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Link: Canadian TV talents to watch in 2017

From Kevin Ritchie of Now Toronto:

Link: Canadian TV talents to watch in 2017
British Columbia native Andrea Bang is up for a Canadian Screen Award for her role as the daughter on CBC sitcom Kim’s Convenience. The series, based on Ins Choi’s play of the same name, is about a Korean-Canadian family who run a convenience store. The show marks her first TV role after producing and starring in a series of web shorts, and it’s no surprise she’s been singled out by the CSAs: as the Canadian-raised Janet, Bang often is at the crux of the show’s cross-generational culture clash (and thus, the source of its comedy), requiring her to deftly move between outwardly screwball scenarios and scenes that reveal her character’s unspoken inner life. Continue reading.

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Link: TVO dropping over-the-air transmission outside Toronto

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From Danny Globerman of CBC News:

Link: TVO dropping over-the-air transmission outside Toronto
Ontario’s public broadcaster is about to become less available to the public.

TVO is eliminating its over-the-air signal, except in Toronto, on July 31 in an effort to save $1 million a year.

“This announcement reflects the reality of today’s media environment,” said TVO Chief Executive Officer Lisa de Wilde in a news release.

“TVO has to make tough choices about where to allocate resources in order to move forward with the strategic priorities of digital learning and high-quality current-affairs journalism, as well as cover inflationary pressures.” Continue reading.

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Link: All eyes on Blais, Joly at Prime Time in Ottawa

From Bill Brioux of Brioux.tv:

Link: All eyes on Blais, Joly at Prime Time in Ottawa
The 22nd annual Prime Time in Ottawa industry conference — a good place to take Canada’s TV temperature — kicked off Thursday. Bell Media’s least favourite CRTC chair, Jean-Pierre Blais, managed to duck in and out without a single question about those Super Bowl ads. Continue reading. 

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Link: Women Behind Canadian TV: Karen Walton

From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:

Link: Women Behind Canadian TV: Karen Walton
“All of my experience has been in male-dominated rooms, with two exceptions: Straight Up, and Suzette Couture’s The City. Some were awesome experiences, some were not. In hindsight, I dealt with the inherent challenges of the Not Awesome poorly. The key to any success was to ‘be cool’, be ‘pleasant to work with’, be ‘one of the boys’; I usually did that well. I did not realize I was fulfilling some fucked-up fantasies on that front, in certain situations.” Continue reading. 

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Link: CMPA Prime Time: Talking points take centre stage; Can Cancon still thrive?

From Etan Vlessing of Cartt.ca:

Link: CMPA Prime Time: Talking points take centre stage; Can Cancon still thrive?
As the CMPA’s Prime Time conference debated the economics behind who’s making and buying content in a rapidly-changing global media business, attention turned Thursday to 6 out of 10, 8 out of 10 and 10 out of ten.

No, delegates weren’t talking judging for Olympic figure skating.

The conference held a debate over Canada in the emerging digital age, and specifically whether or not the current Canadian-content points system should be retained or revamped to ensure innovation and growth. (Readers will remember this has been a serious bone of contention between the CRTC and producers through 2016) Continue reading.

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