Comments on: Death of the Canadian Television Fund?? http://www.librarianactivist.org/2007/01/24/heads-up-for-canadian-television-fund/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:38:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: kyenta http://www.librarianactivist.org/2007/01/24/heads-up-for-canadian-television-fund/#comment-8276 kyenta Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:47:31 +0000 http://www.librarianactivist.org/2007/01/24/heads-up-for-canadian-television-fund/#comment-8276 Very interesting - I look forward to reading your post on the CBC, Sabina. Thanks for keeping current on important issues that aren't cover in popular media - and keeping the rest of us aware! Very interesting - I look forward to reading your post on the CBC, Sabina.

Thanks for keeping current on important issues that aren’t cover in popular media - and keeping the rest of us aware!

]]> By: admin http://www.librarianactivist.org/2007/01/24/heads-up-for-canadian-television-fund/#comment-8196 admin Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:11:09 +0000 http://www.librarianactivist.org/2007/01/24/heads-up-for-canadian-television-fund/#comment-8196 Point taken. Nobody's going to cancel their Shaw cable package. But my goodness - I can't believe Oda is letting all those positions stand open. I found a <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/cp/media/070123/X012347AU.html">link to a story</a> from the CBC (well, it's from The Canadian Press, actually). It's all part of an attack on public media, I believe, and I'm particularly concerned about this whole CTF issue as the CBC goes before the House of Commons Heritage Committee this coming February. But that's a whole other post. Coming soon. I was at a media reform conference in Memphis two weeks ago and I was speaking with Robert McChesney (of FreePress) and John Nichols (of The Nation) and they were talking about what a fine history Canada has in the realm of public broadcasting - we've fought long and hard for the CBC, and we're known in the US for that emphatic support for public broadcasters. Yet another thing I didn't learn in high school (or library school)... I'll try to find out what's going down with the CBC and post as soon as I know what' s going down. The loudest warning seems to be the media's silence. -SIO Point taken. Nobody’s going to cancel their Shaw cable package. But my goodness - I can’t believe Oda is letting all those positions stand open. I found a link to a story from the CBC (well, it’s from The Canadian Press, actually).

It’s all part of an attack on public media, I believe, and I’m particularly concerned about this whole CTF issue as the CBC goes before the House of Commons Heritage Committee this coming February. But that’s a whole other post. Coming soon.

I was at a media reform conference in Memphis two weeks ago and I was speaking with Robert McChesney (of FreePress) and John Nichols (of The Nation) and they were talking about what a fine history Canada has in the realm of public broadcasting - we’ve fought long and hard for the CBC, and we’re known in the US for that emphatic support for public broadcasters. Yet another thing I didn’t learn in high school (or library school)… I’ll try to find out what’s going down with the CBC and post as soon as I know what’ s going down.

The loudest warning seems to be the media’s silence.

-SIO

]]> By: kyenta http://www.librarianactivist.org/2007/01/24/heads-up-for-canadian-television-fund/#comment-8193 kyenta Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:11:24 +0000 http://www.librarianactivist.org/2007/01/24/heads-up-for-canadian-television-fund/#comment-8193 While I fully agree with you that we don't want to lose the CTF, there is one problem with your suggestion of protest. If I call up and cancel Shaw, that means I have no cable television as there are no other cable providers in Vancouver. I can't do satellite tv in my building (I've tried) and, I'm sorry, but I'm not willing to give up television entirely. Besides - I wouldn't be doing any favours to the CTF by doing that either. :-) Anyway, just thought you might want to know the position some of us are in. Great article! I will definitely be sending a letter to Jim Shaw to try to talk some sense into him. While I fully agree with you that we don’t want to lose the CTF, there is one problem with your suggestion of protest. If I call up and cancel Shaw, that means I have no cable television as there are no other cable providers in Vancouver. I can’t do satellite tv in my building (I’ve tried) and, I’m sorry, but I’m not willing to give up television entirely. Besides - I wouldn’t be doing any favours to the CTF by doing that either. :-)

Anyway, just thought you might want to know the position some of us are in.

Great article! I will definitely be sending a letter to Jim Shaw to try to talk some sense into him.

]]> By: admin http://www.librarianactivist.org/2007/01/24/heads-up-for-canadian-television-fund/#comment-8188 admin Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:17:50 +0000 http://www.librarianactivist.org/2007/01/24/heads-up-for-canadian-television-fund/#comment-8188 Nice post Sabina! There's a good <a href="http://www.radio-canada.ca/arts-spectacles/PlusArts/2007/01/24/006-Videotron-FCT-replique.asp" rel="nofollow">article</a> about this on Radio-Canada's website. danielle. Nice post Sabina! There’s a good article about this on Radio-Canada’s website.

danielle.

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