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CTV-Rogers win Olympic bid

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  • Feb 9th, 2005 1:26 pm
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Jul 18, 2003
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alkaseltzer01 wrote:Do you feel it's better that the CBC and public tax money is not being used to air the olympics??

http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2005/02/07/923369.html
While I don't like using tax money for glamour & glitz, in this particular case, I'd rather CBC than BellGlobal & Rogers because I'm gonna pay for it one way or another. So I'd rather pay less than more.

CBC is tax money. It is shared by all Canadians.

BellGlobal & Rogers is private. That means my phone, cable & cell phone fees are paying for this.

Considering that the winning bid is appx 2X the CBC bid, I'm gonna be paying thru my nose for this for the next little while.
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CBC does a better broadcast, but if it means more government funds for other CBC programming/community outreach programs and the like, even better.
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