TORONTO — The CBC, in partnership with the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office (CAVCO) and the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA), is launching a series of short virtual information sessions on topics related to the business and financing of TV, film and original digital content.
The virtual workshops’ target audience is emerging independent producers and content creators from underrepresented groups in the industry, including women, Indigenous peoples, visible minorities, LGBTQ2+ persons, and persons with disabilities.
The 17 free sessions will take place every weekday at 2 p.m. ET over a three-week time period, from Wednesday, June 10 to Friday, July 3 (with…
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TORONTO — Acknowledging mistakes were made in CBC News Network’s recent coverage of the U.S. protests that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, CBC News editor-in-chief Brodie Fenlon issued a statement Monday, pledging a commitment to make changes at the network “to ensure content and leadership better reflect contemporary Canada”.
Click here to read the CBC News editor’s note.
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TORONTO — In celebration of Pride and National Indigenous History Months, CBC and CBC Gem are scheduling a lineup of new original series, special programming and Canadian film debuts, showcasing stories, perspectives and voices from across the LGBTQ2+ and Indigenous communities.
The broadcast and streaming lineup of programming complements a range of content across CBC’s platforms throughout the month of June, including CBC Arts, CBC Books, CBC Docs, CBC Kids, CBC Music, CBC Podcasts and CBC Sports.
Among the highlights from CBC’s Pride Month programming:
Take My Wife (12 episodes x 30 minutes): Season 1 of this comedy about a young…
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Gets worldwide distribution deal, too
TORONTO — Who Farted?, a comical and educational feature documentary from Albert Nerenberg (pictured) and Nik Sheehan, has secured a deal with world sales agency and distributor Syndicado for the documentary’s distribution outside of Canada.
The Canadian broadcast premiere of Who Farted? is scheduled for June 28 at 9 p.m. on CBC’s Documentary Channel. “From antiquity’s first fart joke to the ubiquitous whoopee cushion, the act of flatus both amuses and dismays… and now may contribute to civilization’s demise. Who Farted? is a frightening, illuminating, and funny journey through the absurd reality of 21st Century human…
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TORONTO — CBC announced today Piya Chattopadhyay (pictured) will be the new host of Sunday mornings on CBC Radio One, starting this fall. Her current weekly national show on CBC Radio, Out In the Open, will wrap up on Sunday, June 28 after four seasons.
As reported in May, the current host of CBC Radio’s The Sunday Edition, Michael Enright, is stepping down and his last day as host will be June 28.
Monday’s news release says Chattopadhyay and her team will develop a new format for Sunday mornings, beginning this September on CBC Radio One and the CBC…
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OTTAWA – The Government of Canada announced Thursday it has appointed Sandra Mason and Bill Tam as part-time directors of CBC/Radio-Canada’s board of directors. Each will serve a five-year term.
Mason, from Toronto, is a CPA and former board director and audit committee chair at The Canadian Press, was also board chair and treasurer at Canadian Women in Communications and Technology and was also chief financial officer at The Globe and Mail from 2008 to 2015.
Tam is described in the government’s release as a lifelong entrepreneur and has been actively involved with technology and start-ups as a founder, executive, investor,…
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VANCOUVER — After an appearance on CBC News Network’s Power & Politics program on Tuesday, in which he stupidly equated being mocked in school for wearing glasses to the experiences of Black people and other marginalized communities facing racism, former Conservative MP and Canadian Alliance party leader Stockwell Day has been forced to resign from the Telus board of directors.
During his appearance on Power & Politics, Day also disputed a suggestion that systemic racism can be found in Canada.
In a news release issued by Telus Wednesday afternoon, the company made the following statement:
“Telus Corporation announced today that it…
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GATINEAU — The CRTC has approved a broadcasting licence for a radiocommunication distribution undertaking (RDU) that proposes to broadcast CBC Radio One programming to the Yukon community of Mount Jubilee for the first time.
In approving the licence application from the Yukon Government, the CRTC is granting permission for the signal of CFWH-FM Whitehorse to be rebroadcast to Mount Jubilee, bringing the CBC Radio One programming service at the 103.1 MHz frequency to that community.
The licence for the RDU expires August 31, 2026. The undertaking must be in operation by June 3, 2022, according to the terms of the…
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SMI launches in Canada today
By Greg O’Brien
MOST PEOPLE BUYING or selling advertising will likely tell you a rate card is merely the beginning of a conversation – and what clients actually pay is sometimes far different than the published price.
What ad buyers, and to a lesser extent, broadcasters, publishers and others, have long craved is a reliable way to figure out what ads truly cost in the market and beginning this month, they’ll be able to know that with Standard Media Index coming to Canada.
Since its launch 10 years ago in Australia, SMI has become a trusted source…
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By Steve Faguy
MONTREAL — Evanov Radio has pulled the plug on its only French-language station, Montreal’s CHRF 980 AM, which it admits “never really got off the ground” and was draining millions of dollars from the company.
Carmela Laurignano, vice-president and radio group manager, lays some of the blame with the CRTC, saying the Commission’s failure to accept its frequency swap plan for its Toronto stations prevented it from getting enough additional revenue to keep subsidizing the station.
CHRF launched in 2015 after a competitive proceeding in 2011 to award licences for two clear-channel AM frequencies in Montreal. Evanov won neither,…
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