TORONTO – The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada Central region award-winners were announced yesterday at the association’s national conference in Toronto.
The 2004 TELEVISION winners are:
Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast THE NEW VR – Barrie, ON – "VR News Live@6" (Medium Market) CFTO – TV, Toronto – Toronto, ON – "CFTO News at 6" (Large Market) An Honourable Mention in this category goes to CFCF News – Montreal, QC – "Death on the 20 – CFCF News at 6"
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News CHEX Television – Peterborough, ON – "The Flood"
Dan McArthur Award…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC will release its decision on subscription radio on June 16th at 4 p.m.
Applicants include two satellite radio companies. One is U.S. company XM Satellite led by Canadian entrepreneur John Bitove. The XM Canada group also includes investor Corus Radio and others such as Golden West and Rawlco Radio. The other satellite application is SIRIUS Satellite Radio with Canadian partners Standard Radio and the CBC.
CHUM Limited, with Astral Media as a minority partner, have applied for a digital terrestrial subscription radio license.
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TORONTO – The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada honoured some excellent television and radio journalism today as the association gave out its annual awards in Toronto today for TV and radio news.
The 2004 national television winners are: Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast CHAT-TV – Redcliffe, AB – "Newswatch" (Small Market) CTV Regina – Regina, SK – "CTV News Six O’clock Report" (Medium Market) CFTO-TV, Toronto – Toronto, ON – "CFTO News at 6" (Large Market)
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News ATV News – Halifax, NS – "White Juan" CHEX Television – Peterborough, ON – "The…
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TORONTO – CBC Radio One 99.1 is the latest Canadian radio station to compress its programming into a podcast.
The popular Toronto morning show, Metro Morning, will be available to a far wider audience starting June 13th. The podcast pilot will brings listeners highlights of Metro Morning.
CHUM Radio and Corus Radio are also offering podcasts to its listeners via its web sites (CHUM has bites – or bytes – of Roger, Rick and Marilyn, Corus has The Ongoing History of New Music and Legends of Classic Rock).
CBC Radio listeners will be able to grab up-to-date local stories…
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TORONTO – Look for what’s likely to be a sweeping overhaul of the www.cbc.ca web portal in the coming months.
CBC announced this week that Jonathan Dube, an award-winning journalist and leader in the online news industry, is taking on the role of editorial director for CBC.ca, responsible for all CBC.ca’s editorial programming, including news, arts and sports sections. He joins the company in July.
Dube comes to CBC from Seattle, where he is currently managing producer of MSNBC.com. He is also a columnist with the Poynter Institute in Florida; a board member of the Online News Association; and…
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TORONTO – Facing a Fraser Institute report that accuses the CBC of anti-American bias this morning, the broadcaster responded this afternoon, dismissing the report as one that had its conclusion set in stone before it began.
"The Fraser Institute set out to prove a position they had already reached,” said the CBC statement. “Not surprisingly, they claim to have discovered the evidence they were looking for. We do not find their conclusions credible, and we reject them categorically.”
“CBC News takes fairness and balance very seriously. Our rigorous policies and practices ensure that we live up to the highest…
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SO THE CBC IS GOING to pursue ratings after all.
After years of downplaying its ratings (and sometimes lack thereof) in favor of talking about an overall strategy as a public broadcaster that offers programming of value to the Canadian public – and not necessarily ratings blockbusters – the CBC has decided to change course.
With executive vice-president of CBC television Richard Stursberg firmly at the helm now (he had barely begun his tenure during the run-up to the fall 2004 season), the shift at the CBC has begun, where ratings mean far more than they had.
Shows on…
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CALGARY – Right-wing think-tank the Fraser Institute said today that the CBC suffers from a “Garrison Mentality” which leads to an anti-American bias, which is especially apparent in its news coverage.
The CBC’s television news coverage of the United States is consistently marked by emotional criticism, rather than a rational consideration of U.S. policy based on Canadian national interests, according to the study released today by the Fraser Institute.
This anti-American bias at the CBC is the consequence of a "garrison mentality" that has systematically informed the broadcaster’s coverage of the U.S., continues the study.
Garrison mentality was a…
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TORONTO – “This is a significant step forward, and it’s only the beginning,” says Richard Stursberg, executive vice-president of CBC Television on the launch of this fall’s slate of programming.
“Over the next three years, we hope to increase by 50% the hours devoted to Canadian dramatic series, while increasing comedy by 10%. Our goal is to double the amount of prime time Canadian dramatic programming on CBC, delivering the high-quality, popular shows that Canadians want to see.”
CBC Television today announced a renewed commitment to high-quality Canadian drama, produced in Canada and made for Canadians. In the first…
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TORONTO – CanWest MediaWorks this morning announced the appointment of Kenton Boston as senior executive producer, Global National and News Specials.
In this position, Mr. Boston will be responsible for the overall operations of Global National with Kevin Newman, which is now airing seven days a week with anchor Tara Nelson hosting on the weekends.
"Kenton has distinguished himself as one of the best producers in the country,” said Steve Wyatt, senior vice-president, news and information. "His experience and strong leadership skills will be a tremendous asset as we build on the success of Global National."
Boston joined Global…
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