TORONTO – Martine Gaillard, whom sports fans got to know from her years on The Score and with CBC, has joined Rogers Sportsnet, it was announced today.
Gaillard (right) will be one of the hosts of sportsnetnews, replacing the recently departed Jody Vance, who recently quit to pursue other things.
“The addition of Martine to sportsnetnews bolsters an already strong line-up of on-air personalities,” said Rick Briggs-Jude, vice-president, production, Rogers Sportsnet. “Her experience and on-air presence are definite assets to the Sportsnet team.”
Gaillard’s resume includes work as…
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OTTAWA – Citing unnamed sources, a report this (Friday) evening from the Canadian Press says the federal cabinet is about to ask the CRTC to rescind its June decision to license two satellite radio providers.
As reported by www.cartt.ca, many cultural groups, as well as traditional radio companies (led by CHUM Ltd. and Astral Media, which together won a competing terrestrial digital radio license), have asked that the decision be set aside.
CHUM has warned that its proposed service probably won’t launch at all if the two satellite providers remain.
On June 16, the CRTC granted…
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TORONTO – “If both sides are willing to tackle issues outside the confines of the proposals on the table, there is a chance for agreement.”
That sentence, from today’s lockout update by the Canadian Media Guild, is a head-scratcher. We’re not sure how either side can tackle the issues outside of their own proposals in a negotiation.
Anyway, CMG said that it and the CBC are still in contact but with neither side yet willing to budge, a face-to-face meeting would be pointless, says the union.
It also said that the federal Minister of Labour, Joe Fontana, told them…
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TORONTO – Erin Paul, winner of a 2000 Gemini Award for her work on CBC’s the fifth estate, is now part of the sportsnetnews team, Rogers Sportsnet announced today.
“Adding Erin to our Sportsnet family makes our already strong news team even better,” said Rick Briggs-Jude, vice-president, production, in a news release. “Her proven journalistic track record and versatility will provide sportsnetnews with a dynamic new dimension.”
Paul joins the sports channel after spending nine years at CBC. Most recently, she has as a reporter and producer on Sports Saturday. Paul also co-hosted the opening ceremonies for CBC at…
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TORONTO – Talks between the CBC and its union might begin again soon, the Canadian Media Guild reports this afternoon.
Representatives of the Guild met this week with federal cabinet ministers who are attending the Liberal caucus in Regina. “We are encouraged by the interest and support among MPs to get CBC employees back to work,” says the CMG.
Labour minister Joe Fontana has said he is willing to help get the two sides together and CMG says his ministry is looking to appoint a special mediator, perhaps as soon as this week.
However, while early on Wednesday, CBC…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Media Guild has met with federal labour minister Joe Fontana to ask for the appointment of a special mediator to try and end the lockout of 5,500 employees by the CBC.
Fontana has indicated that he is prepared to do whatever he can to get the talks going again, the CMG said today.
In the meantime, check out this web site, which links to the work CBC employees are doing on the web (blogs, web news, etc.) and on university campus radio stations – and a bit about CBC English TV head Richard Stursberg…
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OTTAWA – "Should a Crown corporation that locks out its employees continue to get its full parliamentary appropriation?" asks the Canadian Media Guild today.
In an ad appearing today in the Hill Times, Parliament Hill’s weekly newspaper, the union called on the federal government to withhold CBC’s parliamentary appropriation during the lockout. However, one wonders who’s there to read it, since Parliament is on its usual long summer break and many MPs are in their home ridings or on vacation.
"CBC management should not be using Canadians’ money to finance the lockout," said Guild president Lise Lareau in a…
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TORONTO – In April the CRTC said that CTV Newsnet no longer had to abide by the 15 minute headline news wheel it was licensed to show.
Today, the channel revealed a new, clean look and announced a revamped late afternoon and prime-time format featuring major increases in its anchor, reporting, and production teams, says the company.
(And with the CBC in lockout mode, what better time for CTV to be announcing an expansion of its news while one of its rivals airs BBC news repeats.)
Gone is the weather and time vertical and horizontal wrap around the Newsnet…
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TORONTO – With unions across the country taking advantage of a high profile lockout by signaling their support for the CBC workers with hyperbolic press releases, the CBC felt the need to clarify things.
This week CUPE National president Paul Moist made public his position on the current work stoppage at the CBC with a press release, reported on www.cartt.ca. “Mr. Moist’s support for CMG and its positions is not unexpected,” says a release from the CBC. “However, it is disappointing that he recites the union line with little apparent thought to the real issues behind it and…
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TORONTO – Sometime next week, CBC’s locked-out Canadian Media Guild members will launch an Internet-based media service.
It will present journalism, and eventually other programming, produced by the reporters, researchers, writers, hosts, producers, technicians and support staff, says the Guild.
At launch, the production will be audio-only.
This project is coming together very quickly and the Toronto group is close to finalizing office/studio space. “We have a good name, which will be announced shortly for maximum publicity; and we have the skills to remind the audience of how professional CANADIAN journalism looks and sounds,” says the union.
Various ad-hoc…
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