CTV Montreal, Noovo Info and RDS have been working out of temporary studios at the Bell campus on Nun’s Island, following a major water main break in downtown Montreal on Friday. The break, near the Jacques-Carter bridge, sent a deluge of water into nearby intersections including René-Lévesque Boulevard East at Avenue Papineau where Bell Media’s studios in the city are located. Video posted to the CTV Montreal website showed control panels, vehicles and other equipment covered in a mucky residue left behind by the torrent. Read more here.
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Global Okanagan anchor Jamie Tawil signs off for the last time, but not without a heartfelt goodbye message.Global Okanagan will have a new time starting Monday, Aug. 19. Learn more here: https://t.co/8rzaeYW6qO pic.twitter.com/YkWVkoE81u
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Global Okanagan newscasts are being delivered out of the network’s studios in Metro Vancouver going forward as Corus Entertainment continues to look for operational efficiencies. Anchor Kimberly Davidson signed off with the last live broadcast from Global’s Kelowna studios at 342 Leon Avenue on Sunday evening. Jamie Tawil, who had been anchoring Global Okanagan’s weeknight Live at 5 since late 2020, also signed off for the last time on Friday. As of Monday, the show is airing at a new time at 5:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 11 p.m., with veteran announcer Coleen Christie anchoring from Global BC’s studios in Burnaby. Read more here.
FuboTV and Amazon have announced the launch of Fubo Sports Network on Prime Video Channels in Canada, marking the first time the sports network is available in Canada outside of a subscription to the Fubo platform. Fubo Sports Network carries a live sports catalogue that spans 1,000 events a year from soccer to MMA, including the English Premier League, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), the Professional Fighters League (PFL), and World Poker Tour. Read more here.
Eugene Levy and Dan Levy are set to host the 76th Emmy Awards, the first-ever father-son duo. The awards will air live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 15.
TIFF has announced additional honourees who will be receiving TIFF Tribute Awards at this year’s festival: award-winning actor and rapper Jharrel Jerome will receive the TIFF Tribute Performer Award; and actress Zhao Tao will be presented with the TIFF Special Tribute Award. Jerome returns to the festival for the World Premiere of William Goldenberg’s Unstoppable: The Anthony Robles Story. Tao, who was ranked eighth among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century by the New York Times in 2020, returns to TIFF for the North American Premiere of Jia Zhangke’s Caught by the Tides. The TIFF Tribute Awards gala takes place Sunday, Sept. 8, at Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
The Screen Composers Guild of Canada (SCGC) has announced Oscar-winning Canadian film composer Mychael Danna as the recipient of its inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award. Over a 40+ year career, Danna is perhaps best known for his score on Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, in addition to Girl, Interrupted; Little Miss Sunshine; Capote and Moneyball, among other feature films. The award will be presented at the third annual Canadian Screen Music Awards (CASMA) on Sept. 25 at the El Mocambo in Toronto.
WildBrain has struck an agreement with The Pokémon Company International to become the lone distributor of the single-IP Pokémon FAST (free ad-supported television) channel, starting in the U.S., followed by Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The partnership will see WildBrain secure and launch new single-IP FAST channels with leading platforms across those regions for 22 seasons of the iconic original animated Pokémon series. WildBrain will also be selling select direct advertising inventory for the channels through its Media Solutions team. WildBrain has now launched more than 100 FAST channels for multiple brands and says since launching its FAST strategy, growth on its channels has jumped to 7.5 billion minutes watched in 2023, up from 502 million in 2019.
Makwa Creative, HarperCollinsCanada and CBC are bringing Tanya Talaga’s The Knowing, to audiences this fall. The journalist, filmmaker, and award-winning Anishinaabe author is on a quest to find the truth of what happened to the women in her maternal family, revealing a story intertwined with Canada’s Indian Residential School system. The full four-part series will premiere Sept. 25 on CBC and CBC Gem, while the companion documentary series will make its World Premiere at TIFF on Sept. 12.
Jeremy and Jazzy, the music-driven CBC Kids Original helmed by JUNO-nominated singer-songwriter Jeremy Fisher (Jeremy) and Aiza Ntibarikure (Jazzy), debuts Sept. 2 on CBC Gem and the Jeremy and Jazzy YouTube channel. Season 2 features a new collection of children’s music, written by Fisher, with 70 new episodes launching this fall, including 28 two-minute episodes where every song becomes a story; a 30-minute Halloween special; a 30-minute holiday special; and 40 one-minute episodes of Playing With Stu, the brand’s first spinoff series about discovery and play, also debuting Sept. 2 on CBC Gem and Sept. 9 following Jeremy and Jazzy on CBC Kids. The Season 2 premiere guest stars Barenaked Ladies.
AMI+ is now accessible to Canadians on all Roku devices. Available with no subscription or sign-in required, AMI+ content includes documentaries and the series Postcards From…, Canadian Screen Award winner By Hook or By Cook, Adaptable Animals, Dish with Mary, Healthy at Home with Bobbi Janzen, Level Playing Field, Mind Your Own Business and Our Community, among other programming.
MTM has released updated data diving into the viewing habits of newcomers. Highlights from the Remote Control Revelations report include that over two in five newcomers (42%) have watched traditional TV in the past month, while 83% have watched some form of TV content (either paid TV service, off-air, or online TV content). In terms of online video, virtually all newcomers (99%) watch it monthly. While SVOD services such as Netflix are widely subscribed to by 86% of newcomers, paid TV services like cable, satellite, or fibre optic still attract nearly half (45%) of this audience. Newcomers are more likely to watch content in English than in any other language. Almost four in five newcomers (79%) have watched TV or video content in English in the past month, notably higher than the consumption of content in any other language, including French (10%), and Hindi (16%).
