TORONTO – It may be time to get your pre-schooler an iPad before he or she sneaks off with yours. CBC is taking their kids’ programming on-the-road with its TV for Me app, now available for iPad at the App Store.
TV for Me gives preschoolers the chance to enjoy their favourite Kids’ CBC shows like Fuzzy Tales, Artzooka!, The Doodlebops, Monster Math Squad, The Save-Ums! and Poko wherever they are.
“We are excited to expand the reach of our Kids’ CBC programming to ensure that preschoolers can access their favourite shows at any…
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TORONTO – Today marks the official one-year countdown to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and CBC/Radio-Canada has released an English promo on YouTube.
As Canada’s official broadcaster, CBC/Radio-Canada says it will bring Canadians cross-platform coverage of the top news and stories in the year leading up to Sochi 2014, running from February 7-23, 2014. With exclusive license arrangements, TSN, RDS, and Sportsnet will also present coverage of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. It expects more platform distribution announcements will follow.
“We’re incredibly proud to be the official home…
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TORONTO – With the addition of Astral Media and Cineplex Entertainment, the Canadian Premium Audience Exchange (CPAX), now reaches more than 20 Million unique Canadians monthly. They join founding partners CBC/Radio-Canada, Shaw Media, Rogers Media as well as Corus, V and Télé-Québec in the initiative.
The online, real-time bidding exchange service provides advertisers and agencies with access to premium digital inventory. Nationally CPAX says it offers an efficient and cost-effective means of reaching targeted audiences with premium inventory across leading Canadian brands in both English and French, a reach that now exceeds more than 20…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has agreed to extend the submission deadline for the hearing into the must-carry of cable and satellite channels as outlined in section 9(1)(h) of the Broadcasting Act after receiving requests for an extension from Shaw, Rogers, Cogeco and the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (jointly), Telus and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.
The deadline for the submission of interventions, comments and answers has been extended to February 27, 2013 and the deadline for the submission of replies has been extended to March 11 2013.
In addition, the preamble and the following item…
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OTTAWA – In preparation for Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, CBC/Radio-Canada, VIA Rail Canada and Community Foundations of Canada, in collaboration with a number of leading organizations across the country, have announced cities and dates for its Canada 150/2017 Starts Now conference series.
The Canada 150/2017 Starts Now conferences will inform, inspire and incubate local and regional projects to mark the milestone, and will leverage new ways to connect Canadians to national initiatives. The events will be accessible to participants in both official languages and will bring together citizens and leaders from communities across every…
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WATERLOO – BlackBerry World, RIM’s rebranded storefront (formally BlackBerry App World) for BlackBerry 10 will serve as a one-stop shop for users’ entertainment needs says the company. BlackBerry World will include an extensive catalog of songs as well as movies and TV shows, with most movies coming to the store the same day they are released on DVD, and next day availability of many current TV series. The offering will feature content from all major studios, music labels and top local broadcast networks. Customers will be able to preview tracks and access the content using multiple…
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TORONTO – Bob Babinski is the new Executive Producer & Local Content Manager for City Montreal, overseeing City’s new, local weekday morning show, Breakfast Television and new, 30-minute weekly sports show, Connected Montreal says Rogers Media.
Born and raised in Montreal, Babinski comes to City with more than 25 years of television experience – both on-camera and behind-the-scenes. As a former sportscaster for CBC Television and CBC Radio in Montreal, he’s covered the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Expos, and such events as Hockey Day in Canada, the 2006 and 2008 Olympic Games, and the 2010 FIFA…
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AFTER SIX YEARS, SATELLITE radio produced its first-ever profit in Canada when earlier this month SiriusXM Canada reported it was $3.3 million in the black for the first quarter of fiscal 2013.
For executive chairman John Bitove, that Q1 result is vindication after plugging away just as XM Canada to begin with – in competition with Sirius Canada – and then finally merging with it in 2011 two years after the American satellite radio companies combined themselves. Satellite radio faced numerous launch obstacles, chiefly convincing people to want to pay for radio in the first place,…
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AMONG CANADIAN TELEVISION executives, no one is more active on Twitter than Kirstine Stewart. Some feel Twitter is an waste of time and it sure can be if you let it, but for Stewart, EVP of English Services at the CBC and a smart user of the social network, Twitter is a good way for @KStewartCBC to listen to Canadians, get her message out – and even make her personal opinions known, about more than just the CBC.
Of course, her tweets are often back-slapping congratulations for this or that CBC program doing well in the ratings (there have…
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TORONTO – The wraps are finally coming off a historic landmark building in Kitchener which is being transformed into the new home for CBC Radio One 89.1.
On March 11th the CBC Kitchener-Waterloo FM station will officially open its doors as it begins airing its local radio morning show. The station will also have an interactive digital presence that offers “local news, weather, community information, commentary, local guest columnists, traffic and more,” says the CBC.
"Canadians have long told us they want local service. We have been looking forward to connecting with the community and…
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