BANFF – Canada’s Indigenous screen-based sector received a boost Monday with the announcement of a dedicated Indigenous Screen Office tasked with supporting the development, production and marketing of Indigenous content.
Speaking at the Banff World Media Festival, Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly said that the move is the result of collaboration between the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio-Canada (CBC/SRC), the Canada Media Fund (CMF), Telefilm Canada, the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA), and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Associated partners include Bell Media, the Harold Greenberg Fund and Vice Studio Canada.
“Too often, Indigenous creators have…
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MONT-TREMBLANT – Registration is now open for the CCSA’s Connect 2017 conference which this year will take place September 25 – 27 at the Fairmont Tremblant Resort in Mont-Tremblant, QC.
The confab will include keynote speakers Terry O’Reilly, marketing guru and host of CBC Radio’s Under the Influence, and Altman Vilandrie and Company director Jonathan Hurd, who will speak about evolving consumer behaviour and the adoption of Pay TV.
The event will also include recognition of the 2017 Tuned-In Canada Award winners, the annual Connect Showcase and recreational activities.
Registration and further details are available here.
www.ccsa.cable.ca
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TORONTO – Blue Ant Media’s Omnia Media announced the launch of its digital production studio and a slate of new original short-form and long-form content.
Coinciding with the studio launch is the release ofhe 72 new original, short-form videos for CBC Life in Canada and women’s lifestyle platform Makeful in the U.S. The content was produced in Canada in association with CBC and includes 48 tabletop videos and four hosted series starring popular Canadian social media influencers and YouTuber creators, with a collective following of over 3.5 million followers across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest. Programming hosts include…
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OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada raked in more than $58 million after divesting its financial stake in Sirius XM Canada as the satellite radio company prepares to go private.
The public broadcaster said that it sold 13,056,787 class A subordinate voting shares in Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc. to 2517835 Ontario Inc., a corporation owned by Slaight Communications Inc., Obelysk Media Inc. and Sirius XM Radio Inc.
CBC/Radio-Canada said that it sold the shares for C$4.50 per share in cash for aggregate gross proceeds of $58,755,541.
www.cbc.radio-canada.ca
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TORONTO – RTDNA Canada has unveiled the winners of its national and network awards which honour the best journalists, programs, stations and news gathering organizations in radio, television, and digital.
The awards were presented Saturday night at the 2017 National Conference and Awards gala in Toronto.
The winners for RTDNA 2017 National Awards are:
Digital
Adrienne Clarkson Award – Diversity
CBC Montreal: Real Talk on Race
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News
Global Edmonton: Fort McMurray Wildfire
Data Storytelling Award
CBC Vancouver: Every Parking Ticket Issued in Vancouver Last Year
Digital Media Award (Small/Medium Market)
CBC Thunder Bay: Deep Water
Digital Media Award (Large Market)
Global Edmonton: Family Matters
Gord Sinclair Award – Live…
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TORONTO – CBC has served up a new original comedy series shot entirely in the kitchen of Canadian Screen Award and Comedy Award-winner Pat Thornton, that takes place anywhere but his kitchen.
My Kitchen Can Be Anything is a 15-episode fantasy comedy series from the surreal minds of award-winning comedians Eric Toth (Still Standing, Bill and Sons Towing, The Imponderables) and Thornton (Filth City, Sunnyside, Space Janitors). Filmed on location in Toronto, the kitchen morphs into locations like the Grand Canyon, a major league baseball diamond, a rock star’s dressing room, and a spacecraft.
Some of Canada’s top comedians guest star…
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THE CANADIAN CREATIVE community (by which I mean writers, actors, directors and other makers of television) is up in arms over the CRTC’s recent decision to harmonize a floor for spending by Canadian broadcasters on programming of national interest at 5%.
Historically speaking, the guilds, unions and associations have every right to fear any reduction in the Cancon spend mandated by the CRTC. Our broadcasters do not exactly have a stellar record of treating the production and airing of Canadian content (except for news and sports) as anything but a tax on their operations that they…
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TORONTO – "Our 2017-18 slate is a tribute to the talent and authenticity of Canada's top creators, who are choosing CBC as the destination to share the stories they want to tell, including compelling new drama, comedy, factual, arts and documentary series," said Heather Conway, the CBC’s executive-vice president, english services in unveiling the broadcaster’s fall programming Wednesday morning (pictured).
"By launching one of our largest programming lineups to date reflecting the diversity of perspectives and voices in this country, CBC continues to reach, connect with and entertain Canadians across all platforms, guided by how audiences choose to engage with…
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TORONTO – Just as the City of Toronto gets set to ask wireless companies and their device manufacturers to work together so that smartphones can be FM radios, too, the Toronto-based North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) led a successful effort to gain international support for the activation of FM radio receivers in smartphones.
NABA submitted an “Opinion” on activating radio receivers in smartphones that was adopted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in March of 2017, the group announced Wednesday. Enabling the FM chip present in most smartphones…
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TORONTO – RTDNA Canada is recognizing CBC News’ Mark Mietkiewicz as the recipient of the 2017 Distinguished Service Award.
The award honours a member who has played a major role in the continuing success of RTDNA Canada, and is presented in recognition and appreciation of outstanding contribution and exemplary distinguished service rendered for the benefit and advancement of electronic and digital journalism and RTDNA.
Mietkiewicz (pictured), who works for CBC News and oversees its journalistic internship and scholarship programs, is completing his second term as Awards Chairperson. He will receive his Distinguished Service Award at the President’s Reception on May 26,…
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