CBC and VisionTV answer Bell Media’s 10-year deal with Skate Canada by landing a five-year TV deal with the International Skating Union.
Cover Me Canada will see musicians nationwide compete to see who best reinterprets classic Canadian songs.
Exclusive: The CBC has made its fourth official pilot order this TV season from the veteran Canadian scribe.
Exclusive: The pubcaster orders a road-tripping drama and a mockumentary about Canada’s “Wild West.”
Exclusive: Phyllis Platt, CBC Television’s interim executive director, confirmed the pubcaster is going to pilot with Cracked, a police drama from White Pines Pictures.
The top headliner for the pubcaster is homegrown comic sensation Russell Peters, along with Jeremy Hotz, Jimmy Carr, Dom Irrera, Sebastian Maniscalco and Nick Thune.
The flagship series will be hosted by Canadian entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den star, Kevin O’Leary. This will mark the first airing of WEE’s original format series.
Former head of CTV’s digital media division Kris Faibish has joined the CBC in the newly-created post of executive director, strategy and business development.
Phase 4 Films and prodco Take 5 Productions will release The Borgias and Camelot on DVD and Blu-ray this coming fall.