TORONTO – Billed as a “landmark” deal for the CBC content, the public broadcaster and Microsoft Canada have announced a collaboration to develop new technology and distribution opportunities for CBC content.
With a focus on increasing distribution, promotional and sponsorship opportunities, the partnership will see CBC video content extended onto multiple Microsoft platforms including MSN.ca, Xbox, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and more.
CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada and Microsoft have also launched a new app (pictured below) for hockey fans available inside Microsoft’s on-line Xbox 360 service, Xbox LIVE, and free to paid, monthly Xbox LIVE Gold users….
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TORONTO – Canada’s TV best friend, CBC-TV talk show host George Stroumboulopoulos, is being wooed by CNN, as the U.S. network announced the Canadian TV personality will helm a new weekly interview show on CNN this summer.
The 10-episode, hour-long series, which will air Fridays in prime time, will be similar in format to CBC’s George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, CNN reported on its website. It will be shot in Los Angeles in front of a live audience and produced by Sony Pictures Television’s Embassy Row.
According to CBC’s head of English services, Kirstine Stewart, Stroumboulopoulos is…
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LAS VEGAS – While Gordon Smith, the president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, opened the 2013 NAB Show pushing an innovation agenda, urging his member broadcasters to explore new technology, and innovate any way they can because the future of over-the-air broadcasting has never been brighter, comments from one of his primary members later in the morning seemed to be at odds with Smith’s assertions.
“Our future lies in innovating and spurring technology that will deliver our highly valued content to any platform for generations to come,” said Smith in his opening keynote. “The time has come…
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TORONTO – Blue Ant Media announced today it will launch the Cottage Life specialty TV channel this fall. The new HD channel is an extension of Cottage Life Magazine, which Blue Ant took over last November when it acquired the magazine’s parent company, Cottage Life Media Inc.
The new Cottage Life television channel will feature new programming focusing on DIY, food, makeovers and outdoor themes that celebrate the people, places and activities closest to the heart of Canada, says the company. “Cottage Life has always been a trusted source for engaging weekend living…
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TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada announced it has signed an agreement with TVA Sports to secure coverage in the French-language market for 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil events.
Under the agreement, every match will now be broadcast live to French-speaking audiences – 46 on Radio-Canada and 18 on TVA Sports, which will also have rebroadcast rights for all 64 matches. TVA Sports also becomes a licensed broadcaster of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. In addition, the agreement establishes the TVA Sports network as exclusive French-language broadcaster for the June FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013, FIFA’s prelude tournament between the best national teams…
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VANCOUVER, BC – A new series of regional conferences are scheduled to start this week to help kickstart conversations across the country about how Canadians should celebrate our upcoming 150th anniversary in 2017.
CBC/Radio-Canada, in partnership with VIA Rail Canada and Community Foundations of Canada (CFC), are presenting the Canada 150/2017 Starts Now conference series, in collaboration with other local and national organizations. Developed to inform and inspire, Canada 150/2017 Starts Now begins in Vancouver on April 5. The conferences will be held in both official languages and will bring together citizens and leaders from communities…
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MONTREAL – The National Film Board and CBC have collaborated on a new online project launching today that aims to take storytelling in a more interactive direction.
The NFB has produced six interactive stories for Hyperlocal, a new online collection of personal observations about change in Canadian neighbourhoods, commissioned by CBC Canada Writes.
The project examines the concept of “hyperlocal” content, which is basically defined as online content that pertains to a defined small geographic community, whether that’s a town, a village or a postal code. The NFB, in its…
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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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