CMN 1160 Lecture 2: Module #2- CMN 1160

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 1160
• Professor: Pierre C. Bélanger

Document Summary

Public broadcasting: public owned, established by law. Private broadcasting: owned by private corporations, stock exchange, commercial revenues (ads, investments, can receive public funding, advertisers and investors, for profit, public =consumers, programs to make a profit, broad appeal, entertaining, more funding, invest in programming. Disadvantages: focus on, rating driven= information and education =less entertaining. =lower ratings: less funding = less resources available to invest in programming. What is the crtc: cbc, tvo, tele quebec, bc knowledge, alberta"s ckua. Mandate: achieving the policy objectives established in the casl. Sector: ensuring that canadians have a choice of innovation /affordable services, responding to request for information/concerns about broadcasting, holding public consultations and open hearings, listening to the views of. Canadian content (cancon: aims to encourage the development, exposure and availability of canadian, ultimate goal is to ensure that cultural products consumed by canadians on. Canadian media is canadian in nature: crct = promotionist not protectionist.