TORONTO – CBC’s 2010 fall television schedule seems to be banking on comedy and reality programming.
The network has brought back its Battle of the Blades reality show, moved style diva Debbie Travis to prime time, and will debut a new half-hour comedy based on the popular Canadian movie Men With Brooms.
“We are going into the Fall 2010 season with many of the strongest, highest-rated, most celebrated shows in the history of this network and in the history of Canadian television,” said Kirstine Stewart, GM of CBC Television, in a statement. “And we are proud that so many of this…
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TORONTO – Add the CBC to the list of programmers to sign on with Rogers.
The two companies announced a “programming alliance” Friday which will see some of CBC’s series, news, children’s and sports programming made available to Rogers customers through its digital cable, on-demand platform, Rogers On Demand Online portal, and the soon to be launched Rogers On Demand Online platforms.
"This agreement helps us bring more great CBC content to Canadians in more ways, from mobile to On Demand to on-line," said Steve Billinger, GM of digital programming and business development for CBC English Services, in the announcement. "Our objective as the public…
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TORONTO – CBC Television’s GM of production enterprises is leaving the ‘corp for the independent production industry.
Fred Fuchs announced Thursday that he will take on a new role as Canadian executive producer of John Weber’s Take 5 Productions co-production of Camelot.
“After four fast-paced and highly successful years with CBC, Fred has decided to return to a part of the industry we know is close to his heart," said Richard Stursberg, EVP of CBC English services, in a statement. "While at CBC, Fred was instrumental in bringing a record number of hit CBC TV productions to television – and on-line…
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TORONTO – Global Toronto’s supper hour newscast and Rogers-owned 680 News’ coverage called Tornado Aftermath were the central region’s television and radio large market winners at the RTNDA Canada awards.
In the TV category, /A\ News Barrie was recognized for its /A\ News at 6 (medium market), while /A\ London received an honourable mention for Transit Strike.
The best newscast awards in the radio division went to AM800 CKLW for AM800 News 7:30am (medium market), CBC Radio Thunder Bay for CBC Radio Thunder Bay 7:30 AM Newscast (medium market – honourable mention), and 560 CFOS AM Owen Sound for the Noon News on…
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DOHA, QATAR – After launching Al Jazeera English in Canada earlier this month, Tony Burman will move into the position of chief strategic advisor for The Americas to accelerate expansion of the international news channel in the North American market.
Burman, who has been managing director of Al Jazeera English since May 2008, will continue in this position in Doha until the end of June. Prior to this role, he was editor in chief of CBC News in Canada for nearly eight years and has worked extensively throughout the U.S. and Latin America.
"The United States and Canada remain priority markets…
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TORONTO and MONTREAL – It is clearly an understatement to say that Canadians love to watch hockey.
Wednesday night’s game seven matchup between Montreal and Pittsburgh drew an average audience of 4.239 million viewers for CBC, a broadcast that now ranks as the sixth largest Stanley Cup playoff audience in history on the network.
On-line, the game attracted 130,000 live streaming views, while game six between Vancouver and Chicago on May 11 received 80,249 streaming views. Overall, live streaming views totaled 762,000 for the second round of the NHL playoffs, an increase of 220% from 2009 (238,000). CBC recorded more than 1.5 million…
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TORONTO – Popular CBC Radio One show Q has revamped its website on the heels of record on-line numbers.
The new site allows fans of the arts, cultural and entertainment show watch musical performances and interviews via an embedded player directly on the main page, and share content through social media networks. The show’s YouTube channel recently hit milestone viewing numbers, after Canadian artist K’Naan’s performance of “Wavin’ Flag” was watched more than 2.5 million times.
“Millions of people now access Q through Radio One, CBC.ca/Q, QTV and we’ve also extended our reach into the U.S. through a partnership with American public…
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BANFF – The head of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) will open this year’s Banff World Television Festival.
Paula Kerger will deliver the opening keynote address on June 14, and will be interviewed by Richard Strusberg, CBC’s EVP of English services.
Since Kerger became president and CEO in 2006, PBS has moved aggressively to transform itself from a solely broadcast organization to a multi-platform leader that serves Americans through television, mobile TV, the Web, interactive whiteboards in the classroom and more.
“We are thrilled to have Paula presenting the CBC Opening Keynote session,” said Peter Vamos, executive director of the Banff World Television…
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OTTAWA – Two Canadian economists told a Parliamentary committee studying foreign investment restrictions in telecommunications that relaxing the rules would have a beneficial impact across the entire Canadian economy.
Randall Morck, a professor in the department of finance and management science at the University of Alberta’s School of Business, told the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology last week that foreign investment restrictions have a negative impact on the entire Canadian economy.
“I still think and in fact I’d be willing to be bet several cases of Molson’s Canadian beer that if you wanted to retard the…
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ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY quoted reports on the world wide media outlook for the next four years was Pricewaterhousecoopers’ Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: No hiding from the digital transition.
Depending on your point of view, the report presented an exhilarating, scary, or some combination of both, future for those of us working in media.
Jerry Brown, associate partner, advisory services, for the company’s Canada entertainment and media practice, is a 23-year veteran of the industry and notes that the 2009 study placed its emphasis on advertiser and consumer spending to determine where the revenue is coming from.
“Through a combination…
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