TORONTO – Matt Galloway, currently the host of the top-rated morning radio show in Toronto, CBC’s Metro Morning, will become the new host of the CBC Radio’s The Current in the new year, the broadcaster announced today.
Galloway’s last broadcast of Metro Morning will be December 6th and he will officially join The Current on Monday, January 6, 2020. Guest-host Laura Lynch, will continue to anchor The Current in the interim.
Galloway joined Metro Morning as host in March 2010, succeeding long-time anchor Andy Barrie and takes over The Current after the departure of Anna Maria Tremonti in June 2019…
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TORONTO – The CBC announced this week that Nick Davis will take over the position of director of engagement and inclusion.
He has worked in production and content development at CBC over the last 22 years. “Nick brings experience, compassion and commitment to the position and I know he will guide, lead and support the fantastic team that is already in place,” wrote CBC English Services EVP Barb Williams in her announcement to staff.
“Inasmuch as Nick will report directly to me, he will undoubtedly be a great partner for the whole organization. And while this appointment is effective immediately,…
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VANCOUVER – TV maker Thunderbird Entertainment Group this week reported consolidated revenue for the three months and year ended June 30, 2019 of $13.7 million and $61.5 million, respectively.
That compares to $11.4 million and $142.4 million for the comparative periods of fiscal 2018, an increase of $2.3 million and a decrease of $80.9 million, respectively.
The majority of the annual decrease, says the company, was its 2018 decision to drop its service agreement related to the production of TV series The Man in the High Castle. “Although the series generated significant revenues, the profit margins were small and management…
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IN PART TWO OF our podcast with outgoing APTN CEO Jean La Rose, he tells our Bill Roberts how challenging it has been to try and serve the more than 50(!) Aboriginal language communities in Canada.
He talks about how covering some very sensitive topics bubbling up from within Indigenous communities is a very difficult line for APTN to walk. Even popular shows like Mohawk Girls and Blackstone address, and display, taboo subject matter which some viewers would rather not see and has “caused some dissention” at first because they might be subjects people don’t want to address – but…
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MONTREAL – CBC and Radio-Canada Distribution, along with production company KOTV today announced they have signed a licensing agreement for the format of the popular Quebec-based series 14 Thousand Million Things to Know, with French production company R&G Productions .
The series was originally released on Ici Tou.tv in March 2019, and currently airs Saturday mornings at 9 a.m. on Ici Radio-Canada Télé. Financial terms of the licensing deal were not disclosed.
“The show’s format is a perfect fit for the producer, and we’re confident this refreshingly quirky series will enjoy a successful run in France,” said KOTV…
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Co-pro with Blue Ant Media’s Saloon
CULVER CITY, Calif – Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, will come to Amazon Prime Video in 2020, the company announced today.
The docuseries chronicles serial murderer Ted Bundy’s relationship with his long-term girlfriend Elizabeth Kendall. It will appear exclusively on Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.
The series reframes Bundy’s crimes from a female perspective, says the press release, “uncovering the disturbing and profound way in which Bundy’s pathological hatred of women collided with the culture wars and feminist movement of the 1970s.”
“After nearly 40 years of silence, Kendall and her…
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Broadcaster alleges copyright infringement in final stretch of federal election campaign
OTTAWA – As it fights to form the next federal government, the Conservative Party of Canada has found itself in a bitter battle with the country’s public broadcaster during the final stretch of the federal election campaign.
On Thursday, CBC/Radio-Canada filed a copyright-infringement lawsuit in Federal Court against the party and its executive director, Dustin Van Vugt, alleging that the Conservatives produced a 1 minute, 46-second social-media video, titled “Look at What We’ve Done,” which contains footage from The National (featuring host Rosemary Barton), Power & Politics (with CBC journalist…
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OTTAWA – Finding unanimity on issues among party leaders during a federal election campaign is a rarity, but all six on stage during the final French language debate on Thursday actually agreed multinational digital giants should be contributing more into the Canadian economy – and that Canadians’ digital rights need to be safeguarded.
When moderator and Radio-Canada anchor Patrice Roy asked Justin Trudeau whether his Liberal Party would commit to “giving back” some of the money collected from taxing web giants to the “artists who produce the content and who only receive the crumbs,” the prime minister responded that “we…
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Would let the province veto future Netflix-type deals
OTTAWA – In the most detailed plan yet on broadcasting from any of any of the major political parties during the federal election campaign, the Green Party has broadened its protectionist policy to provide Quebec with a veto on agreements with foreign production companies, such as Netflix, which affect the province’s cultural sector.
“The culture of Quebec needs to be protected from content that streams into our homes online that has nothing to do with Canada,” Green Party leader Elizabeth May said at Place des Arts in Montreal on Wednesday.
She was joined by…
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TORONTO – Global communications software provider IMImobile is collaborating with the CBC for Ask CBC News, a new text-messaging service which invites voters to send election-based questions to CBC News.
The text-based service is part of the CBC Canada Votes 2019 federal election coverage where which the broadcaster has attempted to create a personalized, interactive and transparent election experience to viewers.
The project runs through October 20, allowing Canadians to launch an election conversation by texting ELECTION to 22222*, for a range of content including how to cast a ballot, how to spot fake news, and even party…
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