OTTAWA – Prime Time in Ottawa is serving up an opportunity for delegates to dine with some top industry executives.
The new ‘Lunch With’ feature allows registered conference delegates to reserve their spot at a table of eight and break bread with:
– Helen Asimakis, Senior Director, Drama, CBC;
– Wendy Bernfeld, Founder, Managing Director, Rights Stuff;
– Sarah Jane Flynn, Senior Director, Original Factual Production, Shaw Media;
– Tom Hastings, Director, Independent Production, Bell Media;
– John MacDonald, VP Television, Head of Women’s and Family Networks, Corus Entertainment;
– Karen Miller, Vice President, Worldwide Programming Strategy, Acquisitions & Co-Productions, Disney Channels Worldwide; or
– Liz Wise,…
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OTTAWA – Thomas Mulcair, Leader of the Official Opposition and Canada’s New Democrats, will kick off Friends of Canadian Broadcasting’s Leaders’ Series about the CBC on Monday.
The Mulcair interviews, which will be conducted in French followed by English, will take place back-to-back starting at 7:30 PM EST on February 2 in Ottawa. Veteran journalist and former co-host of the CBC’s flagship public affairs program the fifth estate Francine Pelletier will conduct the interviews in French, while Don Newman, former host of Politics, CTV’s Washington correspondent, and CBC TV’s senior parliamentary correspondent, will conduct the interviews in English.
The interviews will…
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TORONTO – Bell Media has promoted Tom Hastings to director, independent production, the company announced Wednesday.
Hastings, pictured, was formerly a production executive in the company’s independent production, drama unit where he was responsible for the development and production of dramatic series that have aired across Bell Media’s channels including CTV, Bravo, Much, Space, and The Movie Network.
In his new role, Hastings will report directly to Corrie Coe, SVP independent production, and lead the development of dramatic productions across the Bell Media suite of channels. He succeeds Trish Williams who is leaving the company to become co-executive producer of CTV’s…
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TORONTO – While there’s no question over-the-top video services such as Netflix have become a “phenomenon” in Canada, the same can’t be said about subscription music streaming services, which have not been taken up to the same degree by consumers.
However, that may be about to change, according to digital media experts who spoke at the Digital Media at the Crossroads conference held on the University of Toronto’s downtown campus on Saturday.
Mark Allen, director of research and analysis for the CBC, outlined some recent trends in digital media in Canada, citing research from Numeris and the CBC’s own Media Technology…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Media Guild is objecting to a decision made last week by CBC/Radio-Canada management that bans its on-air talent from making paid appearances.
The union, which represents 6,000 workers in the Canadian media including many at CBC/SRC, called the public broadcaster’s new policy a “blanket prohibition” that is “a clear violation of our collective agreement, an infringement on our members’ rights and a dangerous precedent”.
The CMG said in a statement that CBC management already has all of the tools it needs to avoid any conflict of interest situations, noting that managers currently approve all paid and unpaid…
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TORONTO – The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is throwing its support behind the NDP government’s pre-election promise to scrap the $115 million cut to CBC/Radio-Canada made in the 2012 federal budget.
Describing the CBC as “an essential public service” in a statement this week, NDP leader Tom Mulcair also pledged to guarantee stable, predictable, multi-year financing for the public broadcaster and to set up an independent process for appointing members of the CBC’s board of directors.
ACTRA said in its own statement that it has “long argued for more accountability in the governance of the CBC”,…
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OTTAWA – Millennials, having grown up with publicly available Internet and wireless technologies, are avid users of these offerings, spending what would amount to more than a full day online each week, according to a new report from Media Technology Monitor (MTM).
Millennials’ Media Technology Adoption and Use profiles millennial Anglophones and their ownership and use of media technology. For the purposes of this report, millennials (18 to 34 year olds) were separated into two groups: Gen Z is defined as those aged 18-24 and Gen Ys are defined as those aged 25-34 years old.
Highlights from the report include:
– Close…
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TORONTO – DM@X: Digital Media at the Crossroads Conference, a high level conference on the future of content in digital media, is set for this Saturday, January 24, at Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.
The one-day event promises to address trends in digital media, including subscription streaming, niche content, social media metrics, and Dragon’s-Den-style presentations of alternative business models for Canada’s cultural industries.
Keynote Speakers include CBC/Radio-Canada’s Mark Allen, Blue Ant Media’s Raja Khanna, Corus’ Gary Maavara and former CBC head of English services Richard Stursberg, among others.
It’s not too late to register! …
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OTTAWA – As it marks its 20th anniversary, Prime Time in Ottawa will embrace screen based media ‘thriving in a time of change’ as the key theme at this year's conference scheduled for March 4 – 6, 2015 at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa.
Produced by the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA), the conference continues to be the leading national networking event for prominent professionals from across the industry eager to be on the forefront of content evolution.
Top media leaders, including Bell Media president Kevin Crull, CBC EVP of English Services Heather Conway, Blue Ant Media CEO Michael MacMillan, and eOne…
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TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada has named Mary Kreuk as executive director, multiplatform media sales for Toronto and Western Canada.
Kreuk will start on January 13 and be based in Toronto. With nearly 25 years’ sales and marketing experience, she joins the public broadcaster from Bell Media where she served as vice-president of brand partnerships with CTV Television’s media sales group for 12 years. Previously, Kreuk worked in various marketing roles with such companies as Peoples Jewellers, Pizza Hut and Kellogg’s.
“Mary is an accomplished strategist who has consistently led her teams to deliver outstanding revenue and branding results, by building and maintaining…
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