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Producers/CBC respond to Wikileaks cable comments on Border/Little Mosque

Are those U.S. Embassy officials in Ottawa who told Washington that Little Mosque on the Prairie and The Border offered negative stereotypes of Americans just humorless?

Gorilla and CBC put politicians back to work

Sean Connolly, CEO of Toronto-based prodco Gorilla Media, says his team was interested in creating something within the fish-out-of-water format, as seen in recent factual entertainment hits such as Undercover Boss and Secret Millionaire.

CBC gets set to Live Right Now

Unveiled at the pubcaster’s upfront yesterday, the Ceeb is embarking on a cross-platform campaign to get Canadians to live healthier

Zaman to step down from WIFT-T

WIFT Toronto has announced that executive director Sadia Zaman is stepping down in the new year to join the CBC in the newly created role of director, CBC Centres.

DOC and CBC launch apprenticeship program

Giving Voice: Filmmakers Working with Filmmakers is the newest program from The Documentary Organization of Canada, funded by CBC’s digichannel documentary.

Scott Moore leaves the CBC

The GM of media sales and marketing and executive director of CBC Sports has resigned after three years with the pubcaster.

Guns shoots to the top at Geminis, night two

Guns was the big winner at the 25th Gemini Awards on Wednesday night, as the CBC drama mini-series snagged five trophies.

Stars go skating on CTV

Having done big numbers with ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, CTV has acquired the alphabet channel’s upcoming Skating With the Stars competition series.

CBC to focus on Canadian, regional and digital content

Having steadied the ship after last year’s job and programming cuts, CBC president Hubert Lacroix signaled a renewed focus on Canadian, regional and digital content as the public broadcaster enters still-choppier waters to 2015.

Editorial: Whither the CBC?

Recent comments by former CBC president Robert Rabinovitch about the tenuous nature of the Ceeb’s future certainly stirred the hornet’s nest.

Live from the North Atlantic… The Polar Explorer

Production has started in the Canadian arctic on the HD climate change documentary The Polar Explorer from Polar Cap Productions for the iChannel specialty channel.

Questions raised over CBC’s future post-BCE/CTV combo

Former CBC president Robert Rabinovitch on Thursday raised a question over the future of the public broadcaster that the current CBC leadership agrees requires immediate attention.