TORONTO — Blue Ant Studios announced today the new documentary series Evil by Design: Surviving Nygård, commissioned by the CBC and scheduled to premiere March 17 on CBC TV and CBC Gem.
Based on investigative reporting from CBC News and the CBC Podcasts audio series Evil by Design, this three-hour CBC original docuseries “dissects the culture and events that enabled disgraced fashion designer Peter Nygård to allegedly abuse his power for more than four decades,” reads a press release.
“While Nygård built a fashion empire, he is also alleged to have preyed on numerous women. Today, the suspected list of survivors…
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MONTREAL – APTN and CBC/Radio-Canada today announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), which formalizes a collaborative partnership between the two organizations that covers entertainment and news programming.
The two organizations, as part of the agreement, will increase opportunities, training and resources for Indigenous creators and expand the audience for Indigenous programming, a press release explains.
They will also collaborate on news and information programming, which means “sharing content and technical resources (such as joint feeds, pooled footage and other resources), while retaining editorial control over their own programming and applying their own journalistic standards and practices,” says…
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TORONTO — As the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games prepare to get underway on Friday, March 4, the Canadian Paralympic Media Consortium, including primary broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada, announced today their broadcast, live streaming and digital coverage plans for the event, which runs until Sunday, March 13.
The Canadian broadcast schedule for Paralympics coverage includes almost 150 total TV hours across CBC/Radio-Canada, Accessible Media Inc.’s AMI-tv and AMI-audio, and Rogers Sports and Media’s Sportsnet, according to a press release.
“We are set for an incredible Paralympic Winter Games and are very excited for people across the country to be able to watch Canada’s Paralympians dazzle…
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TORONTO — Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) today unveiled its March schedule, including a lineup of new and returning programs available in described video for the blind and partially sighted community in Canada.
Highlights of AMI’s lineup include coverage of the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics from CBC on AMI-tv and AMI-audio, the 2022 Canadian Blind Hockey Tournament on AMI-audio, and a new culinary series from Mary Mammoliti (above), host of AMI-tv’s Dish with Mary and AMI-audio’s Kitchen Confession podcast, on AMI-tv.
Starting with the Winter Paralympics opening ceremony on Friday, March 4, AMI will air more than 40 hours of Paralympic coverage…
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TORONTO — CBC announced today Swin Chang (above) has joined CBC Kids’ content team as executive in charge of development and production.
In this role, Chang will work with the independent production community “to seek out, create and curate preschool and tween content for CBC TV and CBC Gem,” explains a press release.
She will focus on development and acquisitions, and will oversee production of selected projects with independent producers and of in-house preschool series, the release says.
Chang will report to Marie McCann, senior director of children’s content at CBC Kids, whose content team also includes executives in charge of…
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OTTAWA – Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez confirmed last week government legislation seeking to level the playing field between digital platforms and Canadian news outlets will include broadcasters.
The announcement was made at a Canada 2020 event on the future of news.
“News outlets support an informed citizenry and a healthy democracy. Canadians need access to news and information to fully benefit and participate in democratic society,” a spokesperson for Canadian Heritage said in an emailed statement to Cartt.ca.
The minister’s mandate calls on him to “Swiftly introduce legislation to require digital platforms that generate revenues from the publication of news…
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TORONTO – The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (the Canadian Academy) announced yesterday it is launching an eight-month Executive Residency Program, which will match working professionals who are Black, Indigenous, or a person of colour with high-level executives.
This new initiative is designed “to break down the barriers that currently exist for the next generation of creative executives and business leaders,” a press release explains.
A cohort of five to eight participants will be selected for the inaugural year.
This national program includes “job shadowing at an executive level, monthly meetings with the cohort led by the community partners, bi-weekly…
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Report highlights trends in content discoverability and media consumption among diverse Canadians
OTTAWA — Media Technology Monitor (MTM), a product of CBC/Radio-Canada, today released its Fall 2021 Sneak Peek report, which provides an overview of the top five highlights of MTM’s recent analysis regarding Canadians’ media habits, including among the country’s diverse populations.
“The majority of Canadians (70%) continue to subscribe to a traditional TV service; however, SVODs now also hold a large piece of the market with 77% of Canadians subscribing,” reads a press release highlighting the report’s findings.
“That same trend is seen among diverse Canadians who are less likely…
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TORONTO — Saloon Media, a Blue Ant Media company, today announced several appointments as part of the production company’s continued expansion in North America.
Betty Orr (above, left) has been appointed to senior vice-president of production, Pam McNair (centre) is now a production executive, and Elizabeth St. Philip (right) is now a senior producer at Saloon Media.
“These personnel moves will see Orr take on an expanded executive role, and bring McNair and St. Philip, who have worked with the company on award-winning projects, including Canada’s Drag Race and 9/11 Kids respectively, to the production team in a full-time capacity,” reads a press release announcing…
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By Christopher Guly
OTTAWA – On Family Day Monday in Ontario, Carol Off (above) was in her CBC office boxing up books and other tangible memories of her time as host of CBC Radio One’s As It Happens (AIH).
On Friday, her CBC family, with help from some past AIH guests – including Margaret Atwood and Romeo Dallaire – will pay tribute to Off on her final day after spending nearly 16 years at the helm of the public broadcaster’s must-listen-to weeknight current events radio program.
She will miss accumulating more intangible memories from interviews with people who touched or angered…
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