Re: [Swprograms] Fwd: [ODXA] CBC locks out employees

["Sandy Finlayson" <sfinlayson@xxxxxxx>]

Another impact of the lockout is that the online audio streams are not working either.  Only way to get CBC audio at the moment is the Windows Media link from the RCI homepage.  

Sandy

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Subject: [Swprograms] Fwd: [ODXA] CBC locks out employees


FYI from ODXA's Brian Smith

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA


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From: Brian Smith <am740@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Aug 15, 2005 5:11 AM
Subject: [ODXA] CBC locks out employees
To: Group/ODXA <odxa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Toronto - The CBC locked out 5,500 of its workers Monday after failing to
reach a deal with its union, meaning viewers and listeners across the
country will be tuning in to unfamiliar faces and voices on the airwaves
Monday morning.

Negotiators for the broadcaster and the Canadian Media Guild could not agree
on a contract by the CBC-imposed lockout deadline of 12:01 a.m. ET Monday.

Richard Stursberg, executive vice-president of CBC Television, said the
network will rely on contingency plans and the 10 per cent of its workforce
that is not unionized to maintain programming.

"The truth is it is still going to be a reasonably interesting service, but
it's not going to be the service we hoped to offer Canadians," he said.

Lise Lareau, president of the Canadian Media Guild, called the lockout a
dark day for viewers of Canadian television. "This is not a good day for
Canadian broadcasting," Ms. Lareau said.

The CBC had issued a 72-hour warning of a possible lockout early Friday if
no deal was reached between the broadcaster and the guild.

Among those who will be locked out is Peter Mansbridge, anchor of The
National, the network's flagship television newscast.

The lockout will mean local radio morning shows will be replaced by a single
national broadcast, and TV newscasts will be pared down, although the
network can rely on BBC newscasts for coverage of international events.

Programming on all CBC services - radio, television and online - will
continue, though it will be scaled back. Management says the CBC will
continue to broadcast CFL football and NHL hockey games - but possibly
without any play-by-play commentary or colour analysis. Local radio morning
shows will be replaced by a single national broadcast. TV newscasts will be
pared down, and there will be more acquired programming and movies.

TV content may not be familiar, but the CBC has indicated programming on all
services -- radio, television and on-line -- will continue.

Brian Smith



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