Activist group calls on CRTC to hand control of community TV to the communities

Fear Factor, Survivor and Deal or No Deal Canada to run on new cable outlet

Answers on late-night contest show didn’t add up, says watchdog

Global Toronto has scooped up Anne Mroczkowski for its flagship 6 p.m. newscast, which she will co-anchor alongside Leslie Roberts starting June 1.

It’s a sign of the times – and the future. As the newly minted CMF invests more in traditional TV producers migrating to online delivery, Breakthrough Films and Television’s transmedia vampire serial Valemont is headed the other way, to MTV Networks International as a spin-off TV series.

Discovery Channel Canada is set to introduce new channels and move shows onto other platforms more easily under a new 10-year agreement between its parent CTVgm and Discovery Communications in the U.S. The deal extends the 15-year-old joint venture into 2019 and gives CTVgm access to as many as 14 other Discovery brands, with the option of launching new channels in Canada or rebranding its current services.

CBC says its primetime shows may be in jeopardy following a $12.6 million drop in funding from the Canada Media Fund, which came into effect on April 1. The pubcaster’s envelope for the upcoming broadcast year totals $96.5 million, down from the roughly $109 million it received last year from the former Canadian Television Fund. That’s despite the fact that the total amount of money available has increased by $40 million to $350 million.

CBC and TSN had a friend this year in BBM’s Personal People Meters, which helped grow audiences to new heights over the NHL’s 2009/10 regular season.