J529 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-to-cut-657-jobs-will-no-longer-compete-for-professional-sports-rights-1.2605504 Funding shortfalls and revenue losses have forced CBC/Radio-Canada to cut $130 million from its budget this year, a move that will eliminate 657 jobs over the next two years and take the network out of competing for the rights to broadcast professional sports, the public broadcaster says. "Very tough and controversial choices needed to be made and were made," CBC president and CEO Hubert T. Lacroix said at a townhall meeting with staff Thursday. Lacroix said CBC could no longer compete against private broadcasters that have specialty sports channels and multiple media platforms. The result will mean "substantially reducing" the size of the sports department and covering fewer sporting events, including amateur sports. And the CBC will only consider broadcasting events that allow the network to break even, he said. But the CBC will still compete for sporting events of national significance, like the Olympics. Among the cuts, English Services will slash $82 million from its budget and eliminate 334 full-time jobs. Lacroix said the broadcaster looked for solutions to shield Canadian programming in prime time and its commitment to the regions and digital from cuts. "We were not able to protect these priorities as much as we would have liked to. And Canadians will now notice," he said. In news, the network will cut $13.3 million from its budget, resulting in 115 job losses. Radio will also reduce some of its live music performances and some local musical performance shows will be cancelled or consolidated into regional shows. Losing the rights to broadcast Hockey Night in Canada to Rogers was a significant loss, but only one of the factors leading to Thursday’s announced changes. CBC has been coping with a loss of $115 million in federal government funding over three years that was announced in the 2012 federal budget. Meanwhile, a softening of the advertising market and CBC’s poor performance in attracting the important 25-54 age demographic to its prime-time TV schedule represented a $47-million hit to the network’s revenue. Projected advertising sales for Radio 2 and Espace Musique have also fallen short, resulting in a $13-million loss. As well, fixed-cost increases of $42 million and a $30-million funding freeze from the federal government added pressures to the broadcaster’s budget. Among the changes: Television will have one less original series, to be replaced with a Best of the World series. High cost reality series, like shows like Battle of the Blades, will be replaced with lower costing shows. George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, which is ending its 10-year run, will not be replaced. Instead, existing dramas will fill the time slot. Cancellation of late night news in the North. Service expansion into the London market shelved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I say good .. keep the focus on amateur athletes and follow and support them as they strive towards the Olympics .. this could really help promote our budding athletes and get the whole country involved .. maybe the Woman's Hockey Team will get what they need finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 To Glen Healy and PJ Stock: "Don't let the door hit you on the way out!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J529 Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 They should go back to airing such classic shows as The Raccoons and Friendly Giant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 CBC should be privatized or shut down. It's nothing but a bottomless money pit to taxpayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagori78 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 As a guy who worked as a contractor doing wiring for CBC, this is sad to see. CBC is screwed. Willing to bet that French Services hasn't had any cuts whatsoever, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapper Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I'm not apposed to shutting down the CBC if they legislate manditory neutrality and equal representation on the other news media. Currently the other news media is extreme right wing and without the CBC it creates an extreme imbalance. Remember the Province newspaper declaring themselves to the be official opposition so voters need not vote for the NDP ? Until the other news media stick to reporting news and not politically supporting one side over the other ... we need a balance on reporting. This choking the CBC of sports revenue is intended on starving the CBC to extinction so that all the sheeple will hear in media is messages approved by the Harper goverment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 To Glen Healy and PJ Stock: "Don't let the door hit you on the way out!" Agree, though I won't be surprised if the nhl network hires them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J529 Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 How does CBC survive losing NHL and without help of another government hand out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 They should go back to airing such classic shows as The Raccoons and Friendly Giant. Just wait for a second Jermoe529 and I'll call Rusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I say good .. keep the focus on amateur athletes and follow and support them as they strive towards the Olympics .. this could really help promote our budding athletes and get the whole country involved .. maybe the Woman's Hockey Team will get what they need finally. While it'd be nice if they could do that, it's no secret they don't exactly make money doing so like they did covering pro sports like the NHL. Sure, the Olympics make money for sure, but corporations aren't knocking down CBC's door to put high priced ads in a time slot for archery, bobsleigh, or canoeing/kayaking events. They'll have less revenue (as noted by the 675 layoffs) so coverage may suffer for amateur events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 They should go back to airing such classic shows as The Raccoons and Friendly Giant. Just wait for a second Jermoe529 and I'll call Rusty. Those shows couldn't hold a candle to Mr. Dress Up, Casey and Finnegan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Zamboni Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Beachcombers 24/7 FTW!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Old school Degrassi plz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I say good .. keep the focus on amateur athletes and follow and support them as they strive towards the Olympics .. this could really help promote our budding athletes and get the whole country involved .. maybe the Woman's Hockey Team will get what they need finally. That would be fantastic. Perhaps some exposure for the CWHL on national TV. It has been so hard for them to get that so far. All they've managed is a poor quality live stream. Even the Clarkson Cup championship game was not aired live. I for one would be happy to watch more amateur sports and events on CBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J529 Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 Old school Degrassi plz. Nothing against newer and current one but it's not the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 don't care about CBC sports, because other networks will just pick it up. But CBC Radio, for one thing, does an awful lot for Canadian artists (authors, musicians, fine arts, filmmakers, etc.). Would be a total drag for this stuff to be cut. Canada has a LOT of talent that deserves far more exposure. Would suck to see that decrease even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronalds.Kenins41 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Damn I liked them (everyone except Healy and Stock) Farewell to more than 60 years of hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANGO Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 can't wait for new seasons of The Littlest Hobo or Anne Of Green Gables............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J529 Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 Guess Trailer Park Boys on CBC would never work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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