This isn't costing the CBC a dime

Rogers pays all costs and collects all revenue.

Don wrote:

This isn't costing the CBC a dime

Nor are they really making a damn dime.  But then..neither is Rogers.  [profit-wise that is.]
 

Old Codger wrote:

Don wrote:

This isn't costing the CBC a dime

Nor are they really making a damn dime.  But then..neither is Rogers.  [profit-wise that is.]
 

Which is why the CBC did the responsible thing when the Rogers/Bell bidding war drove the dollars sky-high, and bailed. HNIC was profitable for them, and likey wouldn't have been anymore (at least for a while), and the current solution is at least cost neutral. 

Last edited by Don (December 19, 2017 9:22 pm)

cGrant wrote:

Yes, Don, those are fixed costs and are funded by taxpayers. As a national broadcaster, they ought invest in actual material that is not available elsewhere.

At the risk of troll-feeding, it looks to me like Rogers is simply hiring the CBC (and paying them) to produce and air some programming.  They are being compensated by Rogers, so what's the problem?  Is the CBC losing money as a result of this?

 

Peter the K wrote:

cGrant wrote:

Yes, Don, those are fixed costs and are funded by taxpayers. As a national broadcaster, they ought invest in actual material that is not available elsewhere.

At the risk of troll-feeding, it looks to me like Rogers is simply hiring the CBC (and paying them) to produce and air some programming.  They are being compensated by Rogers, so what's the problem?  Is the CBC losing money as a result of this?
 

There is no money exchanged either way. Effectively, CBC disappears on Saturday night, and becomes a Rogers rebroadcaster. They don't make money, but they don't lose it either since nothing they'd otherwise program would be profitable on a Saturday night.

Frankly, anyting they'd otherwise do on a Saturday night to counter-prgram against HNIC would be an *acutual* "colosal waste of taxpayer money"

Last edited by Don (December 20, 2017 7:42 pm)

Radiowiz wrote:

cGrant wrote:

Don wrote:

Those are fixed costs that have nothing to do with this deal, which is the subject of the thread.

Yes, Don, those are fixed costs and are funded by taxpayers. As a national broadcaster, they ought invest in actual material that is not available elsewhere.

Actually, great plan, except there are not enough City TV stations across Canada to carry hockey the way CRTC has requested it to be done. CBC has no choice but to air hockey under the current arrangement. 
NOT
a Canadian made for TV movie of some sort (on a Saturday night) or whatever sort of Canadian content...

The CRTC has said absolutely nothing about how hockey should "be done." Please stop making things up.

They also keep some relevance. Plus, airing library material on Saturday night probably wouldn't actually deliver any incremental ad revenue. They sell high-and-wide, and anything missed on Saturday night is easily moved.