| | [[File:CBC.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Critics of the CBC employ typical Canadian humor to mock the CBC's liberal bias.<ref>https://inquisition.ca/en/polit/artic/src.htm</ref>]] | | [[File:CBC.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Critics of the CBC employ typical Canadian humor to mock the CBC's liberal bias.<ref>https://inquisition.ca/en/polit/artic/src.htm</ref>]] |
| − | The CBC provides Canadian material on its radio and TV networks and online music channels, focusing on Canadian culture and arts. These programs are included in all television packages. In Northern Canada, the CBC also operates a radio and TV service called '''CBC North''', which provides content in English, Inuktitut (the language of Canada's [[Inuit]] population) and other aboriginal languages. Aside from the cultural content, the CBC also provides sporting coverage (most notably their long-running Saturday night broadcasts of ''Hockey Night in Canada'', featuring the Canadian teams of the [[National Hockey League]]), which has garnered itself a surprisingly large audience outside of Canada. Prior to 1998, CBC Television also carried a selection of popular American TV shows concurrently with their originating networks ([[ABC]], [[CBS]], [[NBC]] and, to a lesser extent, [[Fox Network|FOX]]) to attract audiences and retain them for CBC's own shows. | + | The CBC provides Canadian material on its radio and TV networks and online music channels, focusing on Canadian culture and arts. These programs are included in all television packages. In Northern Canada, the CBC also operates a radio and TV service called '''CBC North''', which provides content in English, Inuktitut (the language of Canada's [[Inuit]] population) and other aboriginal languages. It also formerly owned a streaming audio music service called Galaxie (which was later sold to Stingray Digital and merged into its Stingray Music service) and co-owned cable channels Country Canada (named for the CBC Television program ''Country Canada''; later renamed Bold and subsequently sold to current owner Blue Ant Media and renamed as Cottage Life) and Showcase (now under the full ownership of Corus Entertainment). |
| | + | Aside from the cultural content, the CBC also provides sporting coverage (most notably their long-running Saturday night broadcasts of ''Hockey Night in Canada'', featuring the Canadian teams of the [[National Hockey League]]), which has garnered itself a surprisingly large audience outside of Canada. Prior to 1998, CBC Television also carried a selection of popular American TV shows concurrently with their originating networks ([[ABC]], [[CBS]], [[NBC]] and, to a lesser extent, [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]) to attract audiences and retain them for CBC's own shows. |