“Honestly, it’s really hard. I’ve been looking at this particular timing for over a year. You know when something feels right. So it’s now,” Wilson tells Playback.
The executive director of content planning will leave March 31, an internal memo revealed Monday.
The pubcaster no longer needs the pricey licensed U.S. game shows to drive audiences to its primetime Canadian programming, says CBC’s Christine Wilson.
“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.
CBC content exec Christine Wilson tells Playback that in today’s online world, a nine-month gap between UK and Canadian broadcasts is no longer an option.
CBC appoints Christine Wilson, Julie Bristow and Phyllis Platt to new key roles.
Becomes acting GM at pubcaster post-Stursberg