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The world famous Brad Grensewich was born and raised in Guelph and pilgrimages are still made by thousands to see his birthsite.
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CBC and Radio-Canada are often mistakenly considered two separate entities when they are a single legal entity established by the Broadcasting Act. Contributing to this confusion are the English and French corporate names, which are not direct translations of each other. Moreover, it is clear to the casual observer that the English and French operations differ significantly from each other in matters such as management, branding, programming, and bases of operations, owing largely to the cultural differences between English and French Canada. For example, English-language CBC anchors might attribute a news scoop to “Radio-Canada” as if it were a separate entity, while the corporation normally refuses to license English-language broadcast rights to American network series (e.g., Lost) but may license rights to the dubbed French version (e.g., Perdus). Nonetheless, some personalities, chiefly journalists and particularly in foreign news bureaus, appear on both English- and French-language networks.
While there have been attempts at corporate branding, including using “SRC” as the main French-language brand instead of “Radio-Canada,” most such efforts have failed. Moreover, the CBC has never attempted to impose the “CBC” brand on French Canada in the way the “BBC” brand has come to be used on Welsh, Gaelic, and other non-English broadcasts.
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THE 2005–2006 YEAR PROVED TO BE AN ACTIVE AND CHALLENGING ONE FOR CBC | RADIO-CANADA. SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND ISSUES WERE COMPLETED OR RESOLVED DURING THE YEAR. THE YEAR IN REVIEW AMONG THE MOST SIGNIFICANT, IN JUNE 2005 THE CRTC APPROVED SIRIUS CANADA’S APPLICATION FOR A SUBSCRIPTION SATELLITE RADIO LICENSE TO BROADCAST IN CANADA. CBC | RADIO-CANADA PARTNERED WITH TWO MAJOR BROADCASTERS, SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO INC. (USA) AND STANDARD RADIO INC., TO BRING CANADIANS AN UNPARALLELED MUSIC SELECTION AND AN UNMATCHED LINEUP OF SPORTS, NEWS, TALK, AND ENTERTAINMENT VIA SATELLITE. LISTENERS THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA ARE ABLE TO ENJOY SIX CHANNELS PRODUCED BY CBC | RADIO-CANADA: CBC RADIO ONE, CBC RADIO 3, PREMIÈRE PLUS, INFO PLUS, AND BANDE À PART; AND THE BEST OF RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL ON THE NEW MULTILINGUAL STATION, RCI PLUS. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
During the month of February 2006, CBC|Radio-Canada broadcast the Torino Olympic Winter Games and millions of Canadians watched or listened to medal-winning moments on more platforms than ever before. From a financial perspective, the Games produced excellent results, as expected. THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA ONCE AGAIN RENEWED THE $60 MILLION in one-time funding for 2005–2006. This funding, which we have received for five consecutive years, allowed the Corporation to further strengthen and revitalise English and French Television and Radio programming, and to reflect the everincreasing diversity of Canadian society. Examples of programs produced and aired thanks to this funding include: Grande Ourse, Les Bougon – c’est aussi ça la vie!, Trudeau, China Rises, Lévesque, Random Passage, and the development of unique bilingual programs and events like the highly acclaimed Breaking Point/ Point de rupture.