TORONTO – Tara Ellis has been promoted to vice-president, content for Showcase, effective immediately.
In her capacity as director, original dramatic programming, Ellis played a key role in the growth and development of programming on the channel. During her time in that position, Ellis “has nurtured such successes as Kink, Naked Josh, Slings and Arrows, It’s Me….Gerald and Webdreams,” says the press release.
Prior to joining Alliance Atlantis as a production executive, Tara worked in programming and production at the CBC. Tara is active within the industry, as the former co-chair of the board of Women In Film and Television ,…
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OTTAWA – Radio Canada International announced this week that four new partner radio stations will soon join the 350 local stations currently broadcasting Radio Canada International programming around the globe.
By November 15, the daily RCI show Le Canada en direct vers l’Afrique will be heard by hundreds of thousands of new listeners on:
• Radio Lomé, Togo’s national radio station • Radio Muungano in the Democratic Republic of Congo • Radio Louvakou in Congo Brazzaville • Radio Séko in Mali.
The first three stations are partners of one of the biggest international broadcasters, Deutsche Welle, with whom RCI…
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OTTAWA – Telesat Canada last week reported third quarter operating revenues of $112.2 million, a 23.2% increase from $91.1 million in the same period of 2004. The company posted net earnings applicable to common shares of $25.3 million, 7.7% higher than the $23.5 million in the third quarter of 2004.
For the first nine months of 2005, operating revenues totaled $357.2 million and net earnings applicable to common shares were $71.1 million (2004: $62.1 million). Cash flows from operating activities were $154.5 million for the first nine months compared with $138.5 million for the same period of 2004. The…
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TORONTO – CBC will begin airing some of its high-profile sports properties beginning with this Saturday’s Hockey Night In Canada broadcast.
Viewers can catch game one of the Saturday night doubleheader in HD starting at 7 p.m. ET as the defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning hit the ice in Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs.
Saturday Night, the pre-game show hosted by Ron MacLean at 6:30 p.m. ET will also be available in HD in addition to Coach’s Corner Continuing throughout the 2005/06 season, the first game of each Saturday night HNIC doubleheader will be broadcast…
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TORONTO – SIRIUS Canada announced the bulk of its channel lineup today featuring 10 Canadian channels but no mention of bringing Howard Stern – who’s now basically becoming the feature channel on SIRIUS in the U.S. – back to Canada.
Sirius Canada will offer 100 channels of music, news, sports, and entertainment available and looks right now to be the only satellite radio provider to include 10 Canadian music and information stations in both English and French, including a multilingual service. This is an increase over its original goal of 80 total channels, eight of which were to be…
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TORONTO – Astral Media may have been one of the CRTC’s most vociferous critics when it came to its satellite radio decision this year, but the company’s radio division has signed on to produce two French language channels for SIRIUS Canada.
Adult Contemporary format Rock Velours will play the best Canadian soft rock and include new French artists like Jorane, Pierre Lapointe and Ariane Moffatt. Rock Velours will also feature newer Canadian artists like Daniel Powter, Feist and Divine Brown.
Contemporary Hit radio (CHR) format Energie2 will have a play list that includes Pop Rock, Modern Rock and popular…
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IS CTV DESTINED FOR TOTAL Canadian television domination? Ratings currently available for the season-to-date, measuring from the first week of September, can be spun to suggest almost anything. But depending how the analysis is done, Canada’s largest broadcaster can surface with up to 15 of the top 20 programs.
It’s hard to compare the varying ratings analyses from CTV and Global since they seldom focus on similar markets, dates and demographics. But an opening gambit might be to see how the reality is playing out compared with certain predictions from the upfront market.
Back in the summer, media buyer…
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TORONTO – Specialty TV service The Score announced a deal with SIRIUS Canada today to provide a 24/7 all-sports radio channel for the satellite radio company.
The Score is the first Canadian sports station on the SIRIUS Canada channel lineup, “with an exciting programming format that will deliver on the high expectations which have been set by The Score on television,” says today’s press release.
SIRIUS provides The Score with what could be an important additional platform in Canada (not to mention North-America-wide). "Canadian sports fans will embrace The Score to quench their thirst for the sports information they…
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OTTAWA – After enduring a winter of cranky Canadian curling fans, frustrated at how and where their beloved game was being put on TV, the Canadian Curling Association officially righted a wrong today.
The CCA came to an agreement with the CBC – curling’s primary rights holder – to let TSN back in the game.
The CBC, which holds the exclusive broadcast rights for the CCA’s Season of Champions events, will broadcast the final weekend of each event on its main network. A minimum of two draws daily of round robin play will be broadcast on TSN, via a…
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TORONTO – Effective immediately, Christine Shipton will oversee all original programming, both fiction and non-fiction, for CanWest MediaWorks, as vice-president, original programming. Since joining Global last spring as director, dramatic programming, Shipton (right), “has focused her efforts on building a robust development slate of fiction programs and overseeing the production of our new drama series, Falcon Beach (which is coming in January). She has been working with Shaftesbury Films to redevelop The Jane Show, which has resulted in the series being given the green light for broadcast in the spring of 2006,” says the press release….
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