Maisonneuve Library, a video
CBC has a video interview with the architect of the revamped Maisonneuve Library, with views from inside. They visited when it was open, and the library is clearly already popular with residents.
My only quibble was that one of the two commercials before the video, when I watched it, was for online gambling. Really, CBC?
Blork 13:42 on 2023-12-27 Permalink
Lucky me: no ads at all.
FWIW, CBC doesn’t choose who advertises; that stuff’s all done through a third-party partner, and the ad selection is almost certainly programmatic (meaning the ads are automatically selected based on what information your browser sends it combined with any identifying matches they can make at the ad exchange).
That said, CBC should be able to provide the ad service with a list of things it does not ever want to advertise. It would appear they haven’t populated that list with much thought, which might be because (a) they couldn’t be bothered, (b) they don’t know how, or (c) they’re afraid of being seen as “judgmental” so they leave it wide open.
Kate 13:56 on 2023-12-27 Permalink
If CBC thinks its ad service is running cleverly targeted ads, it couldn’t be more wrong. I almost always get car commercials.
Tim S. 14:26 on 2023-12-27 Permalink
Lots of gambling ads on CBC TV, where I’m pretty sure they do choose the advertisers, and during what should be clearly ‘family viewing’ shows. One particularly awful ad suggests gambling as a solution to a bad marriage.
Ian 15:20 on 2023-12-27 Permalink
I use an ad-blocker that is apparently quite effctive; I didn’t realize CBC ran ads at all until someone here pointed it out to prove that they are part of “car-dominated corporate media” or somethign to that effect.
Kate 15:37 on 2023-12-27 Permalink
As I may have said before, I do the blog with basic Safari, no blockers or other extensions, because I want to see what the basic sites look like, and not make any false assumptions what others will see.
I use a different browser (actually, 3 to 4 other browsers) for personal stuff and other things.
Blork 16:35 on 2023-12-27 Permalink
The thing is, sometimes they don’t have enough info for a clearly targeted ad, in which case they basically take a guess.
Blork 16:45 on 2023-12-27 Permalink
Also, if there isn’t much targeting in the initial request they can default to things like demographic surveys of the site’s readers (CBC probably has a lot of west island car commuters visiting them), and there can be cross-referencing with other sites you’ve visited, such as this one, where there is no shortage of car talk (even if it’s not positive car talk, but the algos don’t tend to be judgmental).