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Originally Posted by heep223
This is perhaps a stupid question, but why can't CBC be profitable like I'm assuming TSN/Sportsnet is for Bell/Rogers? The government wouldn't have to fund it, and thus the budget cuts and layoffs of great sports people the article was talking about. Is it just because they insist on continuing to produce shows/broadcasts that are uneconomic? Whereas private cable networks will axe them and focus on ones that are profitable? Don't know much about this business but why can't CBC be run like just that, a business?
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CBC was very profitable with hockey. Problem is their broadcasting right were up and could not compete with the money thrown around by Rogers. They ended up taking a deal with Rogers to continue to broadcast but the catch was that Rogers gets the money from advertising, which means CBC no longer gets money.