OTTAWA — CBC/Radio-Canada’s Media Technology Monitor (MTM) today released a series of new reports focusing on media and technology adoption and use across generations, from millennials (18-40) to Boomers (56-75) to seniors (76+), in Canadian English and French markets.
Among the highlights from the English generations reports, MTM found subscription video on demand (SVOD) services are very popular among millennials with more than 9 in 10 subscribing to one or more service.
“On the other hand, anglophones aged 40+ show greater interest in traditional TV and are nearly twice as likely to be paid TV subscribers than millennial anglophones,” reads an…
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TORONTO — Content syndication group Orbyt Media, a subsidiary of Bell Media, announced today it is partnering with Corus Entertainment to bring Randy Bachman’s Vinyl Tap program back to Canadian radio.
The legendary radio program hosted by Bachman (above) ran for 16 years on CBC Radio until it was cancelled in 2021.
Nearly a year later, on Sunday, March 6, the two-hour Vinyl Tap program will launch on several Corus Entertainment classic hits and rock stations across Canada including Rock 101 Vancouver, BIG 101.1 Barrie, Q107 Calgary, Boom 101.9 Cornwall, The Chuck 92.5 Edmonton, Y108 Hamilton, BIG 96.3 Kingston, 107.5 Dave…
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Awards show to air on CBC and CBC Gem on April 10
TORONTO — The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television announced today the nominees for the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards in 145 film, television and digital media categories.
The first season of the CBC series Sort Of leads both television and overall 2022 Canadian Screen Award nominations with 13, followed by CBC’s Pretty Hard Cases and CTV Sci-Fi Channel’s Wynonna Earp, which each earned 11 nominations. CBC’s Coroner and Kim’s Convenience were each nominated for 10 awards.
In film, Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson’s Scarborough and Danis Goulet’s Night Raiders…
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Also urges everyone to keep the C-11 debate “on facts”
By Amanda OYE
MINISTER OF CANADIAN HERITAGE Pablo Rodriguez (above, right) wants his daughter to grow up with Canadian music and Canadian productions – and the newly announced Bill C-11 can help ensure this, he said today, during a fireside chat on the final day of the Canadian Media Producers Association’s Prime Time conference.
Rodriguez joined Erin Haskett (above left), president and executive producer at Lark Productions, for a conversation that addressed a range of topics including the importance of Bill C-11 (also known as the Online Streaming Act), and gave…
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By Etan Vlessing
BILL C-11 IS A POTENTIAL threat to the golden goose of Canadian creativity, YouTube’s chief business officer Robert Kyncl (above, bottom right) warned today during a panel on digital innovation at the Canadian Media Producers Association’s virtual Prime Time conference.
Kyncl told the Prime Time audience YouTube in 2020 contributed $923 million in economic benefits to Canada, and 34,000 jobs, as homegrown user-generated content generated revenues from streaming on the open Google platform that flowed back into the wider economy.
“It’s a net contributor to the country. It’s a lot of self-employment happening by amazing creative entrepreneurs creating other jobs,” he…
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TORONTO — Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) announced today two of its original series, Double Tap TV and Four Senses, and its original documentary White Cane Journeys are now available on CBC’s free digital streaming service CBC Gem.
AMI’s announcement comes during White Cane Week, which is celebrated during the first full week of February and “raises public awareness of the challenges facing Canadians living with vision loss and is marked by events across the country,” explains an AMI press release.
On Double Tap TV, veteran radio broadcaster Steven Scott (above, right) and producer and broadcaster Marc Aflalo (left) “help viewers…
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TORONTO – The Black Screen Office (BSO) today announced it has published Being Seen: Directives for Creating Authentic and Inclusive Content – the first of six reports to be released to support Canada’s television, digital media and film industries.
Being Seen: Directives for Creating Authentic and Inclusive Content “reveals how Canada’s screen industries are falling short in representing people from Black, People of Colour, 2SLGBTQIA+, and People with Disabilities communities, and also provides clear guidelines for industry leaders to meaningfully engage these underrepresented groups,” a press release explains.
“BSO formed out of the knowledge that underrepresentation of the Black community is a significant…
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MONTREAL — CBC & Radio-Canada Media Solutions announced today the appointment of Julie Kerr to the newly created role of senior director of digital ad product and revenue management, effective today.
Fluently bilingual, Kerr is based in Montreal, but she “will spend significant time in the Toronto market as well,” according to a CBC/Radio-Canada press release.
“Julie comes to CBC/Radio-Canada with an impressive track record on both the agency (GroupM, Glassroom) and media (Rogers Media, TC Media, Bell Media) side of the business,” the release reads.
Most recently, Kerr was vice-president of strategy and development for the Quebec market at marketing agency…
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THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT for Canadian broadcasting – if the recently announced Bill C-11, also referred to as the Online Streaming Act, manages to be passed, that is.
This was the general consensus of a panel of industry veterans who came together today to talk about the Broadcasting Act and the future of Canadian broadcasting at the Canadian Media Producers Association’s (CMPA) Prime Time event.
The panel, titled The Future is Now, was presented in partnership with Telefilm Canada and was moderated by Reynolds Mastin (above, bottom left), president and CEO of the CMPA.
The panel featured Christa Dickenson (top left),…
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OTTAWA – Social media is an important news source for newcomers to Canada, according to CBC’s Media Technology Monitor (MTM), which today released an exclusive report that focuses on how newcomers are using social media.
More specifically, “42% of newcomers that have consumed news in the past month cite social media as their go-to news source,” a press release announcing the report’s release says. “This ranks higher than other news sources such as news websites (27%), linear TV (21%) and radio (6%).”
The MTM report is based on a sample of over 4,000 newcomers. It “explores how new arrivals engage with…
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