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Link: How the CRTC failed Cancon with the Super Bowl simsub decision

From Greg O’Brien of Cartt.ca:

Link: How the CRTC failed Cancon with the Super Bowl simsub decision
The decision to set aside simultaneous substitution and, essentially, cause direct harm to Bell Media – the company which purchased the rights to the game in Canada – is a fundamental departure from what the Commission is supposed to do, which is promote, foster and enable the distribution of Canadian content and culture through the Canadian broadcasting system. It’s impossible to fathom how setting aside the simultaneous substitution rules for a single program – the most popular one of the year at that – meets those objectives. Continue reading.

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Industry News

Link: Bell/CTV hit for Super Bowl loss as half the Canadian audience opts for US ads

From Bill Brioux of Brioux.tv:

Link: Bell/CTV hit for Super Bowl loss as half the Canadian audience opts for US ads
The overnight, estimated tally for Bell Media’s share of the Super Bowl audience suggests that up to half the Canadian football audience opted to watch the game — and the American ads — on Fox Network border stations.

For the game itself –from kickoff at approx. 6:37 p.m. ET to the end of overtime and the beginning of celebrations on the field at 10:25 p.m., Bell’s triple-channel take broke down as such: CTV: 2,912,000 viewers; TSN: 515,000; CTV Two: 446,000. Continue reading. 

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Workin' Moms

Link: Workin’ Moms: Frankie’s struggles hit close to home for Juno Rinaldi

From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:

Link: Workin’ Moms: Frankie’s struggles hit close to home for Juno Rinaldi
“ I experienced my own PPD with the birth of my second child. So I could totally relate and empathize with what Frankie was going through. It’s a tricky beast PPD. It kind of snuck up on me. I had a tough third trimester, crazy fast birth, a baby that was the worst sleeper, and then I wanted to go back to work so desperately for fear of being “forgotten” as an actor and known only as a “mom” that I took on a show much, much too early.” Continue reading.

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Reality, Lifestyle & Documentary, The Nature of Things

Link: Showcasing The Bugs In Your Home!

From Jim Bawden:

Link: Showcasing The Bugs In Your Home!
Usually on The Nature Of Things TV fans get to visit tropical rain forests or the frozen Canadian North or laboratories in Oxford University.But director Roberto Verdecchia had this great idea — he wanted nothing better than to visit an average Toronto home and report from there.

But director Roberto Verdecchia had this great idea — he wanted nothing better than to visit an average Toronto home and report from there.

You can see for yourself on the absolutely original hour The Great Wild Outdoors which premieres on CBC-TV Thursday, February 9 at 8 p.m. Continue reading.

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TV, eh? podcast episode 221 — Dark Fruit Leather

Greg and Anthony discuss our latest poll—What is your favourite Canadian TV of midseason so far?—and the latest calendar entries. Then it’s on to TVO’s plan to scrap over-the-air broadcasts outside of Toronto, the second part of our deep dive into the Canadian Screen Award nominees and Super Bowl advertising.

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