Radio / Television News

Lafrance moves on from CBC/Radio-Canada after 33 years

MONTREAL - Sylvain Lafrance, Executive Vice-President of French Services for CBC/Radio-Canada, will be leaving the public broadcaster this fall after more than 33 years."I believe I've now achieved the key objectives I had set for myself as executive VP of Radio-Canada", he said in a statement on Thursday. "TV, Radio and Web integration is now a done deal. We've begun to build a lively presence on digital platforms. Our efforts to diversify our revenue streams have produced stellar results. And, last but not least, our programming now strikes what I feel is an optimal balance between our need to be...