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Analysis of government support for public broadcasting and other culture in Canada

17 Aug 2006

The details of the scoring systems and the data used to derive the scores are presented in Appendix B. In summary: • A rating of high and a numerical score of five was assigned when the indicators pointed to an environment where a public broadcaster could potentially generate relatively high benefits to its citizens. [...] Comparison of Trends in Government Support for Culture In a comparison of all the components of federal government economic support for culture between 19961 and 2004, the following trends emerge: • The total revenue impact of indirect government support for private broadcasters (under the high- impact scenario) grew by 41%; under the low-impact scenario, the revenue impact grew by 31%. [...] In order to assess the potential benefit of public broadcasting in Western countries, we constructed a potential-benefit index to demonstrate the extent to which the potential benefits derived from public broadcasting vary around the world. [...] Among the 18 Western countries in our analysis, Canada was seen as having the potential to derive the greatest benefits from public broadcasting, despite the fact that it has one of the lowest levels of government funding for public broadcasting, among the 18 countries. [...] Thus, in the final section of the report, we review trends in the CBC’s government appropriation over the last decade and compare it to other areas of federal government spending during the 1995/96-to-2004/05 period.
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47
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Canada

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