PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — CBC today announced veteran journalist Robert Doane (above) has been appointed to the newly created position of Indigenous advisor.
Doane is a former CBC journalist, host and producer and brings more than 13 years of experience to the new role. Based in Prince George, B.C., Doane started his new position yesterday and reports to Nick Davis, director of engagement and inclusion at the CBC.
“The Indigenous Advisor position, which supports ongoing and increased Indigenous representation and the amplification of Indigenous voices at CBC, is crucial to the organization’s overall strategy of building a more inclusive, diverse, and…
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VANCOUVER — Global News announced yesterday it has hired Bhupinder Hundal (above) as news director and station manager of Global BC.
Joining the station on December 15, Hundal succeeds Jill Krop who stepped down from the role earlier this fall.
With almost two decades of media experience, Hundal most recently held the position of senior producer of television news for CBC Vancouver. Prior to that role, he founded CrossConnect Media, a consulting company designed to enhance the profile of mainstream news organizations in ethnic communities.
From 2014 to 2018, Hundal was well-known for his contributions to Rogers Media’s Hockey Night in Canada:…
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VANCOUVER — Thunderbird Entertainment Group reported late Monday strong increases in revenue and adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of its 2021 fiscal year compared to last year, thanks primarily to growth in its kids and family division’s production services.
For the three months ended September 30, 2020, Thunderbird had $19.8 million in revenue, an increase of 20% over the same quarter of fiscal 2020. The company’s adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) was $4.8 million in Q1 2021, a 32% year-over-year increase.
Production services revenue increased by 41% in the first quarter of 2021 compared to last…
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TORONTO — Friends of Canadian Broadcasting says it garnered almost 10,000 signatures on a petition calling for the CBC to end its branded-content Tandem initiative, which was presented to the CBC’s board of directors ahead of their scheduled meeting today.
As we reported yesterday, the board was set to discuss Tandem at a meeting with CBC president Catherine Tait and vice-president Barb Williams. This follows a letter sent to the board from former CBC employees who want to see the public broadcaster stop Tandem.
“ʻBranded content’ is a euphemism for secret advertising: articles, podcasts, and other programming that look…
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TORONTO — In an unprecedented move, a coalition of former CBC management executives, journalists, producers and other employees have sent a letter to the public broadcaster’s board of directors asking them to end CBC’s Tandem, a “dedicated service for branded content” which the letter writers say produces advertising indistinguishable from journalism.
According to a press release issued today by the former employees, the CBC board has agreed to discuss the new Tandem venture at a meeting on Wednesday with CBC president Catherine Tait and vice-president Barb Williams.
Among the former CBC employees who have signed the letter to the board…
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TORONTO — Alberta native Salim Valji (above) has joined TSN as its new Calgary correspondent.
Valji is assuming the former role of long-time TSN correspondent Jermain Franklin, who moved to Toronto in August 2020 to become a host of TSN’s SportsCentre.
In his new role, which starts today, Valji will deliver regular reports on the Calgary Flames and Stampeders, as well as breaking sports stories from across the Calgary metropolitan area and southern Alberta. A skilled multiplatform reporter, Valji provides daily team coverage of games, transactions and features.
He also specializes in delivering stories beyond the score sheet, covering topics such as…
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Globalization. Nationalism and populism. Disinformation and mistrust of institutions. Online hate. In a noisy, chaotic world brimming with content, your national public broadcaster is an important platform for Canadian values and creative voices to the world. And the world is watching.
By Catherine Tait
PICTURE IT. ON THE SCREEN in your hand is an image of two women. One sits, rocking a young child, the other has her arms wrapped around two more, shielding them from the wind. They are refugees, and they are among the thousands fleeing Syria for a better life.
The video was shot in March, as they…
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By Lynn Greiner
TORONTO – The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on employment, but it’s had a disproportionately large effect on women’s jobs, according to a Tuesday morning panel at the virtual Canadian Telecom Summit.
Panelists Lisa Traverse, director of marketing, Alliance Corporation and co-lead, Women of STAC (The Structure, Tower and Antenna Council) and Tracey Walsh, senior manager national, business development, real estate solutions , media technology and infrastructure services, CBC/Radio-Canada joined moderator Alexandra Posadzki, telecom reporter at The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business in a fireside chat to discuss the issues, and the potential opportunities arising…
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TORONTO — Ontario’s public broadcaster TVO announced Tuesday former CFL commissioner and CBC Sports executive director Jeffrey Orridge (above) has been named its new CEO. His appointment is effective November 30.
“When our board set out in search of an ideal candidate, we cast a wide net to find an experienced executive leader with the energy and vision to propel TVO to new heights. Jeffrey is that person,” said TVO board chair Chris Day, in a press release. “His passion for, experience with, and interest in technology, media, and learning — all areas where TVO must excel in the…
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TORONTO/MONTREAL — CBC News today announced trailblazing Black journalist Ernest Tucker will be inducted posthumously into its Hall of Fame on December 15.
Born in 1931, Tucker (above) came to Canada from Bermuda at the age of 14. Despite experiencing the discrimination of the 1950s and ’60s, he persevered in his chosen profession of journalism, and in 1961 he joined the CBC where he is considered to be the corporation’s first Black reporter. Tucker died in January 2019 in Châteauguay.
Between his long career working at the CBC, first in Toronto and later in Montreal, and then as an educator…
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