TORONTO – CBC Newsworld has launched an HD channel for Rogers digital cable customers in Ontario and New Brunswick.
Calling itself “the first Canadian news channel to offer HD free to their viewers”, the news channel will include its coverage of the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Barrack Obama on Rogers’ on demand platform free for two weeks, beginning January 21 at 5 pm ET.
www.newsworld.cbc.ca www.rogers.ca
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TORONTO – The CBC says that ratings are up for their local and national newscasts.
Its Toronto television supper hour news was the only local news show to gain audience in the Greater Toronto Area for the period from October 6 to December 14, 2008, according to the press release. Audiences for ‘CBC News at Six with Diana Swain’ jumped 50% and increased 2 share points, compared with last season.
Ratings for CBC News: The National grew 17% over last season based on the first 16 weeks of the 2008/09 season, while audiences for The National on CBC Newsworld grew 28% over…
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OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada has asked the CRTC to review regulations that apply to direct-to-home satellite BDUs “to ensure that official-language minority communities have access to the public broadcaster’s full program offering”.
The CRTC began hearings earlier this week to look at broadcasting services in English and French linguistic minority communities across Canada.
CBC/Radio-Canada filed a brief with the CRTC in November detailing “the concerns” of official-language minority communities, and proposing “enhanced distribution” of CBC/Radio-Canada programming to the areas in which they reside.
"In an environment where over 90% of Canadian homes now receive their television services via cable or…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has agreed to delay proceedings on a proposed regulatory framework for video-on-demand (VOD) undertakings and advertising in local availabilities, but only by a month.
As reported by Cartt.ca, the CBC and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) asked the Commission to delay proceedings on these issues for at least a year due to deadlines with other CRTC proceedings, and in light of the current tough economy.
But after considering the requests and comments, the Commission said that it “is not persuaded that a 12-month deferral of this proceeding is warranted”. Instead, the deadline for the filing…
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TORONTO – ACTRA members have voted to accept the terms of the CBC television and radio agreement, and the local and regional addendum to the national commercial agreement.
Each agreement received the support of more than 98% of eligible voting members, according to the press release.
"The results represent solid membership support for the terms of these two new agreements, reflecting the hard work and dedication of the members who participated on our negotiating committees and the staff who assisted them," said Stephen Waddell, ACTRA’s national executive director and chief negotiator, in the release.
The new rates, terms and…
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OTTAWA – The CBC has asked the CRTC to delay proceedings on a proposed regulatory framework for video-on-demand (VOD) undertakings.
The Commission issued a call for comments in October, seeking to clarify the expected role and contributions of VOD services to the Canadian broadcasting system. Comments were to be due by January 29, 2009.
But the CBC has requested delaying this process for at least a year, citing other regulatory proceedings occurring in the same time frame, and noting that this proceeding deals with the issue of advertising at a time when "the advertising market…
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OTTAWA – Peter Charbonneau has been appointed to the Board of Directors of CBC/Radio-Canada.
Charbonneau has been one of three general partners at Skypoint Capital Corporation since 2001, where he is responsible for the placement and management of various funds, according to the press release. Prior to this, he was executive vice president of March Networks Corporation, and held several senior positions with Newbridge Networks Corporation.
"Mr. Charbonneau brings a wealth of knowledge and skills to CBC/Radio-Canada," said James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, in the announcement. "I am confident that the…
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TORONTO – After a16-year run on CBC television, the Royal Canadian Air Farce will sign off for good on New Year’s Eve.
Their final episode, called Air Farce New Year’s Eve Final Flight, will air December 31 at 8 p.m. on CBC, with a look back at “the politics and shenanigans of 2008”, plus predictions of some of the major stories of 2009, the press release said. Canadian broadcasters Ron MacLean and Peter Mansbridge will join special guests Dave Broadfoot, Margaret Atwood and Johnny Bower on the show.
“The Air Farce is a pioneering comedy show on CBC Television…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has dismissed complaints against TSN2 from rival sports networks, saying the sports channel does have the authority to time-shift the programming it offers on its authorized split-feed service.
As previously reported by Cartt.ca, CBC and Score Media complained to the Commission in September, just after TSN2’s launch, claiming that The Sports Network (TSN) did not have the regulatory authority to launch the new channel in the way it has been pitched and launched. The two broadcasters alleged that TSN had taken multiple CRTC decisions and interpreted them out of context in order to meet…
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TORONTO – The Television Bureau of Canada (TVB) has announced their 2009 board of directors.
Along with TVB president Theresa Treutler, the board’s executive committee is:
Rita Fabian, Chair, CTV sales and marketing;
Errol Da-Ré, Vice-chair, Canwest broadcast sales;
Chris McGinley, Treasurer, Canwest broadcasting;
Mitch Dent, Secretary, Rogers Media television sales.
The other board members are as follows:
Michel Gagnon – RDS
Bill Hanson – CTV Winnipeg
Richard Hiron – Citytv Edmonton
Mike Keller – Newcap
Lori Legault – Canwest
Dave Scapillati – CBC
Don Shafer – Astral Media Radio
The TVB provides research and information about television advertising,…
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