OTTAWA – CBC Television said last night that another of its female journalists will be Canada’s next Governor General.
According to the report, repeated by Reuters, Haitian-born Quebecker Michaelle Jean, 48 will announced as the new G-G this morning at 11 a.m. Jean will be Canada’s first black governor general and will replace another former CBC journalist, Adrienne Clarkson, who has had the job since 1999, on October 1st.
The award-winning Jean is currently the host of CBC and CBC Newsworld’s The Passionate Eye and Rough Cuts and has hosted numerous shows on RDI as well….
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MONTREAL – Satellite radio will boost French culture says a new study commissioned by Canadian Satellite Radio.
From July 14 to July 19, 2005, CSR (the partnership between Canadian John Bitove and XM Satellite Radio) had the Omnitel Omnibus group survey Quebec residents to gauge their interest in satellite radio.
Predictably, the study found that Quebeckers were solidly behind satellite radio. "A mere 5 per cent of Quebecers think satellite radio could have a negative affect; however, 55 per cent of Quebec residents stated that satellite radio will positively affect Canada’s French culture. CSR is eager to launch our…
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TORONTO – With less than two weeks left before the Canadian Media Guild members working at the CBC would be in a legal strike position, the union today reported “modest progress”.
However, it cautioned that much still had to be worked out.
“Agreement has been reached on a small number of articles covering hospital, medical and dental benefits, callback, leave with/without pay, return to work after an illness and part-time employees,” says the CMG’s press release today.
“We have also had some discussions on the core issue of employment status. The Guild has restated its willingness to address legitimate…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC will hold a hearing October 3rd in Charlottetown, to consider nine radio license applications, among other items.
In January, the Commission issued a call for applications for Charlottetown, and ended up with five, as outlined below. Two are AM-to-FM conversions, the others for new stations. All are for English stations. Charlottetown is currently served by five stations (two of which are CBC) and its population (including the immediate surrounding area) is just over 58,000, according to Statistics Canada.
Maritime Broadcasting System Limited has asked to convert CFCY 630 Charlottetown from the AM band to the…
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I WAS A UNION MEMBER TWICE: For several summers as a labourer installing gas pipeline in Northern Ontario and for a four month stint as a part-time Bookmobile driver and librarian in Guelph, Ont.
I lived for a few years in Sault Ste. Marie and saw what the Steelworkers have had to go through there with Algoma Steel. I lived in Windsor for three years and the Canadian Auto Workers union was always front and centre.
I say all this to illustrate that I think I have a bit of a grasp on what the union/corporation relationship can be….
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VANCOUVER – Eight-year-old TV producer ATV Productions has been sold.
John Lovelace, president and CEO of the company, announced the sale today. Terms were not disclosed.
Its new owner is Krishnan Suthanthiran, who is probably best known for his recent purchase of the entire town of Kitsault in the Northern region of British Columbia.
"The sale of the company gives us access to the resources to make important improvements, while giving our producers the opportunity to concentrate on productions," said Lovelace in a release.
For his part, Suthanthiran understands that ATV, and its Vancouver operations will be able to…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and its union, the Canadian Media Guild, are back at the bargaining table today.
Supported by an 87.3 % strike mandate, the CMG says it will stand firm on two major issues: employment status and job evaluation.
“It’s an important time as this week marks the end of the official conciliation period, which ends Sunday and will be followed by the 21 day cooling-off period. The two sides have agreed to mediation beginning Monday and continuing until a deal is reached,” says the CMG press release.
The Minister of Labour has appointed a second…
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TORONTO – Toronto reporter Ben Chin has decided to jump into politics before he even filed his first story for Global National.
The former Citytv, CBC, CTV, and Toronto 1 reporter and anchor has accepted a position as a special advisor to Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty, Global’s senior vice-president new Steve Wyatt told www.cartt.ca today. Chin (right) was supposed to begin his new job as senior correspondent and Toronto Bureau Chief for Global National very soon.
He told the senior people last week and made it official this week,” said Wyatt. “He hadn’t even started yet.”
Chin started his broadcast…
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TORONTO – Women in Film and Television – Toronto is offering the Teletoon Masters Program Writing for Animation on August 9, 16 and 23.
Sponsored by Teletoon and taught by writer Alyse Rosenberg, with other industry guests, this intensive three-part course introduces screenwriters to the animation medium and explores the principles of writing animated short films, television series and features.
Over three evenings, instructor Rosenberg leads the class through an in-depth study of the lifecycle of an animated writing project, from concept to ready-for-production script. Topics to be covered include understanding the medium, the application of classic story structure…
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QUEBEC CITY – Global Television will be letting 12 employees go from CKMI, the English-language Quebec City TV station, the end of November this year.
Following an industry trend, the company is consolidating its master control operations in Toronto. The group being let go includes one manager and 11 unionized staffers.
“We’re just doing what CTV and CBC and the French networks did ages ago,” CKMI station manager Karen MacDonald told www.cartt.ca today.
MacDonald stressed that Global was not pulling back from its editorial coverage of the provincial capital, pointing to the fact that its four reporter newsroom…
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