TORONTO – Bristow Global Media announced today that Megan Sanchez-Warner has joined the company as executive producer.
She brings over 15 years of television industry experience to the role, having produced non-fiction programs in the U.S. and Canada, says the press release, including docu-soaps, immersive crime documentaries, celebrity series for major networks including W Network, BRAVO, VH1, A&E, MTV, WEtv, TLC, BET and LMN and Logo.
Sanchez-Warner will work closely with the development team on projects for the global market, specifically in the U.S., from her New York office and will report to Julie Bristow, president and CEO of BGM.
“I’ve…
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MARKHAM, ON – The Ontario Association of Broadcasters will present the 2016 Ontario Hall of Fame Award to both Richard Costley-White and Chuck McCoy at the organization’s fall conference.
A Board nominated honour, the OAB's Ontario Hall of Fame is presented to individuals who have spent most of their careers working for private broadcasters and demonstrated a commitment to the highest standards of broadcast excellence.
Before his passing in 2015, Richard Costley-White (pictured left) was chairman and president of Blackburn Radio Inc., a small and mid-market broadcaster with 13 stations serving Southwestern and Midwestern Ontario. He was the 5th generation of the Blackburn…
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TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has launched a new $2M pilot program to support the production of Canadian linear drama or children’s and youth web series in their second or subsequent season.
Administered within the CMF’s Experimental Stream, the Web Series Pilot Program is intended to meet the needs in the marketplace for linear content created for online consumption. While eligible productions must initially be created for online distribution on platforms available to Canadian audiences, projects may subsequently be exploited on other platforms such as television, either in their original format or through the exploitation of derivative rights.
The…
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GATINEAU – Day two of the CRTC’s 2016 Communications Monitoring Report release shows that in 2015, Canadians data usage on various devices skyrocketed – and that those under the age of 30 are dramatically outspending their older counterparts on mobile.
(As shown by yesterday’s report, the older folks are still spending on regular TV.)
Canadians’ appetite for mobile applications, multimedia services, social networks, and other data-intensive activities like music, video and TV streaming to personal electronic devices increased rapidly in 2015, according to the report.
Last year, more than two-thirds of all wireless subscribers had…
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GATINEAU – The annual and much-anticipated CRTC Communications Monitoring Report (CMR) will be released this week, according to the Commission.
The report, which will be released over at least two days, provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the communications markets in Canada in 2015.
It provides the industry, stakeholders and the Canadian public with a meaningful tool to help them better understand the communications industry and participate in the CRTC’s proceedings, says the Regulator.
Watch Cartt.ca for news from this year’s report. Link here, here and here…
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But there are drawbacks
CANNES – It's peak TV, silly.
That's the prevailing talk at MIPCOM in Cannes this week as Canadian deal-making is on an upswing, thanks to a still-fast-growing OTT SVOD market with more buying outlets like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. (Speculation is rampant here, too, that Amazon desperately wants to launch Prime Video in Canada before the end of November, when shomi winds down, but has work to do on clearing content here.)
"The deals are changing. There's more buyers and unlimited shelf space available for producers," Michael Hirsh, a co-founder of Nelvana and…
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TORONTO – Canada Media Fund president and CEO Valerie Creighton (pictured); Bell Media president Mary Ann Turcke; Corus Entertainment EVP and COO Barbara Williams; and BroadbandTV founder and CEO Shahrzad Rafati are among this year's most powerful women in global television, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The feature, unveiled during MIPCOM in Cannes, includes 20 women — four of them Canadian —recognized for their outstanding contribution to the global television industry. United in their ambition, their savvy and their determination, these women shape the global television industry today.
The Hollywood Reporter chronicles the most influential women in television with its annual…
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Shocker after less than three years at the helm
TORONTO – Rogers Communications announced this morning that president and CEO Guy Laurence will step down, effective immediately. No reasons were given for his departure.
It also announced that it is Rogers intention to hire former Telus CEO Joseph Natale as president and CEO as soon as he is in a position to join Rogers. During the interim, board chair Alan Horn will act as president and CEO.
"We have appreciated Guy's leadership over the last three years," said Edward Rogers, deputy chairman, Rogers Communications, in a press release. "He has moved the…
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TORONTO – CTAM Canada is seeking three new members to join its board of directors.
The television industry association focusses on the advancement of content distribution across multiple platforms, plus provides topical Canadian research, strategic networking events and timely educational and developmental opportunities.
The organization’s board consists of 15 seats with each board member serving two-year terms. In order to be considered as a nominee, candidates must be an established marketing professional serving the television industry in Canada; commit to attending monthly board meetings (by phone, in person or by proxy); and commit to leading or participating on one of the committees…
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TORONTO – Virtual reality (VR) is taking centre stage at a new experimental creative documentary lab from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab (CFC Media Lab) and JustFilms | Ford Foundation.
Set to begin October 11, Open Immersion: A Virtual Reality Creative Doc Lab will bring together six Indigenous Canadian artists plus six artists from the American South in CFC and NFB spaces in Toronto to explore the possibilities of VR as a new storytelling platform. The lab has been designed to immerse the participants in both the theory and practice of…
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