Articles Tagged ‘CBC’
CBC announces next-season pickups and renewals
New shows Schitt’s Creek, Strange Empire and Of All Places are on tap, along with a full season of Canada’s Smartest Person.
CBCMusic.ca Festival to broadcast from Vancouver
The pubcaster is moving the event to the West Coast this summer, after last year’s inaugural event in Toronto.
What media execs want to see from the CBC
With the losses of HNIC, Strombo and more, we asked media execs what the pubcaster can offer its Canadian advertising clients.
CBC cancels Cracked, Arctic Air
As the CBC faces the pending loss of NHL game revenues, it decides against new season orders for the dramas and is looking for a new “balance of programming.”
Kevin O’Leary, Bruce Croxon leaving CBC’s Dragons’ Den
Michael Wekerle and Vikram Vij will replace the departing venture capitalists on the popular reality series.
Wild Canada app represents ‘a new type of content’ for CBC
The Secret Location-produced companion app to the upcoming CBC wildlife documentary series functions like an extra episode, say producers.
Paralympics post strong opening weekend
Overall, 5.3 million Canadians have tuned in to the coverage at some point between Friday’s Opening Ceremony and Sunday evening.
Screenies’ sophomore year dips in ratings
Despite the return of host Martin Short, fewer viewers tuned into CBC for the second edition of the CSAs than 2013’s inaugural event.
Olympic Closing Ceremony takes the week: BBM Canada
The close of the Olympics in Sochi took in the most viewers for the week of Feb. 17 to 23.
Sochi Paralympic Games coverage announced
The Canadian Paralympic Committee Broadcast Consortium lead by CBC will broadcast more than 90 hours of TV coverage and 250 hours online.
Recipe to Riches launches a trivia widget
The CBC’s first season of the cross-country cooking show will include a digital widget that allows viewers to accumulate points to vote for their favourite contestant.
CBC closes Olympics on a ratings high
Sunday morning’s Gold medal hockey game was watched by an average audience of more than 8.5 million, with half that number staying to watch the Closing Ceremony live.
Christine Wilson leaving CBC after 30 years with pubcaster
The executive director of content planning will leave March 31, an internal memo revealed Monday.
Friday’s record-breaking Olympic numbers
More than 625,000 Canadians watched the lunchtime hockey game online, with numbers peaking during the final minutes of the game.
CBC posts record online streaming numbers for Olympics
The pubcaster has seen more than 8.3 million hours of video streamed on its website, breaking online records for live event viewing during yesterday’s women’s ice hockey game.
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