CBC Sells Out To Microsoft

While I'm no big fan of Microsoft (this post being written from a Linux Workstation accessing Vive using Firefox) I can't really see where the problem is. <br><br> Advertising is advertising but this feature is actually providing a news feed to those who subscribe and want it.<br><br> The simple fact is that if most Canadians no longer want to view Canadian content there is nothing the rest of us can do. I don't find this pleasant, I would like to be able to do something to change it, but... I am not prepared to mimic the actions of our neighbours to the south in the pursuit of these goals. If I do.. I am no better than they and so I become a mere image of what I claim to dislike all in pursuit of my personal goals.<br><br> The insidious nature of Microsoft and the business goals of Microsoft need to be explained to many. But we cannot accomplish this by reacting inappropriately to a simple business decision to expand the reach of the news to a (perhaps) new market segment.<p>---<br>No sig. No time!

Geez, you guys are so bloody conspiracy minded. The MSN/Sympatico logo is only there if you redirected from an MSN/Sympatico site or the <a href="http://sympatico.msn.ca/">http://sympatico.msn.ca/</a> homepage.<br />
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The same thing happens to TSN and all the other sites that it links to after one logs out of hotmail.<br />
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Essentially, the CBC story gets inserted into an MSN page. Free publicity for CBC, MSN gets content - win-win. If you don't like it - dont use MSN!<br />
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As for the statutory obligations cited, the CRTC doesn't regulate the web, and the Broadcasting Act does not apply there. That section of the Act applies to the way CBC can continue to monopolize certain areas of television format - like the way it requires that NewsNet must cut away from important news to run headlines and updates.<br />
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Accuracy often falls victim to... stupidity!

I agree with your observation Anon, however, I should add I disagree with you grouping everyone as 'you guy's'.

Kevin

Alright, the faultly generalization is hasty. However conspiraziod theories presented as news left unchallenged (frequently) undermine more founded observations. Vague and vacuous claims met with silence imply approval.

I agree.

Kevin

Evil corporate alliance, conspiracy theory, win-win <br />
content-traffic exchange, benign logo placement... <br />
whatever... <br />
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I just want to say that anyone who wants to do what little <br />
they can to keep the CBC aware that there are alteratives <br />
to Microsoft, go out of your way to support their <br />
experimental Ogg Vorbis radio feeds. <br />
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/listen/ogg.html">http://www.cbc.ca/listen/ogg.html</a> <br />
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(For those who don't know, Ogg Vorbis is free and open <br />
source platform neutral audio compression and streaming <br />
format. It "competes" against proprietary closed "lock in" <br />
formats such as Microsoft's audio format which the CBC <br />
otherwise now uses. It's very easy to install a decoder <br />
"codec" on most platforms which enables most audio players <br />
to connect to ogg streams.) <br />