Public broadcasting is a free form of media that is available to everyone and funded by the government through a small portion of Canadian tax dollars. the public broadcaster for Canada is the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) and some of their content includes but is not limited to radio broadcasts, live cable channels, video games, podcasts, documentaries, and streaming services. some milestones of the CBC were the first TV broadcast in 1952 (pictured below) and their first use of closed captions in a broadcast for the hearing impaired. Some advantages to public broadcasting are that it is effectively free and it is very easily available for everyone. some people may not agree with public broadcasting because they may think that since it is government funded their broadcasts are always pro-government and propaganda. public broadcasting could appeal more to modern audiences by potentially making their content more apparent. unfortunatly this generation has shown a falling trend in attention spans so potentially adapting news to be short-form and adding it to googles platforms such as youtube.
Screenshot of CBC’s Television Debut:
The CBC’s radio office in Vancouver:
