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CBC, Rogers and Shaw partner to launch online ad exchange

The real-time bidding Canadian Premium Audience Exchange will provide digital inventory from each of the three media companies.

CBC TV schedule takes $21.2 million hit

“There will be fewer series, specials, and more repeats,” the pubcaster said in a statement Friday, signed by English services execs Christine Wilson, Julie Bristow and Trevor Walton.

TV Day: Network toppers talk TV’s future

The panel agreed that TV is still a strong medium, and reaching audiences and advertisers on emerging digital platforms requires new revenue and ad integration models.

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Wish List not going forward, CBC passes on eOne drama pilot

Also left in limbo at the CBC after deep programming cuts is Gavin Crawford’s half-hour comedy pilot Gavin Crawford’s Wild West.

Arctic Air, Dragons’ Den, Doyle to return to CBC

The broadcaster looks beyond recent budget cuts, promising that the 2012-2013 season will be successful.

Revealed: who has the biggest CMF performance envelope

The industry fund paid out $181.6 million to English Canadian broadcasters and another $89 million to French language broadcasters as part of its latest investment in Canadian series development.

CBC: foreign news coverage will not ‘disappear’ after job cuts

CBC News chief Jennifer McGuire told employees in an April 16 memo that shuttering two foreign bureaus and cancelling CBC Radio’s Dispatches did not signal a retreat from worldwide coverage by the pubcaster.

Rogers launches mobile app that streams live sports

The app streams CBC-broadcast games and is offered at a subscription rate starting at $5 per month for unlimited viewing.

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CBC English services to cut 256 jobs to deal with government cuts

The CBC programming cuts include cancelling Connect with Mark Kelley and Dispatches with Rick MacInnes-Rae.

CBC to announce latest indie series pick-ups next week

The pubcaster is keeping producers on tenterhooks until after the CRTC’s April 16 hearing into the future of the Local Programming Improvement Fund.

Industry reacts swiftly to CBC plans for job and programming cuts

Astral Media: “CBC has to decide if it wants to continue being funded by Canadians and fulfill its mandate or if it wants to operate commercial radio stations.”

TV to take brunt of painful CBC cuts

“It’s been a tough day for the broadcaster and an interesting challenge,” CBC/Radio-Canada president and CEO Hubert Lacroix told the media in a Wednesday conference call.