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How Canadian TV is getting serious in tough times
APTN’s Blackstone is the type of tough drama with difficult subject matter that may signal a turnaround for Canadian broadcasters.
CBC News to launch multi-platform D-Day project
The project will help reach audiences who may not otherwise watch a special television broadcast, said exec producer Michael Gruzuk.
CBC denies reports that additional cuts are a done deal
The pubcaster says claims from a watchdog group around future cuts, including making Radio Two online-only, are incorrect.
Tessa Sproule leaving CBC
The digital content director is leaving to pursue her own projects, following a 20-year career at the public broadcaster.
Conventional revenues drop 4.6% in 2013: CRTC
Accounting for the 2012 London Olympic Games, private sector spend on non-sports Canadian programming was up slightly (1%) year-over-year to $598.9 million.
Lacroix asks Canadians to talk about the CBC
The president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada said the pubcaster needs a conversation to start about its future, not where it has been.
Playback Summit: Bold, original content key to media survival
GroupM Entertainment CEO Peter Tortorici (pictured) told conference delegates that unique content is king in today’s noisy, chaotic digital landscape.
CBC hands out redundancy notices as job cutting gets underway
Around 318 unionized employees will now begin the process of finding alternate work before those with less seniority are eventually laid off.
GroupM’s Peter Tortorici on big ideas and Canadian content
Ahead of Playback Summit, the CEO discusses how Due South set the bar for cross-border copros and the “big opportunities” he sees today.
Industry leaders sound the alarm in wake of CBC cuts
With financial hardship ahead, industry leaders question what the cuts will mean to Canada’s biggest CanCon programmer. (CMPA president, CEO Michael Hennessy pictured)
CBC topper Hubert Lacroix on doing less with less
“The public broadcaster is starting to make choices because it doesn’t frankly have a choice anymore,” the CBC president and CEO told reporters Thursday as he put the announced job and programming cuts in stark terms.
CBC cuts 657 jobs, $130M from budget
“It’s clear we can’t be resizing the public broadcaster every two years,” CBC president and CEO Hubert Lacroix said in a statement, attributing the cuts to a softening ad market, federal budget cuts and the loss of NHL rights.
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