TORONTO – The CBC will announce Thursday morning that it has hired the Art Gallery of Ontario’s chief business officer, Heather Conway, as its new head of English Services.
Conway (right), 51, was with Alliance Atlantis as executive vice-president of corporate communications, marketing and affiliate relations from 2001 to 2007 and was also CEO of the Canadian arm of Edelman Public relations after that until her two-year stint at the AGO.
She replaces former EVP English Services, Kirstine Stewart, who left the…
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MONT TREMBLANT – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance celebrated its 20th anniversary in grand style Monday with top notch seminars, a well-attended trade show, awards and a gala dinner which featured Canadian comic Sugar Sammy.
After an opening speech by CRTC vice-chairman telecom Peter Menzies, “unmarketing” pro Scott Stratten wowed the audience with an entertaining take on how in order to go viral, you have to give up control (and don’t sweat your logo too much). Then, with over 300 delegates at this year’s conference, the trade show floor was packed through mid-day then customer service…
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SASKATOON – CBC Radio One's Saskatoon Morning will make its on-air debut on Thursday morning following the approval of its broadcast license by the CRTC on Monday.
Starting September 26 from 6:00am to 8:30am on 94.1FM in Saskatoon, host Leisha Grebinski, online host Matt Kruchak and newsreader Dan Kerslake will provide listeners with a fresh, new conversation on-air and online each weekday with up-to-date local news, weather, traffic and community events.
"As a new morning radio show and digital service, Saskatoon Morning is unparalleled in the market," said John Agnew, managing director for CBC Saskatchewan, in the announcement. "We're…
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OTTAWA – As Canadians continue to embrace a multi-screen world, which screen will consumers choose to watch content on when all four screen options are available?
According to the latest report from Media Technology Monitor, entitled “4-Screen Canadians: A Glimpse into Multi-Screen Media Behaviour”, only one in ten of Canadian Internet users currently own four screens connected to the Internet – a computer, smartphone, tablet and TV.
The report says that the computer continues to be an important device for the consumption of content, even with three other screen choices, while the smartphone remains primarily a communications medium for the likes of calls, text, e-mail, and Facebook. However, the smartphone is…
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GATINEAU – Broadcasters, distributors and special interests all took predictable stances on the CRTC's proposed framework for the distribution of national news services in interventions published this week.
The comment period for the framework, which launched from the Commission's August decision to deny mandatory distribution to Sun News Network, ended on Monday night. Last-minute submissions were posted to the CRTC site Tuesday and Wednesday. The Regulator’s proposals include rules on carriage, packaging and channel placement for national news services licensed as Category C, which would categorize all such services – new and…
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BURLINGTON, ON – Crossroads Christian Communications Inc., parent of Crossroads Television System, has named Dr. John D. Hull as Global Chief Executive Officer of the Crossroads Family of Ministries.
Dr. Hull joins the organization from the grassroots leadership/personal growth and development organization EQUIP, where he was president and CEO for 13 years. Previously, he served as the third pastor in the history of Peoples Church Toronto from 1993 to 2000, has appeared on 100 Huntley Street numerous times, and made media appearances on CBC and CFTO.
“To return to Canada and serve as the Global CEO of the country's leading faith and values broadcaster…
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TORONTO – The CBC the Toronto International Film Festival announced a new content partnership Thursday that will see some of TIFF’s top industry and public events held at the Corp’s Glenn Gould Studio and hosted by CBC on-air personalities including George Stroumboulopoulos and Anna Maria Tremonti.
The venue will host TIFF’s Industry Moguls series, Keynote Conversation, Doc Conference, telefilms Canada PITCH THIS! and Master Class as part of the festival’s broader conversation series.
CBC is also co-host and broadcast partner of TIFF’s annual inivitation-only Canada Party event to be held at the CBC Broadcast Centre…
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TORONTO – Julie Bristow, former CBC executive director of studio and unscripted programming, has launched her own content creation company, Bristow Global Media Inc.
BGM will specialize in and produce multiplatform content across all genres including scripted, lifestyle, reality, documentary and sports. Media companies GroupM Entertainment and Fresh One Productions have joined BGM as partners.
Bristow, who left the CBC in May, says BGM represents a new business model for a global production company and…
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TORONTO – For thousands of southern Ontario cottagers, Webers Burgers is an institution that’s part of many families’ trek up Hwy 11 to cottage country.
On Friday, September 6, the first 5,000 people to visit the popular restaurant will be treated to a free burger courtesy of specialty channel Cottage Life, which is marking its launch with the free hamburger giveaway.
The Cottage Life channel officially launches September 4 with a national free preview in 9.2 million homes.
The Webers promotion is part of a national multimedia campaign designed to highlight the broad appeal of Cottage…
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INDUSTRY MINISTER JAMES MOORE has fair sized reservoir of stamina. After two full days of going west to east talking wireless with just about everyone who’ll ask for his time – and with three days of that still lying ahead – he sounded fresh and combative when it was our turn Tuesday afternoon to talk with him.
For readers not vacationing incommunicado for the past two months, Minister Moore has taken this week to tour the country to talk up the federal government’s wireless policies in the face of an all-out onslaught of sustained criticism from…
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