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Originally Posted by MarchHare
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.
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That's like saying that if you funnel enough money into Chrysler that they will start pumping out BMW's. It doesn't work that way as in the entertainment industry a lot of it has to do with talent, creativity, and management that understands its audience and how to put it all together. It's bad enough that CBC doesn't disclose what they are doing with the $29 per person we give them and chances are that doubling the funding would net another couple of mediocre shows and thicker wallet lining of the fat cats at CBC.