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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TORONTO — CBC announced today Nil Köksal (above) will be the new host of CBC Radio’s national current affairs show As It Happens.
Köksal will join co-host Chris Howden on the show starting Monday, Sept. 5. This follows the departure earlier this year of long-time As It Happens host Carol Off.
A Canadian Screen Award-winning journalist, Köksal is currently the host of CBC’s morning national radio show CBC News: World Report. Her last day hosting the show will be Wednesday, July 20.
“Nil’s unique insights, experience and enthusiasm to learn new things, make her a unique fit for an unconventional show…
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By Christopher Guly
OTTAWA – Canadian broadcasting legend Patrick Watson (above), who pioneered cutting-edge programming at CBC and who died in the early hours of July 4 at the age of 92, is being remembered as a consequential contributor to the country’s public broadcaster.
“From his start as a teen actor on CBC Radio’s The Kootenay Kid to his storied career with CBC News and his time as chair of the CBC/Radio-Canada Board of Directors, Patrick Watson’s contribution to Canada’s public broadcaster and his service to Canadians across a number of fields was far-reaching, made a difference and will…
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Mostly francophones from Québec
By Denis Carmel
OTTAWA – After a group of 60 people, including Radio-Canada personalities, sent an open letter to the CBC/Radio-Canada asking it to refuse to comply to the sanctions imposed by the CRTC on the use of the “N-word” on-air, more people and groups came out against the decision.
Some are asking the public broadcaster to pushback, some are demanding the Minister of Canadian Heritage or the Prime Minister to take a stand.
The Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec, representing journalists in Québec, said through its president “All dialogue is healthy for a society, the…
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TORONTO — Corus Entertainment’s Global News announced today the addition of two key roles to its newscast team at Global National.
Nathen Sekhon (above, left) is joining Global National as executive producer on July 18, and Caroline Gdyczynski (right) will join as producer on Aug. 22, according to an email sent to Cartt.ca.
Sekhon has previously led editorial teams in B.C. and Ontario in the production of newscasts across four languages for Rogers Sports and Media’s Omni Television.
“Nathen is a talented editorial leader and programmer with crucial experience launching programs, mentoring teams, developing talent and overseeing high-impact projects such as the…
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60 persons, including leading Radio-Canada talent, ask the public broadcaster to disavow decision
By Denis Carmel
OTTAWA – Last week, between St-Jean-Baptiste and Canada Day, the CRTC issued a decision blaming the CBC/Radio-Canada for saying on the air the N-word, which is part of the title of an iconic book in Québec, written by Pierre Vallières, a prominent member of the FLQ, a separatist/terrorist group of the sixties.
A letter signed by 60 people including leading on-air talent and journalists of Radio-Canada was sent on Sunday to the higher echelons of the CBC/Radio-Canada and published in La Presse on Monday….
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TORONTO — Mediapro Canada announced today an agreement with CBC that will see CBC Sports provide broadcast and streaming coverage of Canada Soccer’s women’s national team’s (above) three group stage games in the 2022 Concacaf W Championship.
Mediapro Canada is the rights holder in Canada for all Concacaf national team tournaments through to 2023.
The 2022 Concacaf W Championship “is contested by the eight top-ranked national teams from the North and Central American and Caribbean region and will take place from July 4 to 18 in Monterrey, Mexico,” a press release explains.
The tournament qualifies four teams directly for the 2023 FIFA…
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