" CBC Watch " infuriated the CBC's supporters, and critics claimed the Post was attacking the CBC to defend the commercial interests of the private television network, Global TV, owned by the Asper family.

The FSTA filed an amicus curiae in support of CBC, also arguing that if MLBAM won the lawsuit it would have a dramatic impact on the industry, which was largely ignored by the major sports leagues for years while a number of smaller entrepreneurs grew it into a multi-billion dollar industry, and a ruling could allow the MLBAM to have a monopoly over the industry.

Robert Zubrin was also recently featured in a CBC Television documentary special The Passionate Eye dubbed " The Mars Underground ".

The steering wheel sensor also helps in the operation of Cornering Brake Control ( CBC ), since this will tell the ABS that wheels on the inside of the curve should brake more than wheels on the outside, and by how much.

He also played Peter Pupkin in Sunshine Sketches, the CBC Television adaptation of Stephen Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, and had an uncredited ( and unconfirmed ) minor role in the 1964 television film John Cabot: A Man of the Renaissance.

There is an urban legend that a CBC announcer once referred to the network on the air as the " Canadian Broadcorping Castration ", which also sometimes remains in use as a satirical nickname.

The CBC has also been mistakenly referred to as the Canadian Broadcasting Company.

New CBC News services are also proving popular such as news alerts to mobile phones and PDAs.

CBC Radio also operates two shortwave services.

In some areas, especially national or provincial parks, the CBC also operates an AM or FM transmitter rebroadcasting weather alerts from the Meteorological Service of Canada ’ s Weatheradio Canada service.

The CBC also operates three specialty television channels – CBC News Network, an English-language news channel ; RDI, a French-language news channel ; and Bold, a Category 1 digital service.

Established in 2002, the CBC / Radio Canada merchandising business operates retail locations and cbcshop. ca, its educational sales department CBC Learning sells CBC content and media to educational institutions, CBC Merchandising also licenses brands such as Hockey Night in Canada and Coronation Street.

Viewership on the CBC ’ s French television network has also declined, mostly because of stiff competition from private French-language networks.

However, in similar ads, CTV also claimed to be number one, stating there was a CBC audience of only 1. 2 million.

The CBC also had the only national radio network.

Some CBC programming is also rebroadcast on local radio, such as New Hampshire Public Radio.

C-SPAN has also carried CBC ’ s coverage of major events affecting Canadians, including: Canadian federal elections, key proceedings in Canadian Parliament, Six days in September 2000 that marked the death and state funeral of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the power outage crisis in summer 2003, U. S. presidential elections ( e. g. in 2004, C-SPAN picked up The National the day after the election for the view from Canadians ), state visits and official visits of American presidents to Canada, and Barack Obama inauguration in 2009.

Several PBS stations also air some CBC programming However, these programs are syndicated by independent distributors and are not governed by the PBS " common carriage " policy.

Some CBC Radio One programs, such as Definitely Not the Opera and As It Happens, also air on some stations associated with American Public Media or Public Radio International.

The CBC & SRC channel signals can also be obtained free of charge, over-the-air, through antenna receivers in Canada or in border states along the Canada-U. S. border, however CBC is not obtainable as a " free-to-air " ( FTA ) channel on FTA satellites ( signals are encrypted on the Anik space satellites ).

The claim has been made in an interview with the CBC around the time of Brand's 90th birthday, and by his son in the interview segment of Jeopardy.

According to CBC reports, " The Council of Canadians said voter suppression techniques were used in all seven ridings and it has expert academic evidence that backs up the claim that those techniques affect voter turnout.

The CBC owns 20. 2 % of satellite radio broadcaster Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings, operator of Sirius Canada and XM Radio Canada, which airs additional CBC services including CBC Radio 3 and Bande à part.

For example, the cipher-block chaining ( CBC ) mode requires a random value of the cipher's block size as additional input, and adds it to the first plaintext block before subsequent encryption.

In 2006, an additional television miniseries, René Lévesque, was aired on the CBC.

Many Canadian Broadcasting Corporation stations broadcast a modified form of the SMPTE bars ( with an additional modulated ramp at the top and a CBC logo animation in place of the Q block ) late at night until late 2006, when the network moved to 24-hour broadcasting.

A modified version of CBC Radio One, with local content replaced by additional airings of national programming, is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 159.

This is often followed by a documentary feature, followed by additional re-airings of The National, repeat airings of earlier programs, and other CBC news programming such as the fifth estate, until the following broadcast day begins.

