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Renewal of CBC / Radio-Canada's licences - CBC / Radio-Canada must become a strong public broadcaster again with a clear public service mandate
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nRenewal of CBC / Radio-Canada's licences - CBC / Radio-Canada must become a strong public broadcaster again with a clear public service mandate\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nMONTRÉAL, Feb. 24, 2020\n\n\n\nMONTRÉAL, Feb. 24, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ - Quebecor filed with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) its intervention regarding the renewal of the licences of the English- and French-language services of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Société Radio-Canada (CBC / Radio-Canada). Quebecor's submission agrees with the Yale report, Canada's Communications Future, that CBC /Radio-Canada should be \"animated by a public purpose not a commercial one.\"\n\n \n \n\n \nWith public hearings on the licence renewals set to open on May 25, questions about the complementary roles of public and private broadcasting and the place CBC / Radio-Canada should occupy need to be on the table. Is it desirable for the public broadcaster to be driven by a culture of performance and financial return rather than a public service culture? How does carrying foreign content such as US blockbusters and television series fulfil CBC / Radio-Canada's mandate? Is it fair to ask taxpayers to pay for a Tou.tv Extra subscription to access content they have already paid for with their taxes? The answers to these questions will be critical to the viability of Canada's broadcasting system.\n\"CBC / Radio-Canada must once again become a strong public broadcaster with a mandate that revolves more around supporting the development of Québec and Canadian culture, and the work of our artists and creators,\" said Pierre Karl Péladeau, President and CEO of Quebecor. \"At a time when the television industry is struggling, forcing the private sector to compete with a broadcaster that has guaranteed revenues from public funds is clearly unfair. The equilibrium of our television broadcasting system is at stake. Many of us in the broadcasting community have been complaining for years that the public broadcas...