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Old 03-31-2012, 08:05 PM   #91
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Originally Posted by transplant99 View Post
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.
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.
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