Friends of Canadian Broadcasting
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Friends of Canadian Broadcasting (FRIENDS) is a Canadian
public interest group.
The group monitors developments in the Canadian television
and radio
broadcasting industries, and organizes action campaigns when broadcasters engage in activities which are deemed contrary to the public interest.
FRIENDS is active in issues such as public broadcasting
, concentration of media ownership
, investment in Canadian content
and production, foreign ownership of Canadian broadcasters and quality of local programming and news coverage.
FRIENDS has also established the Dalton Camp Award - an essay writing contest to encourage and recognize excellence in essay-writing on the link between democratic values and the quality of the media in Canada. Each year, up to two Canadians are selected to win a prize consisting of a bronze cast medal and $5,000.
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting is not affiliated with any broadcaster or political party.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
public interest group.
The group monitors developments in the Canadian television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
broadcasting industries, and organizes action campaigns when broadcasters engage in activities which are deemed contrary to the public interest.
FRIENDS is active in issues such as public broadcasting
Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be...
, concentration of media ownership
Concentration of media ownership
Concentration of media ownership refers to a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media...
, investment in Canadian content
Canadian content
Canadian content refers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requirements that radio and television broadcasters must air a certain percentage of content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from...
and production, foreign ownership of Canadian broadcasters and quality of local programming and news coverage.
FRIENDS has also established the Dalton Camp Award - an essay writing contest to encourage and recognize excellence in essay-writing on the link between democratic values and the quality of the media in Canada. Each year, up to two Canadians are selected to win a prize consisting of a bronze cast medal and $5,000.
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting is not affiliated with any broadcaster or political party.