CBC content *should* be online, and CBC *should not* compete for advertising money with private companies. All CBC content should be available online much more than it is currently,   as channels on Roku and AppleTV and directly from the CBC web site; that content is paid for by public funds, so it should be available to the public without charging for it again through cable fees etc.; it should not be stashed away in CBC vaults. And CBC should not rely on advertising for balancing its budget; CBC is given certain amount of money for its operation, so it should live within that budget without supplementing it with advertising. If they need more, they need to convince the government to give them more; if they don't get more, they need to produce less.