As an interim measure, the House of Commons ' Board of Internal Economy negotiated a temporary contract with the CBC to provide parliamentary coverage for an additional year while the Board considered proposals to take over the service.

The additional local newscasts were part of a five-year strategic plan by the CBC called " 2015: Everyone, Every Way ", which will feature local service improvements across CBC's television, radio and internet platforms.

The diagnosis of HCL may be suggested by abnormal results on a complete blood count ( CBC ), but additional testing is necessary to confirm the diagnosis.

Four versions were known to exist — a regular version, plus three additional versions released in conjunction with KABC-TV in Los Angeles, CBC Television in Canada and the BBC in Britain.

He also did additional comedy segments for other CBC radio shows, including Basic Black, Sunday Showcase and Morningside.

Currently she plays Maggie Norton on the Canadian television series The Border, and provides additional voices on the PBS Kids / CBC Kids series Super WHY !.

Unlike the other owned-and-operated CBC stations CBC North airs few local ads, instead airing additional promotions for other CBC programs and public-service announcements.

The appearance of real-life newscasters, as well as noted CBC host Watson ( although he does not appear as himself in this film ) lent additional authenticity to the production.

She repeatedly called for stable, long-term CBC funding and an increased government commitment to financing the production of Canadian TV drama and entertainment programs.

The financial structure and the nature of the CBC often place it in the same category as other national broadcasters, such as the British broadcaster BBC, although unlike the BBC ( and more like the Irish network RTÉ ), the CBC employs commercial advertising to supplement its federal funding on its television broadcasts.

For the fiscal year 2006, the CBC received a total of $ 1. 53 billion from all revenue sources, including government funding via taxpayers, subscription fees, advertising revenue, and other revenue ( e. g. real estate ).

Among its revenue sources for the year ending March 31, 2006, the CBC received $ 946 million in its annual funding from the federal government, as well as $ 60 million in " one-time " supplementary funding for programming.

To supplement this funding, the CBC ’ s television networks and websites sell advertising, while cable / satellite-only services such as CBC News Network additionally collect subscriber fees, in line with their privately owned counterparts.

CBC ’ s funding differs from that of the public broadcasters of many European nations, which collect a licence fee, or those in the United States, such as PBS and NPR, which receive some public funding but rely to a large extent on voluntary contributions from individual viewers and listeners.

An Abacus poll from August 2011 showed that approximately one out of two Canadians would like to see the CBC's funding switched to the PBS / NPR model, while one out of three Canadians want Parliament to sell off or privatize the CBC.

The network ’ s defenders note that the CBC ’ s mandate differs from private media ’ s, particularly in its focus on Canadian content ; that much of the public funding actually goes to the radio networks ; and that the CBC is responsible for the full cost of most of its prime-time programming, while private networks can fill up most of their prime-time schedules with American series acquired for a fraction of their production cost.

As a result of the economic challenges involved in Canadian film production, film funding is often provided by government bodies such as Telefilm Canada, and CBC television is often a Canadian film's most lucrative potential market.

Specifically, the Committee discussed their concerns regarding the following trends: the potential of media ownership concentration to limit news diversity and reduce news quality ; the CRTC and Competition Bureau ’ s ineffectiveness at stopping media ownership concentration ; the lack of federal funding for the CBC and the broadcaster ’ s uncertain mandate and role ; diminishing employment standards for journalists ( including less job security, less journalistic freedom, and new contractual threats to intellectual property ); a lack of Canadian training and research institutes ; and difficulties with the federal government ’ s support for print media and the absence of funding for the internet-based news media.

After evaluating its own budget, the CBC decided it could no longer pay for Radio Canada International without extra funding from the federal government.

In the 2012 federal budget, a 10 % funding reduction was announced for the domestic broadcaster, CBC / Radio-Canada.

Unlike the CBC's main television network, the channel cannot directly receive operational funds from the corporation's public funding allotment — although it does benefit from synergies with other CBC services, such as the ability to share reporters and programs with the main network.

In late 1994, after Republicans attained a majority in the House, they announced plans to rescind funding for 28 " legislative service organizations " which received taxpayer funding and occupied offices at the Capitol, including the CBC.

It was commonly thought at the time that the move was intended to create enough public outrage that the government funding cuts to the CBC would be reversed.

The unexpected success of the series actually led to increased government funding for the CBC.

The first Montreal jazz festival was in 1980, with funding from Alain de Grosbois of CBC Stereo and Radio-Québec.

Due to federal funding reductions to the CBC, in April 2012, the CBC responded with substantial budget cuts, which included shutting down CBC's and Radio-Canada's remaining analog transmitters on July 31, 2012.