TORONTO and OAKVILLE – Facing a cloudy future, the public broadcaster is paring back its weather department in favour of a new content sharing agreement with The Weather Network that will see national weather forecasts on select CBC News television properties provided by The Weather Network’s team of meteorologists and on-air personalities.
The agreement, which begins December 8, will see The Weather Network provide weather updates on CBC News Network throughout the day and at the end of The National on CBC-TV and CBC News Network, including expanded weather reports on CBC Toronto on weekends, the two companies announced Monday.
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TORONTO – Rogers has hired another sales exec away from CBC after announcing that Janice Smith will become its vice president, national media sales, effective December 1st.
Smith comes to Rogers with more than 19 years of experience in media sales, strategic planning, and business development. Prior to joining Rogers, she worked at CBC for six years, most recently as executive director of multiplatform sales for CBC’s Revenue Group where she oversaw all of CBC’s English-language revenue sales including CBC Network, CBC News Network, Radio 2, and sports sales. Smith has also held various sales roles at CanWest MediaWorks, TSN,…
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I FINALLY HAVE A RESPONSE to something CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais asked we reporters – in absentia, mind you – during day eight of September’s Talk TV hearing, the day set aside for accessibility issues.
“I asked others beforehand – now they may be listening elsewhere – but the media table, which was chock-a-block last week, seems to be completely empty now,” chairman Blais said on September 17th. “And I'm struck, because members of the community you serve presumably buy goods and services – goods and services that are made by people that advertise in newspapers and other electronic media.
“Why…
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TORONTO – The CBC workforce will officially be 392 positions smaller very soon.
A memo circulated Thursday at the public broadcaster says that the “first phase” of the cuts announced in June will see those positions eliminated before the end of the broadcaster’s fiscal year, March 31, 2015. However, most affected will receive notices mid-November.
“It is estimated that 115 of these positions will be in corporate services, 154 in English services, and 123 in French services,” reads the memo. “Of these, over a quarter are existing vacancies created through normal departures or retirement, and…
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TORONTO – The CBC announced Wednesday it has purchased the broadcast and multiplatform rights to the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang Korea and the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. However, it won’t be working alone.
The public broadcaster also announced a broad partnership with both Bell Media and Rogers Media to bring “unprecedented” coverage of the Games to Canadians on all platforms.
While financial details of the rights purchase were not announced, the deal was termed an “extension” of the existing deal the CBC signed for the 2014 and 2016 Games. “We gave an offer…
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OTTAWA – With many sources of media at their fingertips, Canadians are spending increasing amounts of time consuming news, from local to national and international, as well as politics and business news, according to the Media Technology Monitor (MTM).
Profile of News Enthusiasts’ Media Technology Adoption and Use profiles Anglophones who are heavy consumers of news, defined as those who consume all types of news on a daily or near daily basis.
Highlights from the report include:
– Three in ten Anglophones and one third of Francophones are considered “News Enthusiasts” accessing all types of news on a daily basis;
– Both…
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TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada has been awarded the Canadian broadcast rights for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Tuesday.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As lead broadcaster, CBC/Radio-Canada pledged to work with broadcast partners Bell Media and Rogers Media to provide Canadians with “full access to all the excitement of the Olympic Games”. The three partnered on coverage of the Sochi Winter Olympics earlier this year.
“This is clear recognition of the exceptional coverage CBC/Radio-Canada provided for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games – the most watched in history”, said…
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TORONTO – CTAM Canada has announced the industry leaders who will take centre stage at next month’s Broadcaster’s Forum entitled ‘Engaging Canadians with TV Everywhere’.
Scheduled for November 19 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, the second annual event will feature exclusive, new, Canadian-specific market research, and two moderated panels that will discuss distribution and technology, debate current industry hot topics, and share insights.
Panel #1: Consumer Adoption of TV Everywhere
With subscriber adoption of authenticated TV Everywhere (TVE) products on the rise in the U.S., the value proposition appears to be…
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TORONTO – Rogers Media Sales SVP Jack Tomik is leaving the company at the end of this month after completing the launch and implementation of Rogers Media’s integrated multiplatform sales service model known as One Call.
He will be replaced by Alan Dark (pictured), currently vice president of national sales for Rogers Media, effective November 3. Tomik will work with Dark, a key leader on Tomik’s sales leadership team, to ensure a seamless transition, reads Wednesday's announcement.
“Jack was hired to create and launch our new sales service model, and he did that with great success in less than two years. The…
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TORONTO and MONTREAL – George Anthony, Jeffrey Elliott, Paul Gross, Ric Esther Bienstock, Michael Landsberg and Tassie Cameron will be honoured with special awards at the 2015 Canadian Screen Awards, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced Tuesday.
Canadian Screen Week is the annual celebration of excellence in Canadian film, television, and digital media productions. The 2015 version of Canadian Screen Week is scheduled for February 23 – March 1.
“The Academy Special Awards are presented annually to uniquely talented people in our industry who have left an indelible impression in the Canadian film, television and digital media landscape,” said Academy chair…
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