ONTARIO – Ontario University Athletics (OUA) and CBC Sports announced today a two-year digital partnership agreement.
“Through this partnership, fans will be able to enjoy 13 of the conference’s championships online via CBC Sports’ digital platforms, cbcsports.ca, the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android devices, and the free CBC Gem streaming service,” a press release reads.
OAU events to be broadcast on CBC Sports platforms include both men’s and women’s basketball, hockey, soccer and volleyball. Football, women’s rugby, swimming, track and field and wrestling will also be broadcast.
The partnership begins with the 2021 edition of the Panda Game on Saturday…
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By Christopher Guly
OTTAWA – As his Liberal government begins its third mandate, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could either fill key cabinet roles in Heritage and Industry with fresh faces or stick with the status quo – as he has already by leaving in place Chrystia Freeland as deputy prime minister and finance minister, according to Parliament Hill watchers.
Sheila Copps, a former deputy PM who served as minister of the newly created department of Canadian Heritage from 1996 to 2003, would like new leaders recruited for her old job and to head Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED).
Her…
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TORONTO — Hollywood Suite announced today it will support the inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by presenting a full day of programming from Indigenous filmmakers and producers on Sept. 30.
The programming will air on Hollywood Suite’s 2000s channel and will spotlight the culture, history and perspectives of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, says a press release.
Hollywood Suite’s special programming will begin on Sept. 29 at 7:20 p.m. ET with the premiere of Darlene Naponse’s award-winning film Falls Around Her (2018), which follows a world-famous Anishinaabe musician (played by Tantoo Cardinal) “who leaves everything behind to return…
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TORONTO — CBC and Pier 21 Films today announced casting for the new original comedy series Run the Burbs, from award-winning comedian, writer and actor Andrew Phung (Kim’s Convenience) and his best friend and collaborator, filmmaker Scott Townend (The Secret Marathon).
The previously announced series is currently in production in and around Toronto and Hamilton and is scheduled to premiere on CBC and CBC Gem in winter 2022.
Phung (above, left) stars as stay-at-home dad Andrew Pham, living in the suburbs with his entrepreneurial, executive wife Camille (played by Rakhee Morzaria, right, Note to Self, Private Eyes), and two kids…
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COGECO AND CBC both announced yesterday plans to broadcast special programming to honour the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30.
Cogeco announced “YourTV stations throughout Ontario will be airing special programming produced by Indigenous Peoples for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation,” a company press release says.
The programming, which will air from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and again from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., includes Cultural Mindfulness, directed by George Couchie, We Are Still Here, directed by Dwayne Cloes and Wawahte: Residential School Survivors, directed by John Sanfilippo.
“Wawahte was originally written by Kingston…
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COMMENTARY: The new bill can’t be the same as the old bill
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,
FOR MOST OF ITS SHORT life, Bill C-10, your now-dead proposed amendment to our Broadcasting Act, trundled along, hardly noticed by those outside the content industry.
It was considered a modest attempted bill which avoided some complicated questions altogether (such as the CBC’s future mandate) but, as you know, aimed at one main thing – having the likes of Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Google and others, contribute to Canadian content.
However, the whole thing turned sour, as you and our readers may recall, on just what will be…
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TORONTO — Sportsnet announced today award-winning play-by-play hockey commentator Jim Hughson is retiring from sports broadcasting after a 42-year career, which included stints at Sportsnet, CBC and TSN.
“It’s been a fantastic run and I’d like to thank Sportsnet, Hockey Night in Canada and all my friends and colleagues over the years for the tremendous support and countless memories,” Hughson said in a press release.
“This is a decision I made in consultation with my family and I’m very much at peace with it. My only goal in this industry was to work at the highest level and on the…
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CBC SPORTS AND U SPORTS announced today they have reached a four-year agreement for the exclusive English-language digital broadcast rights for U Sports national championships.
The Canadian university sports organization “also announced Monday that CBC Sports will be the English television home of the 56th Vanier Cup at Université Laval’s TELUS-UL Stadium on Dec. 4,” a press release says.
“Today, is the first step towards reshaping coverage of university sport in Canada,” said John Bower, director of marketing and communications at U Sports, in the press release.
“U SPORTS look forward to growing our audience with CBC so that the performances and…
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TORONTO – Sportsnet today announced its regional broadcast schedules for the upcoming NHL season.
The network is set to “deliver all 82 Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks games this season, plus 56 exclusive Toronto Maple Leafs games on TV and streaming platforms,” a press release says.
The regional “schedule will reach viewers across Sportsnet East, Ontario, West & Pacific, Sportsnet ONE and Sportsnet 360, with national coverage also available on CBC, Citytv, OMNI Television and across the Sportsnet Radio Network throughout the season.”
Starting Oct. 15, 58 regional Canucks games will air on Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet ONE and Sportsnet 360.
Sportsnet…
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TORONTO – Piazza Entertainment today announced today filming has begun in Manitoba and Ontario for Skymed, a new 10-episode original drama ordered by CBC and Paramount+.
The show, created by Julie Puckrin, is being produced by Piazza Entertainment in association with Paramount+, CBS Studios and CBC, and will premiere in 2022-23.
It “weaves together intense character journeys and high stakes medical rescues as we follow the triumphs, heartbreaks and tribulations of budding nurses and pilots flying air ambulances in remote Northern Canada,” a press release says.
“They’re all in over their heads, and on their own, with no one to rely on…
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