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Bob, on Jun 10 2008, 01:56 PM, said:

CBC has been gradually losing all sports, including the Olympics, to CTV/TSN and Sportsnet (I just wish HDNet had permission to broadcast the NHL in Canada because their MSL soccer coverage is first rate!).

It is past time the government did all tax payers a huge favor and dump the CBC!!! It has long outlasted its usefulness.

The problem is money......the CBC has been stuck with a budget that hasn't changed for nearly 20 years: $1.4-billion to spend on both English and French television, news, radio, and internet services doesn't go that far. Give the network a huge cash infusion, and you'll be bound to see the network go back into giving us some decent programming.

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If people want a public television station let them pay for it like PBS in the USA. I have been a proud supporter for 25+ years. They give me the type of quality HDTV programming sadly missing from the CBC. The only program that I ever watch on CBC is the Nature of Things ... if they had more like that I might watch more often.

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Bob, on Jun 10 2008, 02:10 PM, said:

If people want a public television station let them pay for it like PBS in the USA. I have been a proud supporter for 25+ years. They give me the type of quality HDTV programming sadly missing from the CBC. The only program that I ever watch on CBC is the Nature of Things ... if they had more like that I might watch more often.

Personally, I would like to see more of a BBC model rather than PBS.