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TORONTO – Entertainment One’s Prentiss Fraser has been named board chair of Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) for the upcoming term, replacing outgoing chair Susan Ross.
“WIFT-T extends a sincere thank you to Susan for her dedication and invaluable leadership during her tenure as Chair,” said WIFT-T executive director Heather Webb, in the announcement. “The organization is now pleased to appoint Prentiss Fraser, another impressive industry leader who brings a wealth of experience and resources to the position.”
The board also announced that Jade Raymond, managing director at Ubisoft Toronto Inc. and Joanna Webb, SVP of programming and…
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TORONTO – A professor and broadcasting researcher at Ryerson University is developing a one-of-a-kind worldwide broadcast network that has been dubbed “the CNN of the university world”.
Using high-speed Internet connections and Canadian-made video streaming technology, Richard Grunberg has founded the Global Campus Network (GCN) which will connect 4,100 colleges and universities around the world. Using high-definition video streaming technology that is sent and received over high-speed Internet, Grunberg says that the network offers a number of advantages over traditional satellite transmission such as a shortened time delay; bi-directional communication, meaning that operators in different countries to both send and receive…
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TORONTO – Canada’s professional performers union said that it is hopeful that the new Conservative cabinet will “seize on the potential of Canadian cultural industries” as they focus on building the digital economy.
“We congratulate Minister Moore on his reappointment as Minister of Heritage and welcome Minister Paradis to his new Industry portfolio,” said ACTRA national president Ferne Downey, in a statement. “It’s a new day, we’ve got a new government and we’re keen to start working with both Ministers on the shared files that directly impact our cultural industries.”
ACTRA called on both Ministers to work together on delivering new copyright legislation…
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TORONTO – RTNDA Canada, The Association of Electronic Journalists, has named its Atlantic region award winners honouring the best programs, stations and newsgathering organizations in both radio and television.
The annual awards will be presented in Halifax on June 23, 2011.
The Television winners are:
Use of New Media Award• CBC Newfoundland/Labrador for Hurricane Igor
Trina McQueen Award – News Information Program• CTV Atlantic for Live at 5
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News• CTV Atlantic for Hostage Drama
Ron Laidlaw Award – Continuing Coverage• CBC Newfoundland/Labrador for Hurricane Igor
Dave Rogers Award – Short Feature• CTV…
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VANCOUVER – CBC/Radio-Canada, which marks its 75th Anniversary this year, will also celebrate Culture Days this fall with open houses and other public events planned across the country.
The second annual event is part of the public broadcaster’s plan to strengthen its national presence. To kick it off, CBC will host CBC Live! from Vancouver on September 23 featuring a full day of live appearances, and network and local broadcasts of some of CBC’s most popular radio and television programs. Many CBC/Radio-Canada programs across all platforms will also present culture-themed programming for the entire week leading up to Culture Days celebrations.
On…
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OTTAWA – The CBC has finally convinced the CRTC to accept a new programming proposal for its category 1 specialty service bold, sparking sharply worded dissents from two of its commissioners.
As Cartt.ca has reported, the Commission directed CBC to come up with another programming strategy in line with the channel’s original nature of service, (programming reflective of the living realities of rural Canadians), after rejecting the CBC’s first attempt last April. CBC re-branded the channel as bold from Country Canada in March, 2008 claiming challenges in sourcing programming, and limited financial resources to produce original content consistent with…
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ONE THING BECAME CLEAR pretty quick when I sat down to with Phil Lind a not long ago. He wanted to talk about fee-for-carriage.
The vice-chairman and executive vice-president, regulatory, at Rogers Communications gets a little animated and agitated when it comes to fee-for-carriage(or the renamed value-for-signal). Over four years ago, when we said (wrongly at the time) that it seemed inevitable the CRTC would grant OTA broadcasters the right to charge a fee for their signal, he called me up out of the blue to tell me in no uncertain terms how wrong I was.
For that particular proceeding,…
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OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada applauds the CRTC’s decision to have satellite television providers carry more local television stations, noting it could be the shot in the arm that some of them need.
Responding to Wednesday’s revised satellite distribution policy, the Corp called the new rules “a critical step” in strengthening local programming in Canada.
“Local stations provide a fundamental public service to their communities”, said Steven Guiton, VP and chief regulatory officer, in a statement. “They help citizens connect with their local government, businesses, schools and community organizations. They help define, build and sustain the local culture and local democracy. Our five-year strategy,…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Bell TV and Shaw Direct must carry more local television stations, the CRTC said Wednesday while announcing its updated its satellite distribution policy.
Beginning September 1st, Canada’s two satellite distributors must offer an affiliate of each national television network; five English- and five French-language CBC stations – or as many CBC stations as are distributed from a private broadcasting group in either official language; one television station per province from each major Canadian broadcasting ownership group; and two stations from each of the other Canadian broadcasting ownership groups.
“Canadians in all markets should have access to their local…
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