They have great documentaries, movies and tv series such as North of North.
The more that people use their services the more funding they can can receive from the federal government to expand their programming lineup.
It’s an alright service, I just wish they would have used/merged the same login for CBC and Radio-Canada content instead of 2 different sites with 2 different logins.
As for premium, I would also have preferred that they removed the ads in the “live feeds”. I’d be fine with it just being a screen with the CBC logo and the text “Ad Break”.
At least the pricing (6$ for Gem) seems fair.
Do you have to have cable service to sign up?
Nope. Just an email address.
No, anyone can signup.
CBC Gem has a lot of great Canadian shows like Murdoch Mysteries and Paw Patrol
I highly recommend “One More Time”.
Great song
Or sign up for premium if you’d like to contribute.
TVO is also has some nice programming for those in Ontario. Also a non-profit.
TVO is good. The Tripping the series is great.
It knows exactly who its intended audience is, and it’s a pretty fuckin’ niche one (x-heads who also want some Canadian history and naturalist edutainment).
ugh… this is the worst part about GEM… login? premium?
hello… i already pay for premium CBC GEM… it’s called TAXES… and if they’re not getting enough funding, then i also support increasing their funding. not forcing me to create yet another login and password for something
Sor, could you kindly put on a deodorant? Your entitlement reeks.
How is it entitlement?
I am a huge supporter of the CBC. But it should be funded properly, instead of asking for subscription fees. It is a gov’t service
Would you be OK having to pay a subscription fee to use your local library? Or do you use it for free?
Wow, so entitled!
My guess is the government pays for maintenance and the subscriptions are for development/improvement.
It’s a great source for free kids shows!
What’s the commercial situation? Less than prime now, right?
In my experience, the ads are generally pretty short and usually about 3 per ad break, with ~2 breaks per 20 ish minute show. Been watching Schitt’s creek with no issues or complaints seeing as this is free with ads rather than paid with ads.
No experience with longer form shows but I can’t imagine it’d be any less convenient. Maybe an extra as break or two or the break would be longer with the same frequency.
So far for me it is shorter than prime per break, but Prime has less frequency as of now.
