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CBC’s new digital channels bold and documentary launch March 27

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From a media release:

CBC unveiled bold and documentary, two digital channels pushing the boundaries of television. bold, which replaces CBC Country Canada, is home to the world’s best performing arts, intelligent drama and daring comedy. documentary—formerly The Documentary Channel—brings viewers the most provocative and entertaining documentaries from Canada and around the world.

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In the news: Campaign to save jPod

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From Rob Salem of the Toronto Star:

  • Hot Box, TV worth talking about
    “Pod People: As aggressively un-Canadian as this may seem, a fan campaign has been launched to convince the CBC to resurrect the cancelled jPod. Find out more at savejpod.ca. (The intriguing notion of drowning the network in cough syrup, à la the Jericho fans’ peanut campaign, has been deemed too messy and expensive.)” Read more.

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jPod Podsters (counter clock-wise) Steph Song as Bree, David Kopp as Ethan Jarleswski, Emilie Ullerup as Kaitlin, Ben Ayres as Cowboy, Torrance Coombs as John Doe.

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This Hour Has 22 Minutes

In the news: 22 Minutes’ Strombeshi

From Robert Cushman of the National Post:

  • This Hour has 60 minutes
    “Recently, This Hour took on The Hour, and you can still see the results on YouTube. This Hour Has 22 Minutes aired a sketch entitled “Strombeshi,” in which an actor impersonating George Stroumboulopoulos gets together with an actor impersonating Jian Ghomeshi for a half-imaginary TV show in which “we talk about ourselves.” It’s a love-in between two guys congratulating themselves on being what it’s probably no longer cool to call cool: on being young and successful and having daily or nightly shows of their own. (“You’re great.” “No, you’re great”.) It’s pretty funny, especially when faux-Jian congratulates faux-George on the number of bands he wears on his wrist to signify his devotion to various charitable causes, one of them being “rubber depletion due to excessive wristbands.” George also spends a lot of time expecting a text-message from Bono, which impresses Jian even when no message arrives.” Read more.

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