ROGERS BELIEVES Bell Canada is less than two months away from launching its IPTV service in Toronto, beginning in the Yonge-Bloor region, according to David Purdy, Rogers Cable’s VP and GM television.
********** WTBS will change its name to PeachtreeTV as of October 1st, said Turner’s Matt Tolleson. The programming will remain much the same, however. Also – with CNN HD having launched in the States on September 1st – Tolleson says he wants to see that feed in Canada soon.
********** And speaking of HD, Speed is readying its high definition version, which it will have ready to…
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TORONTO – John Cruickshank, currently publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and chief operating officer of the Chicago Sun-Times Media Group, has been named publisher of CBC News.
He is expected to take up his new position within the next three weeks.
The announcement was made today by executive vice-president of CBC Television Richard Stursberg, and vice-president of CBC Radio, Jane Chalmers,. The newly created position will report to both senior executives.
“We are thrilled to welcome John to lead our news organization,” Stursberg said in the press release. “He has enjoyed a distinguished career as a journalist, first in…
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TORONTO – The NBA’s Toronto Raptors will be seen on five different channels this year, including the CBC, the team announced Wednesday.
All 82 regular-season contests will be televised nationally and for the first time, all of them in high definition (HD). This also marks the sixth straight campaign that the entire regular season schedule will be aired locally.
"We are excited to once again partner with The Score, TSN and Rogers Sportsnet, plus welcome CBC,” said Tom Anselmi, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment executive vice-president and chief operating officer, in a press release. “In addition, Raptors NBA TV…
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TORONTO – CBC institution Royal Canadian Air Farce is about to seriously revitalize itself by becoming Air Farce Live beginning on its season-opener, Friday, Oct. 5 at 8 p.m.
For 14 seasons, Air Farce has been providing its take on the week’s events in Canada in front of an audience, but it was taped. Now, the show is returning with an expanded cast of seven and a new unpredictable, fresh take on the week’s events.
Joining the Air Farce Live cast is Penelope Corrin, who made her debut on the show last season while Jessica Holmes was on maternity…
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TORONTO – The board of directors of Women in Film and Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) announced today that Executive Director Sue Sheridan will be leaving the organization effective September 17, 2007 to join the Boys and Girls Club of Canada as the Director of Corporate Development.
Award-winning journalist, host, producer and WIFT-T board member Sadia Zaman will assume the role of Executive Director October 1, 2007.
“We are saddened by Sue’s departure, but wish her well in her new role,” said WIFT-T Board Chair Wendy MacKeigan, in a press release. "Sue has made a remarkable contribution to WIFT-T and…
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OTTAWA – CBC-owned digital music service Galaxie turns 10 years old this week and is available in more than six million households in Canada through their cable or satellite or telco TV digital set top box.
“With more than half of these households tuning in each month, according to a 2006 Media Technology Monitor survey, Galaxie makes discovering new artists more accessible to a growing number of Canadians,” says the press release the company issued Monday.
"With more listeners than ever tuning in to Galaxie each month, the survey confirms that, 10 years in, the strength and relevance of the…
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MONTREAL – Quebec’s TV industry kicked off the new fall season Sunday by honouring its top shows and best performers from the past year, during the prime time awards show, le Gala des Gémeaux, the equivalent of the English-language Geminis.
Among the big winners was Radio-Canada’s Sunday evening talk show Tout le monde en parle (“Everybody’s talking about it”), whose big coup last season was contributing to the fall of Guy Fournier as chairman of CBC-Radio Canada.
Fournier resigned as chair after a particularly embarrassing performance on the show when he was called upon to explain some earlier bizarre…
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TORONTO – Think Toronto’s the centre of the universe? Okay, maybe it isn’t, but the city’s hockey team is surely the centre of the Canadian sports broadcaster universe.
No less than three press releases arrived within about 30 minutes of each other yesterday trumpeting long-term deals that boasted of lots of Leafs coverage. Terms of the deals were not disclosed but calling them “multi-million-dollar deals” is bang-on.
Rogers Sportsnet, on account of it has the most games among the cable channels with 22 this year and for seven more seasons after this, can also call itself the club’s Official…
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KAMLOOPS – Dave Sherwood has been promoted to general manager of Jim Pattison Broadcast’s CHAT TV, CHAT FM & CFMY FM in Medicine Hat/Redcliff, AB, effective September 17th.
Sherwood has over 25 years of experience in both television and radio and most recently was program director of CKPG TV in Prince George. He has also been creative director at CKPG TV, commercial production representative at CBC Edmonton, radio sales account executive/writer-producer CKPG Radio and TV, and was also a news reporter/announcer at CJCI Radio in Prince George.
“Dave’s integrity, business experience and vast knowledge of broadcasting made him an…
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TORONTO – Canadian drama leads the 2007 Gemini Award nominations with Slings & Arrows, season three receiving 14 nominations followed by ReGenesis with 12 nominations, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced today.
The 22nd annual Gemini Awards, which recognize the year’s best in Canadian English-language television, will be presented in Regina for the first time at the Conexus Arts Centre on October 28th, 2007. CBC Television joins the Academy as the broadcaster to celebrate this year’s outstanding achievements. Global will kick off the evening with its signature red carpet pre-show in a special broadcast of ET Canada…
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