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Originally Posted by transplant99
Why wouldnt they "be allowed" to compete? They do now for god sakes, only they have a massive advantage over their rivals to the tune of a 1 billion dollar a year head start. If they fail its only because their programming is not what people want...which is the entire point.
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The idea of CBC is that it doesn't provide the programming that people want: it provides the information people need (and that is a competitive disadvantage, which is why it gets subsidized). Whether it actually does this in the age of smartphones and the internet is another question.