GATINEAU – Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the CRTC today officially postponed the upcoming public hearing into the renewal of the CBC/Radio-Canada broadcasting licences.
The hearing was supposed to begin May 25th and a new date will be set at a later date, said the Commission.
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TORONTO — A new webcast series exploring the critical role of journalism in the Covid-19 crisis is being launched by the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) and will be hosted by award-winning broadcaster Anna Maria Tremonti (pictured), host of the CBC podcast More.
The first webcast in the series is Recognizing Disinformation Amidst Covid-19, Thursday, April 9 at 1 p.m. ET, and featuring Jane Lytvynenko, senior reporter with BuzzFeed News. In conversation with Tremonti, Lytvynenko (who regularly tracks online lies and misinformation) will explore the online rumours, fake texts and propaganda fuelling panic and anxiety during the coronavirus pandemic as…
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TORONTO — With the news media suffering financially due to Covid-19, almost two-thirds (62%) of Canadians say the federal government should treat the current media crisis as an emergency, according to a new survey conducted by Nanos Research on behalf of the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.
According to the survey results, released Monday morning, 26% of Canadians agree and 36% somewhat agree that because of the Covid-19 outbreak the federal government should treat widespread media bankruptcies and layoffs as an emergency because professional journalism is essential to keeping Canadians safe.
In addition, nearly three-quarters (74%) of Canadians say content displayed…
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TORONTO — CBC and the Hot Docs documentary festival are partnering to bring a multiplatform festival-at-home experience to Canadians, providing access to 2020 Hot Docs Festival premieres on Thursday nights starting April 16.
Following the postponement of the 2020 Hot Docs Festival due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a selection of exclusive first-run feature documentaries that would have debuted at the festival will now premiere on CBC, Documentary Channel, and for free on streamer CBC Gem.
CBC and Hot Docs have also partnered to expand the at-home audience experience with interactive, livestreamed Q&As with filmmakers and other original digital content at…
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TORONTO – With Canadian families at home for the foreseeable future thanks to the Covid-19 crisis, CBC continues to release new original content across all platforms including CBC Kids, the free CBC Gem streaming service, and CBC Podcasts.
This week, CBC Kids introduced the daily program CBC Kids Hang Time With Tony and Janaye, available live on the CBC Kids’ Facebook page at 3 p.m. ET, featuring music, stories, games and more. Also, beginning April 5, CBC Kids programming will be extended by 90 minutes on Sunday mornings, with content for preschoolers aged two to six now airing on CBC…
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TORONTO – Canadian Women & Sport announced today a collaboration with She’s4Sports on a new digital series, She Leads By Sport.
The interview series from Ainka Jess, founder of She’s4Sports, highlights women leaders from different corners of the sports world. The first episode debuted today featuring an in-depth discussion with Olympic wrestler and gold medal winner Erica Wiebe. Additional episodes will be shared across Canadian Women & Sport and She’s4Sports’ platforms in the coming weeks.
Besides Wiebe, the Canadian women who are featured in She Leads By Sport include:
Yvette Raposo – Canada’s first female boxing ring announcer
Perdita Felicien…
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By Greg O’Brien
THERE ARE NO MODERN parallels for the Covid-19 crisis which is exacting a toll on every man, woman and child in the world. There is nothing to which we can compare it.
You can find tallies of confirmed cases, and worse, and what each Canadian province and city are doing about it on many platforms, because the main constant in all of this for Canadians has been journalism. Of course, video can be seen everywhere, but it’s the TV broadcasters who are filming everything and carrying the heaviest load in getting the word out.
TV channels from CBC to…
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CBC/RADIO-CANADA SAID the industry collaboration of major media and technology organizations it joined in 2019, will direct itself to rapidly identify and stop the spread of harmful coronavirus disinformation.
Starting today, partners in the Trusted News Initiative will alert each other to disinformation about coronavirus, including “imposter content” purporting to come from trusted sources, said a CBC release on Friday. Such content (like the lie that 5G technology caused Covid-19) will be reviewed promptly to ensure that disinformation is not republished.
This will complement work already underway by CBC and Radio-Canada to expose mistruths and disinformation around the global…
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REGINA –SaskTel announced today it has extended the waiving of data overage charges (wired and wireless) until April 30th, so there will be no data overage charges (domestic data) for business or consumer customers, on SaskTel’s postpaid wireless plans, noStrings prepaid wireless plans or SaskTel fusion Internet plans until the end of next month.
“As the Covid-19 outbreak continues, we are listening to our customer’s needs for additional data as more and more people self-isolate and work from home,” said Doug Burnett, president and CEO. “As this situation evolves, SaskTel employees are working hard to maintain our world-class networks to…
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OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada has announced it is delivering special access to content across all of its platforms, including news, educational resources for kids and parents, and a wide variety of programming to keep Canadians entertained when they need a break.
“The situation continues to change each day. Canadians need to know what’s happening and to understand what it means for them and for their family and friends. Our news teams are working around the clock to keep all Canadians on top of the latest developments here in Canada and around the world,” said CBC CEO Catherine Tait in a statement.
“We’re…
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