educational television, has died.
Suggestion that CBC distribute satellite dishes unfeasible because over 25% of Canadian households are legally or physically unable to receive satellite signals
Audiences for CBC supper-hour shows affected by overlap with Hockey Night in Canada
Friends supports Throne Speech commitment to increasing CBC funding to help public broadcaster fulfill its mandate
Chrétien appoints acclaimed filmmaker and known Liberal supporter to CBC board of directors
Liberal government should take policy initiative by putting $500 million back into CBC
Robert Rabinovitch hints that CBC may broadcast fewer NHL playoff games to make space for other programming within its public mandate
