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C-10: The Legal Issues II
After the technical Zoom issues were ironed out, the webinar began with a presentation by Konrad von Finckenstein, past president of the CRTC and commissioner…
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WINNIPEG — A new paid content series from IG Wealth Management, called The Dream Team, will start streaming on CBC Gem and ICI TOU.TV beginning Monday, Nov. 8, the Winnipeg-based financial services firm announced today.
The eight-episode digital series “follows the entrepreneurial journeys of eight promising Canadians who are offered strategic mentorship and advice from their personal ‘Dream Team’, made up of highly acclaimed business and financial professionals,” reads IG’s press release.
Among the experts featured in the series are Dragons’ Den’s Manjit Minhas (above, centre) and Anne Marcotte, a notable Quebec producer and entrepreneur. Other experts include IG Wealth Management’s…
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TORONTO — Animation production company Guru Studio announced today its new series Big Blue, which will premiere on CBC Kids in December, will feature a theme song produced by Grammy-winning music producer Timbaland (above) and his Beatclub team.
The imaginative sci-fi comedy series for kids aged 5-9 “follows sibling underwater adventurers Lettie and Lemo who lead a quirky submarine crew with a magical ocean fairy stowaway named Bacon Berry,” reads a description in a CBC press release.
“The series drops young viewers deep into a wacky world of comic adventure, while helping to redefine what a family means and how caring for one…
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TORONTO — Several former Entertainment One (eOne) executives, including John Morayniss (above), have joined together to launch a new Toronto-based independent content studio, Blink Studios, with Endeavor Content as its lead strategic investor.
Officially launching today, Blink Studios will operate as “a full-service indie studio focused on the development, production and monetization of premium scripted and unscripted content for a global market,” reads a press release.
Blink Studios is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Los Angeles.
The other former eOne execs reuniting to launch the new studio are Patrice Theroux, Jeff Lynas and Nelson Kuo-Lee. Morayniss will lead Blink Studios as…
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OTTAWA – Media Technology Monitor (MTM), today released its Indigenous Peoples and Media Technology report, which looks at how Indigenous Peoples of Canada (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) are consuming media and adopting technology.
This report builds on an MTM report released last week on the media habits of Canadians in the north. This is the first time “MTM has added an oversample among Indigenous communities, and in the North,” a press release reads.
The report released today seeks “to improve our knowledge of the media and consumption patterns among the Indigenous community.” It shows Indigenous Peoples are “as likely to…
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CBC SPORTS TODAY announced it will have exclusive broadcast coverage of the 2021 Skate Canada International starting Oct. 30 at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT on CBC TV and CBC Gem.
The event itself runs from Oct. 29-31 and is taking place in Vancouver at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.
“The competition consists of nine events, including the men’s, women’s and pair’s short and free programs, the ice dancing rhythm and free dances, and the Exhibition Gala,” a press release says. There will be 18 skaters representing Canada.
Live streams of all competitions will be available at cbcsports.ca/figureskating and on the…
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VANCOUVER, WINNIPEG and TORONTO — Ayasew Ooskana Pictures, APTN and CBC/Radio-Canada announced today production has begun on the new original five-part drama and feature film Bones of Crows, created by award-winning writer, director and producer Marie Clements.
Casting was also announced for the character-driven series, which will star Grace Dove (above, Monkey Beach) as Cree matriarch Aline Spears who “survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse,” reads a press release.
“She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a…
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Staff changes also made at Canadian Heritage
By Denis Carmel
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has officially announced his new(ish) Cabinet.
In a ceremony at Rideau Hall Tuesday, Trudeau appointed Pablo Rodriguez as Minister of Canadian Heritage. Rodriguez was government house leader until dissolution and had been Heritage Minister between 2018 and 2019. His predecessor, Stephen Guilbeault, is now the Minister of Environment and Climate Change.
Rodriguez is the third (or fourth if you count his previous passage) Heritage Minister to come from Montréal.
Trudeau also appointed Gudie Hutchings from Newfoundland and Labrador as Minister of Rural Economic Development. The Prime…
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Paid content series The Dream Team coming to CBC Gem and ICI TOU.TV
CBC Kids’ Big Blue to feature Timbaland-produced theme song
Former eOne execs launch indie studio in Toronto
Satellite TV penetration high among Indigenous households, MTM says
CBC Sports will broadcast this year’s Skate Canada International
Production starts on Marie Clements’ Bones of Crows for CBC
Trudeau’s Cabinet features new(ish) Heritage Minister, returning ISED Minister
