TORONTO – The CBC has launched a new educational portal, called Curio, which allows educators to access the public broadcaster’s wide-breadth of content for in classroom learning.
The new web portal allows instructors at all levels – elementary, secondary and postsecondary – to stream highly relevant video and audio content in classrooms to support their teaching, says the Monday press release.
“Boasting an enhanced library containing thousands of media files, Curio will allow students to learn about today’s topical issues through CBC/Radio-Canada’s most popular programs, hosted by some of the country’s most celebrated radio and television personalities…
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OTTAWA – Families with children living in the home are more likely to go online to consume audio and video content, according to one of two new reports released by Media Technology Monitor this week.
According to Families and Media Consumption, one third of Anglophones have a child under 18 living at home. These families spend three hours less weekly watching traditional television, however, they are more likely to visit the likes of Netflix and YouTube for content.
Individuals with children also tend to be heavy users of the Internet, often multitasking while watching TV and…
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By Greg O'Brien
TORONTO – The topics of change and evolution dominated CBC/Radio-Canada’s fifth annual public meeting Wednesday at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto while in the backs of many minds were thoughts of ice, pucks and sticks.
Noting that the public broadcaster was at the midpoint of its five year strategy ‘2015: Everyone, Every way’, president and CEO Hubert Lacroix said that CBC/Radio-Canada is now “more present in the regions, more connected with our audiences” than at any point in its history. “We’re changing, we’re evolving. We’re challenging the status quo. We want to create a…
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TORONTO – CBC is overhauling its scripted prime time department by splitting in to two divisions – drama and comedy, the public broadcaster said Monday.
“This change will allow for a more specific focus on genre and our relationships with the independent production community,” said Sally Catto, executive director, commissioned and scripted programming, in the announcement.
As part of the move, Helen Asimakis becomes senior director, drama, after 12 years as an executive in charge of production. Michelle Daly becomes senior director, comedy, after serving as an executive in charge of production since 2011. Jenny Hacker, senior director, scripted…
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TORONTO – CBC has become the first Canadian broadcaster to partner with Facebook to utilize its new tools for broadcast media outlets.
The Corp said Thursday that it will incorporate Facebook's Keyword Insights API and Public Feed API into its primetime skating competition series Battle Of The Blades. The integration involves using the Facebook data to show audience support for individual competitors on a map of Canada, during the show.
Pictures and videos from fans on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have also been incorporated into the programming….
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SASKATOON – CBC Saskatoon is hosting an open house on Thursday, October 24 to show off its new station and celebrate the on-air launch of CBC Radio One's Saskatoon Morning, the city's newest morning radio show.
From 6:00 to 9:00am, listeners and viewers are invited to join Saskatoon Morning hosts Leisha Grebinski and Matt Kruchak; Jill Morgan, the new host of CBC News: Saskatchewan at 5, 5:30 & 6; Craig Lederhouse, host of The Afternoon Edition, and Blue Sky host Garth Materie for a first look at the new station, a live broadcast of Saskatoon Morning, behind…
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OTTAWA – Canadians who have eschewed their landlines for cell phones only are also more likely to watch video and listen to audio on their devices, according to a new study from Media Technology Monitor.
With the CRTC projecting that approximately 20% of Canadian households will be Cell Phone Only (CPO) by 2015, the MTM incorporated a CPO household sample into its annual survey to learn more about this unique group of people for the first time. This new report provides an overview of the CPO individual with respect to demographics, technology ownership and media use and compares…
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TORONTO – Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc., parent of SiriusXM Canada Inc., has appointed Timothy Casgrain to the company's board of directors. He replaces Suzanne Morris as CBC/Radio-Canada's nominee to SiriusXM Canada's board of directors, following her resignation from her position as Director.
Casgrain is currently consultant to Skyservice Investments Inc., a wholly owned Canadian aviation company, and has been involved since 1997. From 2007 to 2012 he was chairman of CBC/Radio Canada. Previously, he served as executive vice president of Brookfield Asset Management and from 1988 to 1995 he was seconded to NBS Technologies Inc. as president and chief…
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CANNES – Abbie Cornish doesn't take kindly to be called a gold-digger.
"She sets up services in Dawson City," the Australian Robocop star said of the female lead, Belinda Mulroney, she plays in Discovery Channel's first scripted mini-series Klondike, which shoots in Alberta. "She's also a real warrior, a survivor, someone driven by her heart and soul and instincts," Cornish adds about her character and others in Klondike that are drawn from the Charlotte Gray novel Gold Diggers: Striking it Rich in the Klondike.
Cornish isn't the only foreign actor that stars in the U.S. cable drama co-produced by Discovery, Entertainment…
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CANNES – With CTV giving Shaftesbury's The Listener a 13-hour fifth season order, the homegrown drama will now get to 65 episodes. You'd think that would be enough for Shaftesbury CEO Christina Jennings to talk syndication, as 65 episodes allows a show to rerun five days a week and go 13 weeks before repeating.
But 65 episodes is not the magic number in today's increasingly global TV world, the veteran TV producer told Cartt.ca at the MIPCOM market in Cannes. "65 is only the U.S. number," Jennings said Monday while promoting The Listener to foreign buyers here.
The international market now…
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