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Secret Location, NFB take two wins each at Digi Awards
Also taking top honours during the ceremony Tuesday night were Smokebomb Entertainment, Blue Ant Media, ZED.TO, CBC and iThentic/3 o’clock.tv and others.
CBC asks CRTC for more flexibility
CBC president and CEO Hubert Lacroix proposed to streamline the CBC’s genre-specific platform commitments in the face of persistent financial challenges and the challenges of going digital.
CRTC approves $10 million Blue Ant deal for Bold
Blue Ant will put $950,000 into a self-administered Blue Ant Multiscreen Fund, which will finance both independent and in-house original content production.
Kirstine Stewart on CBC’s cost-effective winter sked
The CBC EVP English Services talks to Playback about connecting with Canadians with a slate of returning shows.
Cracked, Arctic Air topline CBC’s primetime winter sked
Returning hits Arctic Air (pictured), Doyle and Mr. D pave the way for new series Cracked and a new home for Murdoch.
Sudz Sutherland’s The Phantoms promises cathartic TV for Canadians
The three-hanky TV movie from the CBC is less about whether a ragtag bunch of high school basketball players win or lose, but how a small New Brunswick town turns true-life tragedy into unlikely triumph.
CBC appoints exec producers for 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Mark McInnis, who moves over from Bell Media, and CBC sports content producer Chris Irwin will oversee planning and programming, respectively, for Sochi.
Rogers Doc Fund grants $1.17 million to 17 projects
Projects receiving grants from The Rogers Documentary and Cable Network Fund include Carpe Diem: A Fishy Tale and Flying Solo for broadcaster CBC.
Kerry Ball wins CBC broadcasting mentorship
She will work on-site at CBC Television in Toronto to learn about production and broadcast components of scripted content for multiple platforms.
CBC/Radio-Canada to cut $28.4M to deal with loss of LPIF
The pubcaster will cut back on large-scale PNI, cancel plans for four new local CBC radio stations, and cut from network schedules and communications and promotional budgets.
Degrassi hits major milestones
The 300th episode of Epitome Pictures’ Degrassi will air Friday, also marking the 400th episode of the Degrassi franchise since it first hit airwaves in 1980.
CBC to air Armstrong doc
The pubcaster will air The World According to Lance on Oct. 28 in its Passionate Eye strand, through a deal with U.K. distributor Journeyman Pictures that closed Tuesday.
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