TORONTO – Blue Ant Media said Friday that it has entered into an agreement to purchase digital specialty channel bold from the CBC.
Financial terms were not disclosed, and the transaction is conditional upon CBC obtaining the necessary approvals set out in its various licensing, regulatory and statutory terms of operation.
“Acquiring bold will give Blue Ant another platform to engage audiences with unique entertainment content,” said Blue Ant Media CEO Michael MacMillan, in a statement Friday. “We definitely see a lot of opportunity with the channel, while also expanding our array of channel offerings.”
“The decision to sell bold was very difficult,…
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TORONTO – CBC has finalized a sub-licensing agreement with Sportsnet for upcoming international soccer events including the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.
The deal, which will see Sportsnet carry matches of the competitions for which CBC holds Canadian broadcast rights under its agreement with FIFA, also makes Sportsnet a licensed broadcaster of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.
The events include the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan 2012, the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Azerbaijan 2012, the FIFA Futsal World Cup Thailand 2012, the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013, the FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013, the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup…
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OTTAWA and MONTREAL – How can you compete with free?
That’s one of the questions that Eric Boyko, president and CEO of Montreal-based Stingray Digital Group, is asking after the CRTC rejected his company’s complaint Tuesday against CBC’s six month old digital music service CBCMusic.ca.
Stingray filed a Part 1 application with the Commission in April alleging undue preference by the national broadcaster’s ad-supported service, citing its dependence on government funding that is not available to private enterprises and its reliance on preferential copyright licence fees. Stingray is a private, subscription-based, multi-platform music service provider that owns digital music…
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VANCOUVER – British Columbians will have a chance to weigh in on the future direction of the CBC when Friends of Canadian Broadcasting convenes a town hall meeting entitled ‘The CBC We Want’ this Sunday in Vancouver.
The event, scheduled for August 12 at the Visitor Centre of the Van Dusen Gardens from 3 pm to 5 pm, will be moderated by Saltspring Island writer, broadcaster, and former host of CBC Radio's Basic Black, Arthur Black.
Other speakers include Dr. Kathleen Cross, assistant professor, School of Communication, SFU; Anne-Marie Dekker, member, steering committee, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting; Joseph Elworthy, executive director, Vancouver…
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LONDON – CBC/Radio-Canada has been awarded the Canadian broadcast rights for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games and the Rio 2016 Olympic Summer Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Wednesday.
While financial terms of the bid were not officially disclosed, a source with direct knowledge of the talks who asked to remain anonymous told Cartt.ca late Wednesday that the amount CBC committed to for the rights to both future Games is “less than half” of the $153 million which then-CTVglobemedia paid in 2005 for the Vancouver Winter Olympics and the London Summer Olympics. (Ed note: CTVglobemedia later brought in…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment said Tuesday that it will join CBC/Radio-Canada, Rogers Media and Shaw Media in the Canadian Premium Audience Exchange (CPAX).
Unveiled in April, CPAX is an online, real-time bidding exchange service that provides advertisers and agencies with access to premium digital inventory.
With the addition of Corus, CPAX now provides buyers with a central gateway to premium Canadian digital advertising inventory across more than 150 domains in both English and French, reaching an audience of more than 16 million Canadians. Each media company maintains their unique, direct sales operations with a portion of their inventory flowing directly into…
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OTTAWA – Industry stakeholders are lamenting the anticipated shutdown of 623 CBC and Radio-Canada analog transmitters on Tuesday, a move that ends free access to the national broadcaster over the air in hundreds of small Canadian cities, towns and rural areas.
Despite the protests of more than 2,000 Canadians and a proposal by the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS) on how the equipment could be repurposed, the CRTC approved CBC/Radio-Canada’s plan to mothball the transmitters and repeaters with no conditions and no requirement to reach out to the affected communities.
"The CBC-TV and Radio-Canada analog transmitter shutdown…
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KITCHENER-WATERLOO – The CBC will open its next local digital service this winter in the Kitchener-Waterloo area of Ontario.
CBC News said that its new broadcast centre, at 117 King Street West in Kitchener, is located in the heart of the area’s core plus close to City Hall, which will assist with its goal of providing strong local news, radio current affairs, and a vibrant digital offering to area residents.
"We are delighted to bring CBC to the Waterloo Region this winter", said Susan Marjetti, managing director of CBC for the Ontario Region, in the announcement. "With this new location, we’re…
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TORONTO – CBC English Services is merging its Drama and Comedy departments into a single division as a result of its recent budget cuts, the national broadcaster announced Wednesday.
The reorganization, which is effective immediately, will “focus the department’s resources on content creation and ensure a streamlined, cost efficient business model is in place”, the announcement reads. “Consistent with this new direction, production executives will now be responsible for development and production in both Drama and Comedy”.
The move means that CBC’s Commissioned and Scripted department will trim three positions, including Creative Head of Drama, Tom Hastings.
The new division, to be called Scripted…
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TORONTO – Stornoway Communications has named Kate Tinnerman as director of sales and affiliate relations.
Tinnerman has over 20 years of expertise in sales, marketing and customer relationship management. Her expertise includes profitable content acquisitions, production, distribution, customer relations, brand development, partnership and retail marketing for international artists and brands including Disney, Sesame Street, Nickelodeon, MTV, CBC, CTV, Corus, Sony Wonder, Marvel, Mattel, and Hasbro.
Her primary focus in this new role will be to support all aspects of affiliate relations with Stornoway’s broadcast partners, develop new partnering opportunities, and to assume responsibility for the direction and management of all sales revenues.
“Kate has…
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