Says five federal parties agree a thriving media is important
TORONTO – The Canadian Media Guild (CMG), a trade union representing over 5,000 members, today published the answers to five election questions it asked five federal political parties.
Four of the five parties – the Liberals, NDP, Green Party and Bloc Québécois – “support a strong and stable media, with increased funding for the national public broadcaster,” a CMG press release reads.
“A vague response by one national party however raises concerns about the future of CBC/Radio-Canada, and the nationwide services it currently provides.”
CMG is referring to the Conservatives. The party did…
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OTTAWA – Media Technology Monitor (MTM) released a new MTM Jr. report showing anglophone youth under 18 consume online audio across several platforms, and that over three quarters of them consumed audio in some form last month.
“Music streaming services are the most popular form of audio content for children, particularly among anglophone teens aged 12-17. Spotify is the top music streaming service across all anglophone children,” according to the report.
A little fewer than half (45%) of children reported listening to terrestrial or online radio in the past month, the report says. One in 10 children listen to podcasts with…
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CBC/RADIO-CANADA ANNOUNCED today nine titles the public broadcaster has supported have been selected to participate in this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2021).
The lineup features CBC original series Sort Of, which will have its North American premier at TIFF. Viewers will be able to watch it on CBC Gem on Oct. 5 and on CBC TV on Nov. 9 when back-to-back episodes air at 9 p.m. ET. The series is a “comedy about a young gender-fluid caregiver, whose life plans are disrupted when tragedy strikes the family they help to maintain,” according to a CBC press release. Sort…
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Three new opera and classical music hosts announced
TORONTO — CBC Music announced today new hosts for three of its weekend opera and classical music programs following opera tenor Ben Heppner’s retirement as host of Saturday Afternoon at the Opera and Backstage with Ben Heppner.
Heppner (above) hosted his farewell show over Labour Day weekend.
According to a press release, during the show he said: “I’ve decided to move into a new phase of my life. Although I won’t be working anymore — there’s lots of things that I want to do…and I want to thank you for making Saturday Afternoon at…
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CBC ANNOUNCED TODAY six new original podcasts across multiple genres will be released throughout the fall.
“Our talented team of producers, investigative journalists, authors, filmmakers and more helm the various series, taking us deep inside other worlds and delivering podcasts that are top of class on the world stage,” said Arif Noorani, executive producer of CBC Podcasts, in a press release.
Three of the new podcasts are part of what CBC refers to as their ‘Red, White, Blue’ trilogy. The podcasts each take “a smart, curious in-depth look into subcultures of the radical right,” Noorani says.
The first podcast from the trilogy,…
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And will the next government modernize the Broadcasting Act?
By Amanda Oye
THE ELECTION MAY have killed Bill C-10, the legislation designed to modernize the Broadcasting Act, but its memory lives on in the pages of the official party platforms released by the Conservatives, the NDP and the Liberals.
All three parties address issues related to the Broadcasting Act and to funding Canadian broadcasting in their platforms. They outline plans to protect Canadian media, tax digital giants, move forward with (or without) CBC/Radio-Canada, and of course, modernize the Broadcasting Act.
Protecting Canadian media
The Conservative party acknowledged there is a crisis in…
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TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced today it released its 2020-2021 annual report, which shows its funding triggered $1.5 billion in production activity.
“Every $1 of CMF funding generated $4.29 in production activity, slightly higher than last year’s $4.12, despite historic challenges as a result of the global pandemic,” a press release says.
The CMF fosters, develops, finances and promotes Canadian content production. The Government of Canada and the country’s cable, satellite and IPTV distributors make financial contributions to the CMF.
In 2020-2021, the CMF funded 1,309 projects, according to its annual report. It’s program budget for the year was…
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Office life unlikely to return to what it was in 2019
By Amanda Oye
AS COMPANIES AROUND the country make plans to bring employees back into offices, and grapple with how to do so safely, Cartt.ca asked a variety of Canadian telecommunications and broadcasting companies about their own plans.
Few companies Cartt.ca reached out to have, at this point, decided to require staff to be fully vaccinated. Fourteen companies responded to our request for information on back to office plans, only three of which indicated they were requiring some or all employees to be vaccinated.
OUTtv is one of those companies. While…
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Includes 200+ hours of TV broadcasts and 1,000+ hours livestreamed and on-demand
OTTAWA – The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) announced today over 200 hours of coverage from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will be televised on CBC/Radio-Canada, Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) and Sportsnet from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5.
Additionally, over 1,000 hours of coverage will be livestreamed and broadcasted on-demand on Paralympic.ca/Tokyo-2020, cbc.ca/tokyo2020 and Radio-Canada.ca/jeux-paralympiques, the CBC Sports app, CBC Gem, and the Radio-Canada Sports app, according to a CPC press release.
“CPC will also premiere two digital shows a day on Facebook and Twitter featuring live competition and top highlights…
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OTTAWA – Media Technology Monitor (MTM) released a new report today that shows younger Canadians are more likely to turn away from or mute ads than older Canadians.
MTM found when a television commercial comes on, 53% of viewers look for something else to do and 45% of viewers turn to another screen. “Younger TV viewers aged 18-49 are more likely to do so than are older ones,” a press release reads.
People aged 18-34 are twice as likely as those 50+ to mute the sound on online advertisements that come on with 25% having reported doing so and are almost…
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