Originally published in the March 23 issue of The Weekly Briefing
Martin Carrier, president of MELS, Quebecor’s studio, TV and film equipment rental, post-production and VFX business, is stepping down after three years at the helm of the TVA Group division. His last day is March 24. Quebecor says management is establishing a leadership transition plan to ensure business continuity. Prior to joining MELS in 2020, Carrier was the CEO of independent video game and multimedia content studio, Frima, and a studio head at Warner Bros. Games in Montreal.
Dale Jubb will retire from his role as Operations Manager at CTV Calgary on April 14. Jubb has worked in television for 47 years, starting as an operator and director at CBC Edmonton in 1978, working on Hockey Night in Canada, news and sports broadcasts until 1998 when he joined CBC Toronto. Producing stints followed at CHUM Ottawa and CPAC. Jubb spent six years as CEO of Ottawa production company, Empowered Media, before joining CTV Calgary in his current role in 2010.
Hilary Bird has been named the new host of CBC Radio Yellowknife morning show, The Trailbreaker, which airs weekday mornings in the Northwest Territories. Bird has been a reporter, producer and video journalist with CBC for the past 12 years.
Taylor Braat has joined CBC Calgary as a reporter, VJ and associate producer. Braat arrives from CityNews Calgary where she held a similar role for the last three and a half years.
Emma Tranter has joined CBC Nunavut as a reporter. Based in Iqaluit since 2020, Tranter had most recently worked with Nunatsiaq News and The Canadian Press (CP).
Natasha Fatah is taking a leave of absence from CBC News Network to care for her father who has cancer. Fatah has been with the public broadcaster since 2003 and in her current role as an anchor on CBC News Network since 2013.
Aisling Murphy is leaving the Toronto Star to join the CP24/CTV News digital team. A 2022 University of Toronto grad, Murphy has been with the Star for the last year. Prior to that, she was an editor at Intermission Magazine.
Sean Vanderklis is joining newly-launched CTV News Channel show The Debate with Mike Le Couteur as a weekly commentator. Vanderklis is the co-host of One Dish, One Mic which airs weekends on iHeartRadio talk stations 610 CKTB St. Catharines, AM800 CKLW Windsor, and 1290 CJBK London. He also serves as Director of Business Development, indigenous Markets at Meridian Credit Union.
Chloe Emond-Lane has joined the Sound Off Media Company as a podcast producer. A 2021 Concordia Communication and Media Studies grad, Emond-Lane also works as a freelance story consultant.
Alexandra Pearl has left the comms team at Rogers Communications to join Walt Disney Studios as a Publicist, EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). Pearl had been working with Rogers for the last year and a half as a Communications Coordinator, Corporate & Internal.
Brandon Lane has left his Development Producer role at Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana to focus on kids’ media production company, Balloon House Productions, which he runs with his wife Kimberly Persona, the star and creator of action pre-school series Miss Persona which streams on Amazon Prime in Canada and airs on Treehouse TV. Lane showruns and directs the series. He is also showrunner, director and co-creator of live action kids web series Space Dragon & Kim which is in its second season on the Shaftesbury Kids YouTube channel and the creator and head writer of The Bunker, currently in development with CBC Kids.
Daniel Braun has been promoted at William F. White International (WFW) to Director, Sales and Operations in Calgary. Braun was most recently a Customer Service Representative in Vancouver. He returns to the Calgary market where he first started with the company in 2014 as a Warehouse Operations Manager. Prior to WFW, Braun worked as a Best-Person LX, Lamp Operator and Camera Trainee for IATSE 212 and 669 on productions including The Revenant, Interstellar, Fargo and Diablo.
Yann Legarson has been named the incoming CEO of Radioplayer Worldwide. Legarson joins the international non-profit from Radioplayer France, where he’s led the brand’s launch and growth since 2020. He’ll take up his new role in May, succeeding founder Michael Hill, who announced last fall he would be joining UK charity, Friends of the Lake. Radioplayer Worldwide says the organization is poised for further international growth focused on its in-car and connected devices strategy, including tech partnerships with VW Group and BMW, among other car manufacturers, to ensure radio’s prominence in dashboards of the future. Read more here.
Sam Schauland has been promoted to Executive Vice President, North America at Lawo with overall responsibility for the company’s IP systems and infrastructure solutions business in the market. After joining Lawo in 2015 as Technical Manager, Schauland was appointed Technical Manager, Americas in 2017 coordinating delivery of customer projects and the development of support infrastructure in North America. He was promoted in 2019 to SVP, Global Operations, leading Lawo’s global team of project managers and engineers.
