TORONTO — Members of ACTRA (the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists) have ratified an agreement reached between the performers union and the CBC to extend the current CBC Radio and Television Agreements for a one-year period from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, the union announced Monday.
The agreement extension provides Canadian performers at the CBC with a 1.5% increase to minimum fees, which will be retroactive to July 1, says the news release.
“I am delighted we were able to come to this agreement with the CBC,” said David Sparrow, ACTRA national president, in the…
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OTTAWA — Video production solution provider Ross Video today announced company founder John Ross will be awarded Honorary Membership of SMPTE (the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) at the SMPTE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, which is being held as a virtual event this year in November.
Honorary Membership is the society’s highest accolade, which recognizes individuals who have performed distinguished service in the advancement of engineering in motion pictures, television or the allied arts and sciences. Ross is being recognized for a lifetime of advancing the state of the art in television engineering, says an SMPTE news…
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TORONTO — National performers union ACTRA today announced Darryl Kyte has been appointed as senior legal counsel for ACTRA National, effective immediately.
Kyte will report to Marie Kelly, ACTRA’s national executive director and chief negotiator, and will support ACTRA’s objective of improving the working lives of Canadian professional performers, says the news release.
His entertainment industry experience includes representing performers, musicians, producers, advertisers, production companies, professional athletes, literary writers and publishers. Kyte has worked in the areas of class actions, intellectual property, entertainment, media, communications and corporate law.
Previously, Kyte provided counsel to talent working with major networks such as CTV,…
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TORONTO — Canadian podcast advertising company The Podcast Exchange (TPX) said Monday it is expanding into podcast production with its launch today of TPX Studios, which offers branded and enterprise podcast production and consulting services.
“We understand brands. We understand internal communications. We’re offering a production service tailored specifically for Canadian business and the Canadian audience,” said Jean-Marie Heimrath, TPX’s CEO, in the news release.
TPX Studios’ focus on branded podcasts builds on TPX’s previous work for companies such as The Atlantic and Cineplex. Jeff Ulster, TPX’s chief content and technology officer, brings his past experience as director of digital talk…
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TORONTO – Produced by Six Eleven Media and Entertainment One (eOne) and with production now underway in Nova Scotia, Feudal (eight hour-long episodes) tells the tale of the Finley-Cullens, a dysfunctional clan of adult half-siblings battling for control of their family business, The Moonshine, a summer resort on the south shore of Nova Scotia.
“It’s a love letter to the place where I grew up, a passion project brought to life by a wildly talented cast, led by the glorious Jennifer Finnigan (pictured),” said creator Sheri Elwood, (Call Me Fitz, Lucifer) in the press release.
The series “is an authentic east…
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TORONTO — Fans of Family Feud Canada may be interested to know a board game based on Canada’s version of the game show is now available, in English and French, exclusively at Walmart Canada stores.
The release of the Canadian version of the board game was announced last week by CBC/Radio-Canada, Fremantle, Spin Master and Imagination Games. The Family Feud Canada game show is produced by Zone3 and based on the Fremantle format, in association with CBC.
Launched in December 2019 and hosted by comedian Gerry Dee, the first season of Family Feud Canada saw 62 Canadian families compete from communities…
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TORONTO — Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) announced Tuesday its new original production Level Playing Field, hosted by Paralympian Greg Westlake, will debut on AMI-tv on September 7.
Consisting of eight half-hour episodes, the series celebrates the power of sports by introducing audiences to the athletes, community groups, healthcare professionals and grassroots innovators across the country who are helping to drive positive change through sport.
The premiere episode features Rob Shaw, a 30-year-old para-athlete from North Bay, Ont., who has been playing tennis competitively from a young age and coaching, including coaching wheelchair tennis. After sustaining a spinal cord injury which resulted…
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MONTREAL — Quebecor’s TVA Sports, the exclusive French-language broadcaster of NHL games in Canada, announced Monday its broadcast schedule for the first-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series between the Montreal Canadiens and the Philadelphia Flyers.
The first game in the best-of-seven series takes place on Wednesday, August 12 at 8 p.m. ET at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto and will be broadcast in French exclusively on TVA Sports and TVA Sports Direct. The game will also be broadcast in English on Sportsnet and CBC. (Pictured are Habs goalie Carey Price and Flyers forward Sean Couturier.)
Ahead of the teams’ first meeting, TVA Sports…
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TORONTO — With the Stanley Cup qualifiers and round-robin seeding games now complete, Sportsnet announced Monday its broadcast schedule for the first round of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Sportsnet’s exclusive English-language national coverage begins Tuesday, August 11 with four games on Sportsnet, CBC, Sportsnet 360, across the Sportsnet Radio Network and via livestream on SN Now and NHL Live.
In addition, Sportsnet’s coverage of phase two of the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery is scheduled to air today at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on Sportsnet and SN Now, as one of the eight teams eliminated during the qualifying round will…
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TORONTO — CBC/Radio-Canada announced Monday a new partnership with Twitter Canada that will see the public broadcaster’s tweets, featuring live content streams and clips, from its coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics (now scheduled to begin in July 2021) and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics reach a wider Canadian audience through the use of Twitter Amplify.
“We’re thrilled to continue working with Twitter Canada through this new two-game partnership that will provide Canadians with more opportunities to access CBC/Radio-Canada’s exciting coverage of the Olympic Games,” said Joe Gottfried, director of sales and marketing, sports and Olympics, CBC/Radio-Canada Media Solutions, in…
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