Advocacy groups for Canadian film, TV and media production companies are applauding Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge’s recently released set of proposed changes to modernize the mandate, funding and governance of CBC/Radio-Canada.
The proposed amendments range from prohibiting advertising during CBC/Radio-Canada’s news and public affairs programming and ending subscription fees for its digital services to establishing predictable and stable funding via a statutory appropriation based on an annual per capita formula.
In a statement released Saturday, the Quebec English-language Production Council (QEPC), speaking on behalf of the official language minority community (OLMC) film and TV production industry…
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By Connie Thiessen
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge has released a set of proposed changes aimed at modernizing the objectives, governance and funding of CBC/Radio-Canada, ranging from banishing advertising during news and current affairs programming to ensuring more citizen participation in determining the public broadcaster’s priorities.
The proposed amendments to the Broadcasting Act were released Thursday, with a goal “to reinforce the accountability and reactivity of the Corporation toward Canadians, to ensure its journalistic, creative and programming independence, to strengthen its role as public broadcaster, and to provide it with predictable and stable funding so that it can face future challenges.”
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CBC News announced Wednesday veteran broadcaster and award-winning journalist Ian Hanomansing will host a new daily primetime program, Hanomansing Tonight, live from CBC Vancouver beginning Tuesday, Feb. 18.
Airing weeknights from 7-9 p.m. ET (4-6 p.m. PT) on CBC News Network, Hanomansing Tonight will offer breaking and live news coverage from Western Canada. The program will also be available to stream anytime on CBC Gem with on-demand segments on YouTube.
“Of all the assignments I’ve had, my favourite has always been going live on a major, developing story. And we’ll be doing a lot…
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Secures licensing deals with Corus, Hollywood Suite and Paramount+ in Canada
Global film and TV studio Fifth Season announced Tuesday it has appointed former Wattpad Studios executive Muriel Rosilio to the newly created role of director of sales for Canada.
Rosilio will be responsible for monetizing Fifth Season’s content rights across all media and languages throughout Canada. She reports to Travis Webb, the studio’s senior vice president of sales for the Americas.
Fifth Season also announced new licensing deals across its slate of premium scripted and unscripted content with Corus, Hollywood Suite and Paramount+ in Canada.
A new multi-title deal with Corus includes Morimoto’s…
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By Connie Thiessen
CBC News has released audience insights indicating that the looming U.S.-Canada trade war boosted views on its mobile app to a level not seen since 2022.
The viewer bump began Saturday, Feb. 1 when U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs on Canadian goods and energy, followed by the Canadian government response. Canadians continued to tune in through news of the late-breaking 30-day reprieve on Monday, Feb. 3.
CBC says 4.5 million Canadians tuned in to CBC News Network from Feb. 1-3, making it the most-watched English-language Canadian news network. According to Numeris TV data released by the public broadcaster, audiences spent more…
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CBC News announced Tuesday the appointment of Prasanna Rajagopalan as the new senior managing director for CBC’s Ontario region.
Most recently the director of journalism and programming for CBC Toronto, Rajagopalan will begin his new role on Monday, March 10. As senior managing director for Ontario, he will work closely with managing editors and the next (yet-to-be-announced) CBC Toronto leader to oversee all strategy, programs, teams and stations across the province in Hamilton, London, Ottawa, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Kitchener, Waterloo and Windsor, as well as community locations and future operations in St. Catharines, Oshawa and Sault…
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By Christopher Guly
OTTAWA – As the CRTC continues its consultations and public hearings on implementing the Online Streaming Act, which seeks in part to encourage investment in Canadian content from global streamers, France is creating domestic content through partnerships with major digital platforms.
Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ are investing between 20 per cent and 25 per cent of their French revenues in creating French content, Amanda Borghino, deputy general delegate of the Union Syndicale de la Production Audiovisuelle – which represents nearly 200 audiovisual production companies in France – told a panel on global regulatory approaches…
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Public broadcaster says it will hire up to 30 new journalists
CBC News announced Wednesday it will hire up to 30 new permanent journalists in 22 underserved communities across Canada, following the CRTC’s approval of Google’s plan to compensate Canadian news organization for use of their content.
Google has committed to providing a $100-million fund to host news content from news organizations across Canada, allowing it to be exempted under the Online News Act. CBC, which obtains funding from both private and public sources, is allowed to draw up to a maximum of seven per…
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CBC News announced Wednesday the launch of Welcome to Canada, a new series offering an in-depth look at the experiences and perspectives of newcomers to Canada.
A CBC press release says the stories featured in the series will bring context and analysis to the results of a new CBC-commissioned survey of 1,507 newcomers, conducted by market research firm Pollara Strategic Insights, and will roll out throughout January across all CBC platforms, including online at cbcnews.ca/welcometocanada.
The first segment in the Welcome to Canada series, “Experience not wanted”, examines underemployment among newcomers. Nearly nine in 10…
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CBC on Tuesday announced award-winning journalist Ioanna Roumeliotis is joining CBC News’ flagship investigative program The Fifth Estate as full-time host alongside current hosts Mark Kelley and Steven D’Souza.
A past guest host of The Fifth Estate and most recently a senior reporter with CBC’s The National, Roumeliotis’s first episode in her new position will air Friday, March 7 at 9 p.m. local time (9:30 p.m. NT) on CBC and CBC Gem, offering a deeper look at the dark world of online extremism, a topic she previously reported on as guest host of the investigative documentary program.
“In her nearly 30 years with…
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