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CBC to cut 650 jobs to deal with $150 million budget hole
Around 475 jobs will go in the next fiscal year, the pubcaster said Wednesday after weighing the impact of Ottawa cutting $115 million from its annual subsidy over three years.
MIPTV 2012: Electus takes worldwide rights to CBC competition series
Ben Silverman’s digital studio will shop the international format rights to Canada’s Smartest Person, from indie producer Media Headquarters.
CBC and doc makers align to mentor emerging talent
The Giving Voice: Filmmakers Working With Filmmakers initiative has named five apprentices to work with industry veterans on documentary projects for four months.
Now what? Industry reacts to Ottawa slashing the CBC’s annual subsidy
The reactions range from sharp criticism to outright applause after the federal government imposed escalating cuts on the CBC, Telefilm Canada, the National Film Board of Canada and the CRTC.
Ottawa imposes escalating cuts on CBC, Telefilm and NFB
As the feds took a knife to the Canadian Heritage portfolio, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. will see gradual cuts that grow to $115 million in 2014-15.
The schedule that Little Mosque built
As the show wraps up its six-season run, Kirstine Stewart talks about how Mosque proved the CBC could make something Canadians would watch.
Former CBC exec Michael McEwen appointed NABA director general
Moving over from U.K.-based consultancy firm Media Asset Capital, he will begin his duties at NABA effective March 26.
Indie producer Calum deHartog signs with CAA
The former Toronto police officer is developing a police procedural drama at the CBC with screenwriter Tracey Forbes and adapting a Dennis Lehane short story into a feature film he will direct.
CBC/Radio-Canada and Quebecor Media renew business ties
The Quebec TV market rivals are making nice, with the pubcaster indicating it will buy advertisements in publications run by Quebecor Media and the Videotron cable unit renewing distribution deals for CBC/Radio-Canada channels.
Cancon champion Pierre Juneau dies
The former head of the CRTC and CBC remained highly focused and committed to Canadian programming, music and public service throughout his career.
CBC documentary confronts TV hypersexualizing young girls
Maureen Palmer, director of Sext up Kids, tells Playback Daily that mass media is creating unsavoury role models for young women.
CBC launches digital music service
The CBC Music platform features radio stations, genre-based music communities and radio streams, and is available online and through the iTunes app store for iPad, iPhone and iTouch.
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