TORONTO – CBC's new factual series is promising viewers an insider's view of Canada's health care system, as seen through the eyes of patients and caregivers.
Narrated by Emmy Award-winning Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland, Keeping Canada Alive will air Sundays at 9:00 PM/9:30 NT starting October 4. Over a 24-hour period on May 6, 2015, 60 camera crews descended on more than 40 health and home care locations in 24 Canadian cities to capture a six-part, one-hour television series highlighting 36 emotionally charged and highly intimate stories – from a three-month-old baby having a hole in his heart patched to…
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OTTAWA – Canadians love their cell phones, but tablet computers continue to take the country by storm. Two new reports from Media Technology Monitor (MTM) take a closer look at the roles of the two mobile technologies and their place in the market.
Cell Phone Revolution examines the use of mobile phones with a focus on the increasing ownership of smartphones, exploring market trends, smartphone activities and the companies that provide wireless service.
Highlights from the report include:
– Smartphone penetration continues to climb – three quarters of Anglophones now own one;
– Apple’s iPhone continues to hold the top spot, however, Android…
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TORONTO – Calling all aspiring filmmakers, the CBC wants to hear from you.
CBC Docs has issued a call to the next generation of Canadian documentary filmmakers wishing to create original digital documentary content for CBC. It is looking for stand‐alone concepts which focus on a single, strong, unified narrative approximately five to 15 minutes in length. Content should be distinctive, contemporary, character‐driven and relevant to Canadians, and subject matter and style maybe be broad in scope.
Pitches are being accepted immediately, with the first round of submissions being accepted until November 1, 2015 and content must be produced and delivered…
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TORONTO – Bristow Global Media Inc. (BGM) has signed a partnership with the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) to produce the 2015 CCMA Awards Show for broadcast partners CBC-TV and CMT.
This year, the 2015 CCMA Awards Show will take place in Halifax and air on CBC-TV at 8:00 PM local time (8:30 PM NT) with an encore airing on CMT (Canada) at 10:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT on September 13. In addition to the live production of the television awards show, BGM and the CCMA will work together on creating sponsorship opportunities around CCMA media properties, reads the news release.
“BGM…
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TORONTO – Former Curling Canada exec Greg Stremlaw has been named head of CBC Sports effective September 15th, the national broadcaster announced Friday.
As CEO of Curling Canada, Stremlaw (pictured) led negotiations to secure the sport’s long-term television success with TSN and RDS and oversaw a now sold-out national sponsorship portfolio. Previously he was CEO of the Chicopee Ski & Summer Resort and before that, director of sport services and bobsleigh/luge at the Calgary Olympic Development Association. He has also served in many sport leadership roles, including as Canadian Winter Sport caucus chair, chair of the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance Board…
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WINNIPEG – Local TV – the place where many Canadians turn to for news about their community and country – may cease to exist inside of a decade, thanks to the unending growth and development of technology and the opportunities and challenges that development fosters.
A new discussion paper from Winnipeg consultancy Communications Management Inc. entitled Canada's Digital Divides paints a grim picture of the near future of both local TV and newspapers – and tries to make sense of what that means for journalism and democracy. Ubiquitous broadband, argues the paper “continues to enhance news-gathering and distribution,…
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A BRIDGE IS A musical term meaning a bit of a song which gets you from the verse back to the chorus. We thought the term was a good one to characterize Peter Bissonnette, an accomplished musician, as well as the outgoing president of Shaw Communications (his official last day was yesterday).
Bissonnette has worked in cable for more than 30 years, the last 25 of which for Shaw Communications. He’s been president of the company since 2000, working under company founder JR, and then both his sons, Jim and Brad Shaw – and has much prior experience working for…
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TORONTO – Three of Corus' local television channels in Eastern Ontario looked a little different Monday after ditching their long time CBC affiliation in favour of programming from Bell Media’s CTV.
CHEX-TV in Peterborough, Channel 12 in Oshawa, and CKWS-TV in Kingston are now offering CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme, sports, and big series like The Amazing Race Canada and Saving Hope as part of a program supply arrangement between the broadcasters announced in May.
“We are thrilled that the new Bell Media agreement will give us the flexibility to expand our top-rated local programming and bolster it with…
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OTTAWA – Post it, tweet it, pin it, snap it or put it up on Reddit – Canadians are using all of these distinct social networks, though their users differ from the average social networker, says a new series of reports from Media Technology Monitor (MTM).
MTM says that Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Snapchat and Reddit each offers distinct features that attract, engage and retain networkers within their rapidly growing communities. Utilizing the large samples sizes of its combined 2014-2015 surveys, MTM says that its Social Networking Series released this week promises to provide insight into each network.
Highlights from the MTM’s Social Networking Series reports…
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VANCOUVER – Veteran broadcaster Bill Good is coming out of retirement and will join Rogers-owned News 1130 in Vancouver next month.
The editorial feature A Minute with Bill Good will air daily beginning September 8. The feature bills itself as “a no-holds-barred editorial commentary, focusing on current hot button issues, the inner workings of B.C. politics, and the influential movers and shakers who make the decisions that affect the public.”
During a television and radio career that has spanned 50 years, Good anchored primetime newscasts for more than 27 years at CBC, BCTV and CTV.
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