Due to inflation, freezing CBC funding for 2002-3 represents effective budget cut
Follow the Money data come directly from CRTC financial summaries and show private broadcasters welcome federal subsidies but haven’t increased Canadian content
CTV is incorrect to dismiss Friends’ Follow the Money data; these figures are derived from published data originally obtained from broadcasters
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
National Post editorial attacking Friends contains fourteen factual errors
Broadcasters’ spending on US programs has increased and on Canadian programs has decreased, even as federal government provides them with subsidies for Canadian content
Broadcasters’ spending on US programs has increased and on Canadian programs has decreased, even as federal government provides them with subsidies for Canadian content
Broadcasters’ spending on US programs has increased and on Canadian programs has decreased, even as federal government provides them with subsidies for Canadian content
Broadcasters’ spending on US programs has increased and on Canadian programs has decreased, even as federal government provides them with subsidies for Canadian content
Broadcasters’ spending on US programs has increased and on Canadian programs has decreased, even as federal government provides them with subsidies for Canadian content
Private broadcasters have increased spending on foreign programs while decreasing spending on Canadian programs, despite federal subsidies
Redesigned CBC supper-hour news appears very Toronto-centric
Canada’s film and TV industry will not suffer economic fallout from 9/11 because it is viewed as a safe place for US films to shoot
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
50 more CBC jobs will be cut as $60 million in additional funding is directed toward programming
CanWest Global may attack Friends for criticism, but Friends not alone in feeling such criticism is justified
CanWest Global may attack Friends for criticism, but Friends not alone in feeling such criticism is justified
Telefilm, Canadian Television Fund change their rules because largest distributor’s broadcasting arm is bigger than distribution arm; this benefits large broadcasters, hurts independent producers
Measures changes in broadcaster investment in Canadian programming, share of viewing, correlation of audiences to program quality
Friends believes Rogers’ letter to film and television producers is a threat to force them to intervene at CRTC hearings
Friends believes letter from Rogers to Canadian producers constitutes threat to CRTC’s public process using public funds
Following cuts to local news programs, CBC’s audience share for supper-hour news has dropped
Global claims CTV’s specialty channels make it easier for the network to spend money on Canadian programming
CRTC releases CTV, Global financial statements pending licence renewal hearings
Friends makes recommendations to CRTC concerning cable ownership of analog specialty services
Friends supports Throne Speech commitment to increasing CBC funding to help public broadcaster fulfill its mandate
Liberal government should take policy initiative by putting $500 million back into CBC
CRTC aims to include private networks’ financial data in public files for licence renewals
CRTC aims to include private networks’ financial data in public files for licence renewals
