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Stursberg pledges to double amount of homegrown TV drama broadcast in prime time on CBC English Television

News | 03/11/2005 5:00 am EST
The executive VP of CBC English Television Richard Stursberg pledged in a February 17 speech to the Broadcast Executives Society in Toronto that the public broadcaster would place a renewed emphasis on English-language homegrown TV drama. In the speech, he also criticized the CRTC’s attempt to rejuvenate TV drama through its ads-based incentives. Below is an excerpt from his speech.

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