Yes, the CBC did get that $150m boost. I think hockey was loss leader for the public broadcaster, largely held on to for cross-promotional purposes.
Back its deal with Rogers started, some wondered if it was even really a legal given the CBC's public mandate. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/with...
The network now has the opportunity to make itself into what it should have been all along: a publicly-subsidized broadcaster serving its audience as citizens rather than as consumers
J. Kelly Nestruck
Holy crap. I recall that NHL games were a huge part of their revenue / audience.
Did Carney comes through on his ceeb funding election promise, or was that classic Liberal sound and fury?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Liberal Leader Mark Carney said on Friday that his government would provide an initial $150-million annual funding increase to CBC and Radio-Canada as part of a new mandate for the public broadcaster.
