OTTAWA — The Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC) announced today seasoned broadcaster Michael Serapio (above) is joining the channel as its new English anchor.
In addition to anchoring CPAC’s live programming, Serapio will also host its nightly show, PrimeTime Politics. He joins CPAC on Aug. 22, and will be seen on-air starting in September, says a press release.
Serapio is “a renowned television anchor whose broadcasting career has spanned more than two decades,” the release says.
He is probably best known to Canadian viewers as a long-time news anchor at CBC News Network.
“The first Filipino-Canadian male to anchor a national newscast in…
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CBC NEWS ANNOUNCED today Steven D’Souza (above) is a new co-host of its investigative documentary program The Fifth Estate, joining Bob McKeown, Gillian Findlay and Mark Kelley for the show’s 48th season, which will premiere Thursday, Sept. 29 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC and CBC Gem.
D’Souza, an accomplished reporter and foreign correspondent, has been with the CBC News since 2000 – his most recent role was as co-host of the public broadcaster’s consumer investigative program Marketplace.
He is “well known to CBC audiences for his impressive range of work including live reporting from the U.S. protests around the…
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LONDON, UK — The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and CBC Sports announced today they are partnering to provide extensive broadcast and streaming coverage of all PTO Tour events in 2022, including the inaugural PTO Canadian Open taking place in Edmonton this weekend.
The events will be available to stream live and for free via CBC Gem, cbcsports.ca and the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android devices. Coverage will also be featured as part of CBC Sports weekend programming on CBC TV, according to a press release.
In addition to covering the live events, CBC Sports coverage…
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TORONTO — CBC announced today the 21 participants selected for AccessCBC, a national pilot program created by CBC and the ReelAbilities Film Festival Toronto, which provides development opportunities and support to Deaf and disabled creators.
Divided into two streams – scripted comedy/drama and short documentary – AccessCBC “offers training, mentorship and, on certain projects, financing support for persons with a disability who work in film, television and/or video content production,” a press release explains.
The 10 scripted comedy/drama participants are:
Sivert Das (Ontario)
Shay Erlich (Ontario)
Courtney Gilmour (Ontario)
Stefan Hicks-Rubel (Ontario)
Scott Jones (Nova Scotia)
Sam Eli MacPhee-Pitcher (Ontario)
Elizabeth…
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TORONTO — CBC News announced today the appointment of long-time CBC senior correspondent Susan Ormiston (above) to the newly created role of international climate correspondent.
Ormiston’s appointment builds “on CBC News’ leadership in climate journalism in Canada and ongoing priority to serve as an essential trusted resource on global climate change for Canadians across the country,” reads a press release.
“Beginning later this fall, Ormiston will tackle high-profile international climate stories, with deployments to breaking news related to the issue around the world,” the release says.
“This announcement reaffirms our commitment to one of the most pressing stories of our…
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TORONTO — Sports-first live streaming service FuboTV and StackTV, Corus Entertainment’s multichannel streaming service, announced today StackTV’s suite of content is now available as part of a new FuboTV premium subscription package.
Available to Canadian subscribers for $34.99 per month, FuboTV’s premium package bundles StackTV’s suite of programming with all 23 channels of FuboTV’s “essentials” package, which includes Premier League, Serie A, OneSoccer, CBC, beIN Sports, Paramount Network Canada and TYT, plus Fox Sports Racing, Big Ten Network, euronews, africanews and others, for a total of 42 channels in the package, according to information emailed to Cartt.ca by a FuboTV…
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By Christopher Guly
OTTAWA – The House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (INDU) adopted a motion this afternoon by Liberal member of parliament Han Dong to conduct a study and hold two special meetings before month’s end to investigate the Rogers Communications Inc. outage that left an estimated 10 million wireless and 2.25 million retail internet subscribers across Canada without service.
“The public is owed some answers,” said Dong, who represents the Ontario riding of Don Valley North.
His motion calls on the committee to review the causes of these widespread disruptions; the impact the service outage…
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By Denis Carmel
IN A STATEMENT issued today, the CBC announced it would conform with the requirements outlined in a June decision by the CRTC, but indicated that “We do these things because we believe it is the right thing to do, not because the CRTC tells us to. Since 2020, we have continued to evolve as we strive to better reflect contemporary Canada, both in our content and in our workforce.”
The issue stems from the repetitive use, on-air, of the N-word by Radio-Canada when quoting the title of a book. That was in 2020.
In 2019, a similar controversy…
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TORONTO — The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) and Bell Media announced today Ins Choi, co-creator, writer and executive producer of Kim’s Convenience, will be the executive producer in residence for the first-ever comedy cohort of the CFC’s Bell Media Prime Time TV Program.
Running from October 2022 to the end of March 2023, the comedy cohort “has been designed for writers specifically looking to gain experience in comedy writing and engage in a collaborative comedy series story room,” explains a press release.
“The comedy cohort is an offering for Black, Indigenous and/or racialized creators in Canada, to celebrate and amplify a…
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TORONTO — CBC Sports announced today it will be the exclusive Canadian broadcast and streaming home for the 2022 World Athletics Championships, taking place in Eugene, Oregon, from Friday, July 15 through Sunday, July 24.
“Viewers can watch the live events streaming on cbcsports.ca, the CBC Sports App for iOS and Android devices, and CBC Gem, with extensive broadcast coverage on CBC TV and CBC Gem as part of CBC Sports weekend programming throughout the competition,” says a press release.
The 2022 World Athletics Championships will bring together the world’s top athletes to compete in 16 stadium…
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