By Connie Thiessen
Golden West Broadcasting CEO Elmer Hildebrand is among the private broadcast executives who aren’t happy with the CBC’s recent bureau expansion.
The public broadcaster announced in January it was expanding its footprint, with plans to create 11 new local bureaus and hire 33 journalists, increasing its presence to 77 bureaus and stations, including three additional locations in Saskatchewan, and two each in the Yukon, Manitoba and Quebec.
Among the new communities it’s hired reporters in are Swift Current and Moose Jaw, SK, cities in which Golden West already operates a total of six radio stations between them, as well as SwiftCurrentOnline.com and DiscoverMooseJaw.com that already…
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By Connie Thiessen
Vista Radio has named Joe Gabor as company president, effective today.
Gabor succeeds Bryan Edwards, who had held the role since the fall of 2019, when Vista released four of its senior executives, including President Geoff Poulton. Prior to that, Edwards had been in the role of senior vice president of business development.
Bryan Edwards
Gabor is promoted from the position of vice president of business development. He has been with Vista since…
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Hawco Productions announced Tuesday its police procedural drama Saint-Pierre has been greenlit by the CBC for a third season, with filming in Newfoundland and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon set to begin in July.
Co-starring Canadian actor Allan Hawco (Republic of Doyle) and French actress Joséphine Jobert (Death in Paradise), the series follows Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Inspector Donald “Fitz” Fitzpatrick (Hawco), who has been exiled to work in the French territory of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and is partnered with Deputy Chief Geneviève “Arch” Archambault (Jobert), a Parisian transplant there for her own intriguing reason. Other cast members include Benz Antoine…
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By Howard Law, author of MediaPolicy.ca and Canada vs. California: How Ottawa took on Netflix and the streaming giants (Lorimer, 2024)
The other shoe dropped last week when the CRTC delivered two rulings that nearly complete its new regulatory framework for Netflix and the rest of the Hollywood streamers, as well as Canadian television broadcasters.
The reaction to the rulings from the Hollywood streamers and their Canadian enablers offered more heat than light. Media reports played them as a trade story and some breathlessly speculated on Culture & Identity Minister Marc…
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CBC announced Wednesday veteran CBC journalist Chris Glover is the new host of CBC Radio’s Toronto morning show, Metro Morning.
Glover has worked for CBC for nearly 17 years, as an anchor, reporter and producer for CBC News. Born and raised in Whitby, Ont., Glover’s time at CBC has included stints as a legislative correspondent in Winnipeg and as a news reporter and anchor for CBC Toronto and CBC News Network. He has also had frequent deployments to CBC’s news bureau in Washington, D.C., where he reported from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on the day…
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Part 7 – CARTT Series: Beyond the Walled Garden
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At this year’s European Film Market in Berlin, a high-level panel titled “Balancing Cultural Diversity, Artistic Freedom and Competitiveness in the Platform Era” felt like a genuine policy turning point. European Parliament First Vice-President Sabine Verheyen summed up the moment: “If a handful of players decide which stories are visible, whose voices are amplified, and which languages are profitable, cultural diversity is no longer guaranteed,…
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CBC announced last week it will increase its investment in documentaries by $7 million and launch a free ad-supported streaming (FAST) channel dedicated to documentary programming this fall.
CBC said the investment will support a range of documentary formats, including an increased number of feature-length films.
“This funding will create more opportunities for a diverse range of storytellers at all levels, from emerging digital creators to established filmmakers, by providing dedicated pathways and new initiatives designed to support the next generation of talent,” CBC said in a press release. More details will be announced at the Banff World…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Culture Minister Marc Miller said Thursday that the $6 billion he said was the projected value of a prospective tax credit for broadcasting news was an “error.”
“On Tuesday, I conflated the projected Film & Video Tax Credits over the next 6 years with the Journalism Tax Credit for the audiovisual news sector, for which we announced consultations in the Spring Update and which has yet to be quantified,” Miller said on X this afternoon. “This error is entirely mine.”
The correction appears to address the confusion about how the minister came up with the figure,…
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Editor’s note: The minister took to X on May 7, 2026 to say the $6B was an “error.”
By Ahmad Hathout
Culture Minister Marc Miller told the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage Tuesday that the implementation of a federal tax credit for broadcasting news could be worth as much as $6 billion.
The federal government’s spring economic update, released last week, includes a promise to hold a public consultation on expanding the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit – currently reserved for written news – to the broadcasting sector.
“For me, it’s not a question of if, but…
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Has been a central request of broadcast industry for years
By Ahmad Hathout
The federal government announced Tuesday that it will consult on extending the Canadian journalism labour tax credit to radio and broadcast news production.
The incentive program allows eligible newsrooms to claim a 35 per cent refundable credit on up to $85,000 in labour costs per employee per year for a maximum credit of nearly $30,000 per employee. The credit, which was introduced by the Liberal government in 2019, was increased 10 per cent in the spring of 2024 and is expected to return to 25 per cent for…
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