TORONTO — CBC announced Tuesday the worldwide release of the new Hunting Warhead true crime podcast series, an international co-production between CBC Podcasts and Norway’s Verdens Gang (VG) newspaper.
Consisting of six 45-minute episodes, the series amplifies outstanding original journalism by VG, layered with rich audio storytelling and in-depth interviews from CBC Podcasts, plus archival interviews and input from Australia’s ABC Audio Studios, CBC said in a news release.
Hunting Warhead follows the determined journalists, white-hat hackers and police on a mission across borders to uncover the man behind username Warhead who ran Child’s Play, a site on the dark…
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OTTAWA — It was 80 years ago today that CBC Radio listeners first heard the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) time signal, which thereafter becoming a daily feature of CBC’s afternoon radio broadcast.
On November 5, 1939, the NRC time signal was heard on air across the CBC network at exactly 13:00. Today, listeners can continue to hear what the NRC calls “the longest-running but shortest-duration broadcast program” on CBC’s Radio One network every afternoon at 1 p.m. ET.
In a news release on Tuesday, the NRC provided a brief history of timekeeping in Canada over the past 96…
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MONTREAL — CBC/Radio-Canada announced Wednesday that Donald Lizotte will be taking over the role of general manager and chief revenue officer of CBC & Radio-Canada Media Solutions, after last week’s announcement that Jean Mongeau is leaving the position, effective February 24, 2020.
In his new role, Lizotte will oversee all teams associated with CBC/Radio-Canada’s self-generated revenue, including the advertising, distribution and content-licensing streams, CBC/Radio-Canada said in a news release.
Lizotte comes to CBC/Radio-Canada with more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications, retail, food and media sectors, including 14 years as an executive with Quebecor. Previously, Lizotte was…
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MONTREAL — Telefilm Canada is adding two new members to its executive leadership team, with the announcement that René Bourdages has been named senior director of cultural portfolio management, and Marie-Claude Lavigne has been named director of government and public affairs.
Bourdages (pictured on left) will join Telefilm Canada on December 2 and will be based in Montreal and Toronto. Lavigne (pictured on right) will join the organization on November 12 and will be based in Montreal and Ottawa.
Prior to joining Telefilm Canada, Bourdages served as the National Film Board’s director general of creation and innovation since 2016. In the…
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Former commissioner Suzanne Lamarre also elected to board
OTTAWA — The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) is enhancing the regulatory expertise of its board with the recent election of four new directors, including former CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein and former CRTC commissioner Suzanne Lamarre.
PIAC said in a news release the four new directors are all experts in either telecommunications, broadcasting or class actions, which will help to boost its consumer advocacy work when appearing before the CRTC to argue for better services and consumer protection for customers of Internet, wireless, telephone and broadcasting services.
“PIAC’s extensive work on behalf…
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VANCOUVER – Rogers Media’s podcaster Pacific Content announced today it has hired Jonas Woost as its director of business development.
Woost (right) will look to grow Pacific Content's roster of clients and podcasts, which already include Facebook, Dell Technologies, Red Hat, Mozilla, Charles Schwab, Audible, McAfee, and the New York Times T Brand Studio. Pacific Content produces original podcasts for and with brands.
Woost joins Pacific Content from Telus, where he was the executive producer of the Storyhive project. Prior to that, he was executive producer at CBC Music, the public broadcaster's digital music service. He…
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TORONTO – Jean Mongeau, general manager and chief revenue officer of CBC and Radio-Canada Media Solutions will be moving on to pursue new opportunities, the broadcaster announced today after almost 40 years in the industry, including over 25 with CBC/Radio-Canada
His official departure date is February 24, 2020, says the national broadcaster’s press release.
After starting out with CBC/Radio-Canada from 1980 to 1995 as a member of the sales and marketing team, he worked for a variety of companies (such as Télé-Quebec and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra) before returning to the public broadcaster in 2009 as general manager, sales and…
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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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