WINNIPEG – APTN Northern Camera Operator Luke Smith has been named the 2007 recipient of the Stan Clinton Award for News Essay and Cinematography.
Smith (pictured), a Métis camera editor/operator at the APTN Whitehorse Bureau, won the award from the Canadian Society of Cinematographers for his spectacular filming of the Porcupine caribou herd and the people who rely on it. It is the first time anyone outside the big three networks (CBC, CTV, Global TV) has received this honour. "We have long known the talent and expertise that our staff brings to our network, so it…
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TORONTO – A look at the fall, 2007-08 TV schedule at CBC shows that business program Venture has been cancelled after 22 seasons.
However, the Ceeb looks like its on the right track for ratings with the shows that are returning – all of which saw ratings success in 2006-07.
“Today is just the first look at what promises to be an extraordinary season for CBC Television,” said Kirstine Layfield, executive director, network programming, in a release. “We’ve got an exciting slate of programming that is distinctly Canadian, that is entertaining, informative and we’re confident will appeal to a…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – A 12.2% increase in spending on the likes of CSI, House, Lost, Prison Break, Ugly Betty, and other U.S. shows helped decimate broadcast TV profits in the 2006 broadcast year, said the CRTC on Wednesday.
While overall Canadian television station revenues were flat at close to $2.2 billion, expenditures rose by 7.8%, which reduced profits before interest and taxes (PBIT) from $242.2 million in 2005 to $91 million in 2006. The PBIT margin also decreased from 11.02% in 2005 to 4.14% in 2006.
From 2005 to 2006, revenues from the sale of local advertising grew by 3.4%…
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TORONTO – For the first time this Saturday, Canadian hockey fans will be able to see both games of CBC’S Hockey Night In Canada traditional Saturday night doubleheader in high definition.
The Corp brought Encore its second HD mobile production truck on line just recently and CBC’S Hockey Night In Canada will double its HD broadcast schedule for the remainder of the 2006/07 regular season as well as for the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Encore joins CBC’S Hockey Night In Canada first HD mobile production truck, Premiere, and will be based in Toronto to handle the eastern broadcasts. Premiere…
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TORONTO – CBC will continue to have Hockey Night In Canada until at least 2014.
The country’s public broadcaster and the National Hockey League today announced a new six-year broadcast agreement for national English-language broadcast and multimedia rights to NHL games in Canada. The new agreement commences with the 2008/09 season and runs through 2013/14. The agreement is subject to approval by the NHL’s Board of Governors at its June 20 meeting.
"Hockey is part of the Canadian fabric and we’re proud and pleased to continue what is the longest-standing sports rights partnership in the world; one that dates…
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TORONTO – Royal Canadian Air Farce will celebrate its 300th episode on CBC Television with an hour-long live telecast on Friday, March 30, at 8 p.m.
It’ll be the first time in the show’s history that an episode will be telecast live in real time.
The variety show’s regular troupe Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson, Luba Goy, Jessica Holmes, Craig Lauzon, Alan Park and featured player Penelope Corrin will be joined in a guest-star line-up representing other top Canadian comedy shows. From Little Mosque on the Prairie there will be Sitara Hewitt, Sheila McCarthy, and Carlo Rota, and from, CTV’s…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC should amend the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations to stipulate distributors must make monthly, rather than just annual, contributions to the Canadian Television Fund (CTF), the all-party Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage recommended in a report released this week.
That was one of six recommendations contained in the report, entitled The Future of the Canadian Television Fund. It includes dissenting opinions from the Bloc Quebecois and Conservative Party members. The report was tabled on March 21.
The Standing Committee under recommendation number one strongly condemns the actions of Shaw Communications Inc. and Quebecor Media – both of…
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TORONTO – The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) Toronto has ruled its members can audition for and participate in the new CBC television show, The Second City’s Next Comedy Legend.
“I am very excited that we have been able to include ACTRA members in our search; this makes sure that we are able to see all the available talent in Canada,” said executive producer Andrew Alexander.
Auditions are scheduled for March 24 in Calgary, March 27 in Halifax and April 4 in Toronto.
Produced by Suddenly SeeMore…Productions Inc., the show is an eight-episode talent search…
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OTTAWA – CBC president and CEO Robert Rabinovitch called on the federal government to come up with a long-term strategy for the public broadcaster, including spelling out how it would be funded.
Appearing Thursday before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage which is in the midst of an examination of the role of the public broadcaster in the 21st century, he said that strategy should be enshrined in a formal contract, as is the case in Ireland, South Africa and Hong Kong. In the United Kingdom, the BBC operates under a Royal Charter that is formally renewed, after debate,…
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TORONTO – In conjunction with Telus Corp., Amp’d Mobile, the youth-targeted mobile entertainment provider, launched in Canada this month.
The company offers a series of plans that provide voice and text, exclusive music tracks and videos, live entertainment, 3D games and mobile communities through its Amp’d Live 3G user interface.
Amp’d Mobile will handle marketing and content, along with providing optimized handsets capable of fast download speeds. Telus provides the distribution network, and will handle customer care and billing under the revenue-share agreement.
Amp’d Mobile Canada, the Canadian arm of U.S.-based Amp’d Mobile Inc., has also established an in-house…
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