TORONTO — ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists) announced today Eleanor Noble (above) has been elected by ACTRA’s national council to a two-year term as national president.
The election took place this past weekend during ACTRA’s national council meeting. Noble is replacing David Sparrow, who stepped down as ACTRA’s national president after serving in this role for four years. Sparrow will remain on ACTRA’s national council as past president.
An ACTRA Montreal councillor since 2006, Noble is currently vice-president of ACTRA Montreal and the chair of the ACTRA National Women’s Committee.
“Eleanor is actively committed to creating safe sets…
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For multilingual Canadians, it’s disappointment from the starting whistle
By Aldo Di Felice
FOR MILLIONS OF CANADIANS, Euro 2020 is already a disappointment, and it all has to do with what happens when the powers-that-be allow “squatting”. No, I am not talking about a new soccer tactic.
One year delayed, the 2020 UEFA European Championship kicked off on June 11, in Rome, Italy. The month-long tournament will see 36 matches played between 24 national teams in stadiums spread across 11 European cities. Like the Olympics, it’s a sporting competition with global significance, attracting a multinational, multilingual following. It will draw a projected…
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TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada this week unveiled its new 2021–2026 environmental strategy, “Greening Our Story.”
The five-year plan will see the public broadcaster launch sustainable production practices with the objective to create content in ways that actively eliminate waste and carbon emissions from production workflows, says the broadcaster’s announcement.
CBC/Radio-Canada is committing to, reads its release:
Measuring the carbon footprint of 100% of its in-house productions using albert, a tool which calculates the carbon emissions of productions.
Ensuring 25% of its in-house productions are “albert-certified” as sustainable.
Measuring the carbon footprint of 50% of external productions using albert and collaborating with…
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CAB says Bill C-10 delays creating “domino effect” pushing back promised legislation to help news outlets
TORONTO and OTTAWA — News Media Canada, representing hundreds of print and digital news outlets in every province and territory, today issued an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling on the federal government to act immediately on its commitment to support local journalists.
The letter, signed by News Media Canada chair Jamie Irving, was published today by news organizations across the country, including The Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun, The Hamilton Spectator, The National Post, Le Journal de Montréal, The Edmonton Journal and…
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WATERLOO — Video transport company Dejero announced today Francois Vaillant (above) has been hired as the company’s new senior technical product manager.
Vaillant is joining Dejero from CBC/Radio-Canada, where he spent the last 15 years leading innovation and standards, most recently serving as executive director of engineering solutions for the national public broadcaster.
“Having led CBC’s IP transformation, which started in 2017, Vaillant ensured consistency of capital investment and the unification and standardization of the company’s technical architecture. He is recognised as a pioneer of IP implementation and has been heavily involved in the development of IP standards,” reads Dejero’s press…
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TORONTO — Ahead of Rogers Sports and Media’s upfront presentation Tuesday, Sportsnet today revealed it is building a new immersive broadcast studio for its NHL production team which will be located at Rogers Campus at 333 Bloor St. E. in Toronto and will be ready for the 2021-22 NHL season.
Designed to be customizable, the brand-new space will “facilitate unique content creation, real-time data integration, and exclusive sponsorship opportunities,” reads Sportsnet’s press release.
The Sportsnet team has been operating out of a studio at Toronto’s CBC headquarters, which was built in 2014, coinciding with the first season of its Continue Reading
TORONTO — CBC, Cameron Pictures and NBCUniversal International Studios announced today production is underway on the second season of CBC’s buddy-cop drama Pretty Hard Cases, which is set to premiere in winter 2022.
Being filmed in and around Toronto, this season (12 episodes x 60 minutes) will see new faces joining the cast, including Sonja Smits (American Gods, Eleventh Hour), K.C. Collins (Clarice, The Strain) and Ben Bass (Rockie Blue, Burden of Truth).
The series stars Meredith MacNeill (above left, Baroness von Sketch Show) as Detective Sam Wazowski and Adrienne C. Moore (above right, Orange is the New Black) as Detective…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC this week opened a new proceeding asking anyone interested to comment on whether there is a need for a three-digit number, such as the 9-8-8 three-digit code in the United States, for a national mental health crisis and suicide prevention service.
For what it’s worth, this is almost sure to happen, however, “the CRTC is examining the advantages, challenges and costs associated with the deployment of this three-digit number,” says its announcement. This is something mental health advocates and the federal government is already backing.
The Commission is seeking answers to the following questions:
Should…
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Report says putting Corus and Bell together would strengthen Canadian industry
By Greg O’Brien
WITH DIGITAL PLAYERS already claiming the bulk of the revenue and a huge swath of viewing time in Canada, Bell Media and Corus Entertainment must come together if they are to survive amid the growing presence of global streaming players, according to a new report from Scotiabank analyst Jeff Fan.
The report gets to the point in its title: “More Canadian Media Consolidation is Necessary and Inevitable.”
Noting American telcos have recently abandoned their content dreams of late because they need the cash and resources to feed 5G…
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By Etan Vlessing
TORONTO – CBC and Radio-Canada original homegrown series took center stage on Wednesday as the national public broadcaster looks to keep Canadian ad dollars coming its way.
And beyond touting the predominately Canadian content of its main TV network and CBC Gem streaming platform, CBC and Radio-Canada executives played up their bona fides as a national public broadcaster increasingly aiming to reflect the country’s fast-evolving diversity on-screen.
“Canada is changing and CBC must change with it,” Barb Williams, CBC executive vice-president, told a virtual upfront presentation entitled “All Together Now.”
Ginella Massa, host of the new Canada Tonight news…
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