A report on the state of Canadian media will recommend that CBC-TV "become a truly public, commercial-free broadcaster," the Canadian Press reports. That report, from the Senate, is due out
Wednesday--and will also recommend rules to curb private media conglomerates from dominating newspaper, radio, and television audiences in a single market. Citing sources, Canadian Press says the
report will recommend that the Competition Act be beefed up to require automatic reviews whenever a media company reaches more than a certain percentage of audience share in any market. If enacted,
the ad-free CBC proposal would be a big financial hit for the network--and the taxpayers: The Canadian government would have to boost the corporation's almost $1-billion ($904 million U.S.) annual
budget to make up for the loss of advertising revenue, which currently brings in about $400 million ($362 million U.S.).
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