m-p{3}@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoCBC/Radio-Canada to cut 10 per cent of workforce, end some programming as it faces $125M budget shortfallwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up175cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ml
arrow-up175external-linkCBC/Radio-Canada to cut 10 per cent of workforce, end some programming as it faces $125M budget shortfallwww.cbc.cam-p{3}@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square43fedilinkcross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ml
minus-squareConcettalinkfedilinkarrow-up37·edit-21 year agoFuck them for defunding CBC. They have too much value to lose to austerity.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-21 year agoInflation (increasing production cost, hardware, licensing, salaries) and dwindling ad revenue was a double-whammy on their finance projection, and now they sadly have to adjust where layoffs are necessary… :(
minus-squareConcettalinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoI mean, I get it, but I also don’t think our federal broadcaster should have ever had to rely on ad dollars.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI wish they did manage to rely entirely on public funding…
Fuck them for defunding CBC. They have too much value to lose to austerity.
Inflation (increasing production cost, hardware, licensing, salaries) and dwindling ad revenue was a double-whammy on their finance projection, and now they sadly have to adjust where layoffs are necessary… :(
I mean, I get it, but I also don’t think our federal broadcaster should have ever had to rely on ad dollars.
I wish they did manage to rely entirely on public funding…