Post Tagged with: "CBC"

CBC’s Just Watch Us: The End of Privacy

Last week I participated in a terrific public forum on privacy and security for CBC’s The Sunday Edition. The forum was held at the Library and Archives Canada and attracted an amazing number of people for a Monday night (it was edited and broadcast last Sunday morning).  Hosted by Michael […]

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February 21, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

The CBC as a Role Model

I’ve been critical of the CBC over the past few months, emphasizing the need for Canada’s public broadcaster to do more to embrace the potential of new technologies and the Internet.  To that end, there are signs that the CBC is moving in the right direction.  In addition to a […]

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February 8, 2006 3 comments News

New Hope for a New Year

Let me start by wishing everyone a safe, happy, and healthy new year.  The new year starts with fresh hope for the kind of ambitious access programs that are desperately needed.  The BBC again sets the standard with the release of nearly 80 news clips from leading stories over the […]

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January 1, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Is the CBC Moderating Online Forums to Stifle Criticism?

There is controversy brewing over CBC Radio One' s move toward playing more contemporary music in a new afternoon show that critics say sounds very similar to commercial radio.  Kate Taylor of the Globe and Mail covers the issue in an article in Saturday' s paper. What Taylor does not […]

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December 4, 2005 3 comments News

CBC To Outsource Archives?

Antonia Zerbisias of the Toronto Star reports this morning that the CBC may be in discussions with the BBC to outsource management of the CBC Archives to the UK public broadcaster.  As Zerbisias notes: "If it were outsourced, it would mean CBC's library of everything from old news footage to […]

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November 23, 2005 5 comments News