TORONTO – Metro Morning, CBC Toronto’s cultural and current affairs radio program, is turning 40, and the public broadcaster is celebrating the milestone anniversary with a special event tomorrow at its broadcasting centre in Toronto.
CBC Toronto will host a morning reception on April 3 after the live broadcast of Metro Morning from the Glenn Gould Studio, featuring special guests such as former Metro Morning host Andy Barrie. The event will also feature live performances from Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo, Eliana Cuevas, Kobo Town and R&B singer Divine Brown. Continue Reading
TORONTO – CBC has announced the creation of The Branded Entertainment Development Initiative, a unique opportunity for marketers and independent producers interested in collaborating on CBC’s daytime programming schedule. The broadcaster says it will provide the chance to be part of the creation and development of new daytime programs that incorporate strategic partnerships with outside brands, in an effort to create opportunities that go beyond traditional broadcast avenues.
“We know there are strong ideas already percolating out in the Canadian independent production communities that would fit well with our existing lifestyle and cooking shows,” said Jennifer…
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By Steve Faguy
MONTREAL – The owner of a yet-to-launch Montreal television station is being threatened with legal action because the brand he's using for it is being considered as a new name for Radio-Canada.
This week, the CBC's intellectual property lawyer sent a legal letter to Sam Nowrouzzahrai, whose family owns 4517466 Canada Inc. and the licence for an ethnic over-the-air television station in Montreal that is set to launch this summer. The letter orders the company to cease and desist the use of the name "ICI" because it infringes on the CBC's trademark.
The ethnic TV station had planned to use…
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OTTAWA – Close to 100 Ontario communities have acquired transmission towers that would have otherwise ended up in landfill, thanks to help from the Canadian Association for Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS).
The towers, formerly used by TVOntario, can be used by the communities to re-establish free over-the-air television services that area residents would otherwise have to obtain via cable or satellite, including TVO and the CBC, as well as high-speed wireless Internet, community TV or radio, or cell phone service.
APTN, the CBC and TVO decided to stop over-the-air broadcasting in small cities and…
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TORONTO – VIA Rail Canada has launched a new interactive digital platform to provide passengers on VIA Rail trains free access to Canadian programming.
Starting in Spring 2013, the On-Board Entertainment initiative will be available to passengers with laptops, tablets and mobile phones travelling on VIA Rail trains within the Québec City to Windsor corridor.
Through a partnership with CBC/Radio-Canada, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and The Historica-Dominion Institute, it will provide free access to Canadian programming, including CBC/Radio-Canada TV shows programs, documentaries and animation from the NFB, and “Heritage Minutes” vignettes and…
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OTTAWA – A grand project that would see the vast amount of Canadian content currently unavailable for viewing is beginning to make some progress, according to a panel at Prime Time.
Valerie Creighton, president and CEO of the Canada Media Fund, noted that a research report that was commissioned after last November’s International Institute of Communications (IIC) Canada event has only just been received and has yet to be fully digested. She was able to talk about couple of observations that should help guide the project along.
Some have previously suggested that a portal containing all this content might be the…
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OTTAWA – CBC president Hubert Lacroix blasted Sun News Network and Quebecor Inc. today for "?deliberately misleading Canadians"? with allegations that the CBC is a ?"hotbed of sexual harassment."?
During an appearance before the Standing Committee on the Status of Women in Ottawa, Lacroix said that recent stories in The Sun and the Journal de Montreal, both Quebecor newspapers, which linked the public broadcaster to revelations of sexual harassment at the RCMP, and more recently at the BBC, were untrue. He accused Sun News host Brian Lilley of shoddy…
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TORONTO – Canadians are living longer, but not necessarily healthier. The CBC is continuing its media partnership with The Heart & Stroke Foundation by kicking off a multi-platform campaign for its ‘Make Health Last’ campaign. Running until May 31, the initiative is geared towards educating Canadians on the benefits of taking small steps in their daily lives in order to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.
As part of the campaign, CBC's Arlene Dickinson, Ron James and Adam Beach will stand behind the ‘Make Health Last’ message, helping to rally Canadians to take…
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TORONTO – You only have two days remaining to lock in the early-bird rate by registering for The 2013 Canadian Telecom Summit.
For three days, the leadership of the telecom, broadcast & IT industries will converge at the Toronto Congress Centre from June 3-5 to discuss the key issues and trends that will impact this critical sector of the economy. Join more than 500 of your peers, partners, suppliers, policy makers, regulators, customers and competitors at the 2013 Canadian Telecom Summit.
Now in its 12th year, the summit is the place for Canada's…
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OTTAWA – The Office of the Auditor General has found “no significant deficiencies in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s systems and practices” according to its just released audit.
The 2013 Special Examination Report was presented by the Office of the Auditor General to the Corporation’s Board of Directors. “This clean audit opinion is the best result that a federal agency can obtain,” said CBC/Radio-Canada’s president and CEO Hubert T. Lacroix in a statement.
Covering the October 2011 to June 2012 period, the report confirms that the public broadcaster manages its assets efficiently and economically,…
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