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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Yes, though there is a technical difference here.
Every single taxpayer has to fund the CBC whether they want to or not.
Sun TV is asking that every cable subscriber pay. Nominally, you have the choice to pay or not by keeping or canceling cable.
Not that it makes it any less ridiculous. Cable channels that have high viewership in key demographics - like TSN and Sportsnet - almost certainly don't get $4 per subscriber. Little watched news channels won't come close. It would be interesting to see what Sun TV does get as a subscriber fee today, however. Especially comapred to CTV Newsnet.
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Res, TSN and SN get a lot more than $4 a year from each cable subscriber. In 2011 TSN got about a dollar a month (or $12 a year). SN got about 75% of that (so about $9 a year/subscriber).
CTV Newsnet got a total of 15.5 million in subscriber $ in 2011, so apparently less than what Sun News wants.
What is interesting is that Sun News, which launched in April 2011, declared no income from subscribers in 2011, so gave away their service the whole year, and had only 650k in add income, or less than 100k a month for the months they were on air. They spent over $7 million on salaries.