APTN, CBC/Radio-Canada sign MOU, marking “the beginning of a beautiful thing”

By Amanda OYE

MONTREAL – APTN and CBC/Radio-Canada today announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), which formalizes a collaborative partnership between the two organizations that covers entertainment and news programming. The two organizations, as part of the agreement, will increase opportunities, training and resources for Indigenous creators and expand the audience for Indigenous programming, a press release explains. They will also collaborate on news and information programming, which means “sharing content and technical resources (such as joint feeds, pooled footage and other resources), while retaining editorial control over their own programming and applying their own journalistic standards and practices,” says...