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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
the one good thing that may come of this is an overhaul of the CBC
the BBC which it is modeled after has some of the most watched, and purchased by other countries, programming in the world
BBC Revenue in 2012/2013 minus the license fees was still 1.4 billion pounds
That's also without commercials (outside for BBC shows)
shows like Top Gear, Doctor Who, Planet earch have made the beeb hundreds of millions of dollars on their own
they also just have a history of quality and have shown some of the best shows on tv, it's too many to count but as varied as Monty Python to Sherlock to The Office etc.
why can't CBC be even 1% of that
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The BBC received £3.6B ($5.7B CAD) in public funding from the television license fee in 2012. For comparison, the CBC received $1B in public funding for the same year.
Per capita annual public funding:
BBC: $91.2
CBC: $29.0
In other words, the BBC receives more than triple the amount of public funding per citizen that the CBC does. If we want our public broadcaster to rival that of one of the best in the world, perhaps we should fund it similarly.