CBC is not stopping traditional TV and radio broadcasts, as previously announced
Information that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will go full streaming appeared on The Globe and Mail website yesterday.
According to Catherine Tate, president and CEO of the corporation, the CBC will continue its traditional television and radio broadcasting and postpone the transition to digital-only broadcasting until adequate high-speed Internet is available to all Canadians.
So Tate responded to a news story posted yesterday on The Globe and Mail's website, based on her interview with the publication. The memo stated that the CBC was planning a full transition to streaming. "That's not likely to happen in the next 10 years," the CBC president reassured her most conservative users. — "Let's be clear. We will never abandon those who use traditional television and radio."
"We are looking at a two-decade horizon. A month ago, the BBC said it would switch to digital-only broadcasting by 2030. This is not our case. We are a vast country, and until we have ubiquity in broadband delivery in this country, we will leave no one behind," the CBC head said.
Tate also said that not only would the CBC not abandon its traditional audience, but that it would use its "limited resources" to "win the hearts and minds of the younger generation."
