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From a media release:

TVO has announced it will continue to transmit free broadcast signals across 8 over-the-air transmitters inÂ Ottawa,Â Belleville,Â Thunder Bay,Â Chatham,Â Cloyne,Â Kitchener,Â London, andÂ Windsor.

Based on feedback from these communities, from loyal TVO viewers and donors, and others, the announcement confirmed TVO will continue to maintain the transmitters. Â TVO had previously announced a plan to decommission the transmitters, which would have resulted in an annual savings ofÂ $1 millionÂ required by TVO to meet its current financial targets.

“We listened to the concerns of people who rely on over-the-air transmission to enjoy TVO programming and we consulted with our primary funding partner, the Government ofÂ Ontario, about the concerns we heard. That resulted in the government’s decision to flow an additionalÂ $1 millionÂ to TVO to ensure we can continue to operate the transmitters, while still meeting our commitments to strategic priorities of digital learning and high-quality current-affairs journalism,” said TVO Chief Executive OfficerÂ Lisa de Wilde.

“We heard that Ontarians value TVO’s dynamic educational programming and our government is pleased to take this step to ensure that TVO will continue to be accessible over-the-air in these communities,” said Education MinisterÂ Mitzie Hunter.

Hard Rock Medical

Link: Hard Rock Medical returns with North Bay-shot season on TVO

December 21, 2016 Greg David

From Ryen Veldhuis of Bay Today:

Link: Hard Rock Medical returns with North Bay-shot season on TVO
â€œIâ€™ve shot a lot in the winter up north and you always have trailers that break down among other things, and it costs a fortune and the schedule is always late. But Canadore is blessed with a lot of things, rooms, programs, and a lake and a river and huge amounts of forestry behind it. We staged at Canadore and could do pretty much everything from there.” Continue reading.

Children's Programming, Featured

GisÃ¨le Corinthios exits TVO’s Big Backyard

July 9, 2016 Greg David 4 Comments

Sad news for fans ofÂ GisÃ¨le Corinthios: the host ofÂ GisÃ¨le’s Big Backyard is no longer with TVO. As reported back in April, the publicly funded provincial channel had cancelled production of program block, impacting six employees.

TVO confirmed on Friday that Corinthios was one of those impacted.

“TVO receives a fixed transfer from the province. Every year, our $40 million transfer gets relatively smaller as inflation allows it to buy less and less. With limited resources that effectively decline each year, TVO has to reduce costs regularly,” the channel said in a statement.

“With 14 years of production and 800 segments of GisÃ¨leâ€™s Big Backyard in our archive, the two-to-four year old pre-school audience will continue to enjoy GBBâ€™s interstitial content for years to come. Since the pre-school audience turns over every two years, there is a large enough catalogue to maintain high quality service without producing new episodes. Older children require a more interactive experience to engage them, which is why TVO offers a live call-in experience with The Space weekday afternoons.”

The network is touting new original content, including mPower, a new math online in-class resource for kindergarten to Grade 6 and Climate Watch, a look at how climate change is becoming an increasing local issue.

Corinthios had been with TVO since 1998, when she became host of The Nook, which evolved into GisÃ¨le’sÂ Big Backyard.