RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Was Jean Monty a genius af"Red: Not only that, but can you imagine a pipe company even wanting those assets? aclcmc"
I dunno. A lot of well-educated and materially comfortable folks consume CBC and Radio-Canada content. The web-sites are among the best in Canada, especially for news. Have you gandered at the comments? I can't say for sure, but I believe CBC is throwing some resources at moderating the article discussions. The number of contributions can be huge!
I can see private interests wanting to tap into those ears and eyeballs. Programming like the Lang-O'Leary exchange suggest a desire to develop new markets.
That's part of the challenge to fully exploit the benefits of convergence. Outfits like CBC/Radio-Canada, the BBC and even the privately-owned New York Times and Al-Jazeera will continue to provide an exceptional amount of quality material at zero costs to consumers around the globe over the web commons.