TORONTO – When Brazil and Croatia take to the pitch this afternoon in the opening match of the 2014 World Cup, it will kick off a month of record-breaking Canadian TV, online and mobile audiences, according to a new survey from Toronto’s Solutions Research Group.
According to a national survey of 1,000 Canadians by SRG in early June, 52% will follow at least some of the World Cup action nationally on TV, online, social media and mobile and 32% will follow very/somewhat closely.
Based on these numbers, the audience for the World Cup final could easily break the six-million viewers mark,…
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BANFF – One in four Canadians is a 4 screen consumer; and Canada per capita is the number one user of Facebook. Close to 40% of us readily watch TV online and Millennial YouTube and iTunes stars are popping up everywhere, exploding the old definition of TV.
So these are unsettling times for conventional Banff World Media Fest summer camp types that remember the good old days of The Banff Park Lodge (and tube-TVs…)
But that needn't be the case.
Jennifer Dettman, executive director, studio and unscripted content for the CBC, tells us that the Mother Corp is on the cusp of great…
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BANFF – While Shelly Glover, our Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, hasn’t spoken publicly to or about the industry very much since her appointment last July, (we at Cartt.ca would love to know what she thinks of the challenges ahead of CBC, for example), she was pretty darn interesting in her first Banff World Media Fest speech.
First of all, she's an at-ease former cop, a motorcycle mama, comfortably bilingual, with an aboriginal granddad, and loves the hot Radio-Canada TV series Unite 9 along with Game of Thrones. Plus, she's also enamoured of the media and the arts…
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TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada’s month-long coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil kicks off Thursday on TV, radio, online at cbc.ca/fifaworldcup for computers, and through an interactive app for mobile devices and tablets.
Coverage begins with the opening ceremony on June 12, live at 2:00 PM ET (11:00 AM PT) followed by the opening match between Brazil and Croatia. Daily coverage throughout the Group Stage (June 12–26) includes three live matches during daytime hours followed by a primetime broadcast. The Second Stage begins June 28 with the Round of 16, eventually leading to the final game on July 13.
CBC said that…
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BANFF – CBC has promoted Sally Catto to general manager of programming for CBC Television, the national broadcaster announced Monday from the Banff World Media Festival. Her appointment is effective immediately.
Catto (pictured) returned to CBC from the independent sector two years ago as executive director, commissioned & scripted programming where she's been overseeing drama, comedy, children's and certain documentary programming. Her history at CBC dates back to 2001 when she was executive in charge of production, drama before taking on subsequent positions as creative head, drama and executive director, arts & entertainment. Prior to her time at CBC, Catto…
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BANFF – Bell Media said Monday from the Banff World Media Festival that Jessie Gabe is this year's recipient of the Bell Media National Fellowship Award of Distinction.
The award is part of the Bell Media National Fellowship Program, which encourages professional development in the television industry by enabling emerging creative talent the opportunity to attend Banff, known as one of the most prestigious television festivals in the world. The award was presented Monday at the Rockies Award luncheon by Corrie Coe, senior vice-president, independent production at Bell Media.
"Congratulations to Jessie on this achievement and for all of her…
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IN THIS CONVERSATION WITH our crack interviewer, former Vision TV CEO Bill Roberts, Hubert T. Lacroix quickly answered one of the questions we recently posed to him in print: Whether he believes it is his good fortune – or misfortune – to be leading the CBC at this particular moment in history.
His answer? “It’s the most important and the greatest job in culture in this country,” he said. “I feel very fortunate to have the job that I have.”
Good thing, because Lacroix will be facing his board of directors the week…
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TORONTO – Budget-strained CBC unveiled its 2014–15 television broadcast schedule Thursday, which includes a number of new series, six returning hits, and perhaps its last crack at big time sports with next month’s 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.
The public broadcaster is bringing back primetime favourites such as Dragons’ Den, Mr. D., Murdoch Mysteries and Heartland, but said that the Newfoundland-shot Republic Of Doyle will wrap up after this season. Original series Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Marketplace, The Fifth Estate and Doc Zone are also returning.
New programming includes:
– Miniseries The Book of Negroes, based on the…
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TORONTO – Independent broadcaster CHCH is celebrating its 60th birthday with the country’s first TV viewer loyalty programming.
Known as CH-CHing!, the free program allows viewers in Southern Ontario to earn and redeem points for rewards such as gift cards, discounts, special offers, experiences and various goods from CHCH and its broadcast partners. Points may be earned by interacting with the CHCH brand on air and online, for example, by entering keywords from select television programs, and watching and sharing news clips online.
To further mark the milestone, CHCH will air a 60-minute retrospective on its history, entitled 60 Years…
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TORONTO – With the 70th anniversary of D-Day just over a week away, the CBC is offering Canadians the chance to go back in time and relieve the historic events in real time.
Through a multiplatform project known as D-DAY LIVE, CBC News is re-creating the events of this pivotal World War II event in an interactive breaking news timeline, online and on CBC News Network, CBC Radio, and during CBC Television live special programming on June 5 and 6. CBC journalists have pieced together crucial moments from archives, as well as documented new stories, anecdotes and never-before-seen artifacts and images.
“D-DAY LIVE is a…
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