Dickinson says the company will target entrepreneurs with digital, print and TV offerings.
(UPDATED) The Big Bang Night on CTV comedy block drew 1.24 million viewers on Saturday night, while the CBC drew a respectable 293,000 viewers to a repeat of a 1979 NHL playoff game.
Applicants have until Feb. 15, 2013 to submit their comedic or animated short projects for the $15,000 in prize money.
Kirstine Stewart on the addition to Orridge’s (pictured) title, and how the CBC is preparing for the 2014 Games.
The CBC and Bell Media fought a short-lived legal tussle over the words “in Canada” used to promote CTV’s two-hour The Big Bang Theory comedy block on Saturday nights, against Hockey Night in Canada on the pubcaster’s schedule.
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting estimates the pubcaster stands to lose $200 million and more than 400 hours of programming if it loses rights to NHL broadcasts.
The president and CEO will serve a second five-year term as he looks to forge a new strategic direction amid budget woes and getting the pubcaster round the digital curve.
With the first two weeks of the regular season officially cut, the CBC and Sportsnet have rolled out alternate Saturday night hockey programming.
The upcoming procedural cop drama from Toronto-based White Pine Pictures is slated to premiere on CBC in January.
iPowow! Canada pacted with the CBC to introduce an armchair Dragon that allows viewers to engage with the TV show via their mobile device, tablet or PC by visiting www.cbc.ca/dragonsden.
The Canadian pubcaster won for best current affairs program, for Haiti’s Orphans: One Year After the Earthquake.
All film, TV and digital nominees will be announced on Jan. 15, in the lead up to the live Mar. 3 awards show on the CBC that replaces the Genies and Geminis.