CBC News to launch FAST channel in the fall

Names Adrienne Arsenault chief correspondent CBC NEWS ANNOUNCED today a new strategic approach aimed at delivering an enhanced news offering, which includes launching a 24/7 FAST (free, ad-supported streaming TV) channel and a shakeup amongst the co-hosts of The National. The new FAST channel is to launch in the fall and will be available for streaming, digital and connected TV platforms. It will offer “the best of CBC local, national and current affairs journalism,” a press release explains. The channel will be offered in addition to CBC News Network’s current offering on cable, satellite and CBC Gem. “The world of...