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CSAs ’22: Transplant, Scarborough rise to the top with eight awards apiece

Transplant won Best Drama Series, Sort Of took home Best Comedy Series, while Scarborough won Best Motion Picture on the last night of the Canadian Screen Awards.

CBC/Radio-Canada extends broadcast rights to Olympic Games

The long-term agreement will allow the pubcaster to ‘take some risks’ with the traditional broadcast model, says Chris Wilson, executive director of CBC Sports & Olympics.

The Black Academy unveils the Legacy Awards

The inaugural telecast will air on CBC and CBC Gem on Sept. 25 from the History music venue in Toronto’s east end.

Network execs dive into global programming trends

BANFF Connect ’22: Programming heads at Discovery, Starz and CBC discussed what they’re looking for and how to pitch.

Boris Rodriguez wins TIFF–CBC Films Screenwriter Award

The filmmaker took the honour for Zoila and Andy, which he’s developing with the support of the CFC and Netflix.

ABC, CBC partner to amplify kids content with new funding program

The Australian and Canadian public broadcasters are launching Kindred, a new initiative to find and fund animated content for preschoolers and tweens.

In brief: CBC co-commissions adaptation of Stuff the British Stole podcast

Plus: Corus adds two new board members, NFB boasts latest gender parity statistics, plus more.

CBC reboots Street Cents on social

The ’90s series that aimed to help teens make sense of their cents is springing back to life as the pubcaster’s first original TikTok series.

CBC, Blue Ant team for investigative docuseries on Peter Nygård

Evil by Design: Surviving Nygård is based on reporting in a CBC podcast about the allegations against the Finnish-Canadian fashion executive.

APTN, CBC/Radio-Canada pledge to work together on Indigenous content

APTN CEO Monika Ille and CBC/Radio-Canada president and CEO Catherine Tait discuss how the memorandum of understanding will enhance their abilities to create First Nations, Inuit and Métis programming.

CBC expands its Kids content team

The Canadian pubcaster has recruited Swin Chang as development and production executive for CBC Kids.

Canadian distributors suspend business with Russia

Companies such as Blue Ant Media and Gusto Worldwide Media are cutting business ties due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.