WINNIPEG – The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) will provide $750,000 over three years and Telefilm Canada will put $1.2 million toward the implementation of a professional Aboriginal mentorship…
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MONTREAL – Monique Simard has been appointed as director general of the National Film Board’s French Program, effective August 18.
“Monique Simard is a major figure in documentary film…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s public broadcaster is calling the government’s decision late Thursday to not endorse the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage’s report on CBC/Radio-Canada a “missed opportunity.”
The move…
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MONTREAL – Seven shorts from the National Film Board will be featured on YouTube’s new The Screening Room channel, which runs international animated shorts from around the world.
The…
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OTTAWA – The federal government asked the CRTC on Friday to report on the accessibility and quality of broadcasting services offered to minority French- and English-language communities.
The request…
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OTTAWA – RTNDA Canada (The Association of Electronic Journalists) unveiled the winners of awards for the best in electronic journalism in its central region on Thursday evening. These winners…
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OTTAWA – Shaw Communications won’t be carrying a third broadcast feed introduced by the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) in October 2006 to better serve western Canada, and this…
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OTTAWA – CBC is broadcasting the 46664 concert honouring South African leader Nelson Mandela in a multitude of platforms – on CBC Television, its specialty channel bold, its radio…
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TORONTO – TVO, Ontario’s public educational broadcaster, announced Wednesday it would be distributing its TV programming free and on-demand through Internet TV service Joost.
“Partnering with Joost offers TVO…
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TORONTO – Troy Reeb has been upped to the position of senior vice-president of news and current affairs at Canwest Broadcasting, effective immediately.
Reeb’s new responsibilities include driving the…
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