By Connie Thiessen CBC/Radio-Canada is now a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), putting the public broadcaster in a position to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. The... Continue Reading
CBC/Radio-Canada has an opportunity to better serve small communities lacking media coverage and should have “the reflection of local communities and audiences” explicitly stated in its mandate, according to a report by... Continue Reading
CBC/Radio-Canada announced Tuesday it plans to significantly increase its commitment to sports coverage of Canada’s high-performance athletes, professional women’s sport, and major sporting events hosted in Canada and around the world, following... Continue Reading
Rogers Sportsnet and CBC announced Tuesday that Canada’s national public broadcaster will no longer carry NHL broadcasts. As the national media rightsholder for NHL games, Rogers had been sub-licensing to CBC... Continue Reading
CBC on Monday announced it will create two new documentary funds and is boosting support for filmmakers creating projects for the public broadcaster’s Absolutely Canadian documentary series. The announcement, made at the Banff World... Continue Reading
Canadian film and TV production company Muse Entertainment and Toronto-based independent magazine The Walrus announced Monday a first-look development partnership to adapt original reporting and longform journalism into premium documentary and unscripted... Continue Reading
By Howard Law, author of MediaPolicy.ca and Canada vs. California: How Ottawa took on Netflix and the streaming giants (Lorimer, 2024)
This week’s announcement by Culture Minister Marc Miller that the federal government is striking down the CRTC’s ruling on streamer contributions to Canadian content is perhaps more shocking in its timing than its substance.
After all, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has an appetite for jettisoning government policy that he considers unwanted baggage. Recall the climb down from the Digital Services Tax, the carbon tax, and the suite of Trudeau-era environmental policies.
Miller will be sending…
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By Connie Thiessen Golden West Broadcasting CEO Elmer Hildebrand is among the private broadcast executives who aren’t happy with the CBC’s recent bureau expansion. The public broadcaster announced in January it was expanding its footprint, with plans... Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen Vista Radio has named Joe Gabor as company president, effective today. Gabor succeeds Bryan Edwards, who had held the role since the fall of 2019, when Vista released... Continue Reading
Hawco Productions announced Tuesday its police procedural drama Saint-Pierre has been greenlit by the CBC for a third season, with filming in Newfoundland and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon set to begin in July. Co-starring Canadian actor Allan... Continue Reading
