Paramount+ announced Wednesday it has picked up a third season of SkyMed, a medical drama series that follows young medics and pilots who fly air ambulances across northern Canada.
Produced by Piazza Entertainment in association with CBC and CBS Studios, production for the nine-episode third season begins March 25 in Manitoba and Ontario, according to a press release.
The upcoming season of SkyMed will available to watch on CBC in Canada and on Paramount+ in the U.S. and outside Canada.
“Season three of SKYMED picks up in the aftermath of the dramatic season two finale, when the…
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CBC Kids announced last Friday it has greenlit a second season of the Canadian Screen Award-nominated live-action preschool series Bestest Day Ever with My Best Friend!, created and produced by Lopii Productions.
Hosted by Lisette Xavier, Bestest Day Ever celebrates pets and their young owners who share their personal stories in an unscripted format. Aimed at kids aged 3-6 and their families, season two of the series consists of 20 seven-minute episodes and is scheduled to premiere in winter 2025.
“In every episode of Bestest Day Ever, host Lisette meets up with a wonderful young pet owner…
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CBC, Netflix and APTN announced last week the start of production on North of North, a new comedy series that was announced in December and was formerly known as Untitled Arctic Comedy.
Now filming in Nunavut, North of North was co-commissioned by CBC and Netflix in association with APTN, and is being produced by Red Marrow Media and Northwood Entertainment.
Created and executive produced by Stacey Aglok MacDonald (Qanurli, The Grizzlies) and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (Angry Inuk, The Grizzlies), the series stars Anna Lambe (True Detective: Night Country, Trickster) as a young Inuk mother who “wants to build a…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The CRTC wants to know whether news publishers that fail to strike a deal with online platforms to host their content should be required to immediately use CRTC staff for mediation, rather than an external third party.
The concern from the regulator – which launched the consultation period Wednesday on the implementation of the Online News Act – is that much of the allotted 120-day mediation period could be consumed by a search and then agreement on that third party mediator, notwithstanding the cost to smaller news businesses.
“Given that Commission staff already offers mediation services to resolve certain…
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Despite the prevalence of subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services, two-thirds of Canadians continue to subscribe to traditional TV services, according to a new report from the Media Technology Monitor (MTM), a research product of CBC/Radio-Canada.
Offering a glimpse into the changing dynamics of Canadian media consumption, the MTM’s Fall 2023 Sneak Peek Report looks at TV ownership and brands, reasons for maintaining TV subscriptions, home internet speeds, online advertising, ads on SVOD services, and more.
The primary drivers for maintaining TV subscriptions are “content-centric,” according to the MTM, with news and sports being the top two…
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Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge on Friday launched the application process for the next president of CBC/Radio-Canada.
The minister announced the convening of an independent advisory committee consisting of 10 individuals to make the selection ahead of current head Catherine Tait’s term expiry next January. Tait, who became the first woman in the history of the public broadcaster to serve as president and CEO, was extended last June.
“The successful candidate will support CBC/Radio-Canada in transforming the way it engages with Canadians in a rapidly changing environment by making the public broadcaster more digital and more ambitious in its…
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By Glenn O’Farrell, former media executive of Groupe Média TFO, Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Global Television, and TVA
“It’s time to take back the internet,” a recent ad proclaimed.
It ended with an invitation: “So forget the noise. Let’s build the internet we want—not the one we inherited.” Its purpose was to promote a book, Read Write Own, by Chris Dixon, the internet entrepreneur and investor. Dixon’s book is about breaking away from the digital monopolists that dominate today.
As Ottawa ponders the future of CBC/Radio-Canada, where will innovation figure in the plans?
Hopefully, innovation will become the driving force behind a new…
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The Governor in Council has reappointed René Légère and Jennifer Moore Rattray to CBC’s board of directors, on the recommendation of Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge.
In addition, Marie-Anne Tawil has been appointed as a director of CBC’s board.
All three will serve on the board for a five-year term. Their appointments were announced on Jan. 26.
Based in Moncton, Légère has served on CBC’s board since December 2017. He began his career in communications, working as a host and reporter with Radio-Canada Acadie. Since 2009, he…
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CBC announced Wednesday the second round of AccessCBC, a national program that provides pre-development training, mentorship and financing support to Deaf and disabled creators.
For the second iteration of the initiative, CBC is collaborating with the Disability Screen Office, a national, disability-led, not-for-profit organization that works with the Canadian screen industry to eliminate accessibility barriers and foster authentic disability representation on and off screen.
Support for disabled creators is being provided through three programming streams — scripted comedy/drama, unscripted and kids. Submissions for the scripted and kids streams are open now through Friday,…
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CBC/Radio-Canada on Monday unveiled its first-ever National Indigenous Strategy, called Strengthening Relations, Walking Together, and also announced the creation of a new Indigenous Office at the public broadcaster.
The announcement was made at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, located on Treaty 1 Territory.
Strengthening Relations, Walking Together is the public broadcaster’s three-year plan to work with First Nations, Inuit and Métis to better reflect and serve them, says a press release. While developing the strategy, CBC and Radio-Canada met with Indigenous communities, broadcasters, content…
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