CBC NEWS WINS BIG AT THE CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS OPENING NIGHT GALA

CBC received 12 awards tonight at the first of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television’s Canadian Screen Awards galas. CBC News won big this evening, earning five awards across national and local programming. THE NATIONAL, CBC’s flagship nightly news program anchored by chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge, won two awards for its coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and the Syrian conflict. CBC News’ the fifth estate, Canada’s premier documentary investigative program, picked up another two awards.

CBC Television is one of the few Canadian networks dedicated to creating original documentary programming that informs and enlightens Canadians, and explores the issues of our time. As such, CBC’s flagship documentary series DOC ZONE picked up three awards for Syria: Behind Enemy Lines and The War of 1812: Been There, Won That, while documentary Channel‘s I am Not a Rock Star scored an additional two awards.

CBC Television’s quality programming and remarkable talent is evident from their 11 wins tonight. CBC also earned a Digital Media award for CBC Music’s The Beetle Roadtrip Sessions. CBC programs, talent and crew were all nominated in categories across the board for Canada’s most prestigious television, film and digital awards.

2014 Canadian Screen Award wins awarded to CBC on Tuesday, March 4 include:

Sasa Petricic

David Cochrane, Paul Pickett

Caroline Harvey, Derek Desouza, Mark Harrison, Mary Mather, Peter Mansbridge

Jim Williamson, Marie Caloz

Amber Hildebrandt, Anita Elash, Kimberly Ivany, Romilla Karnick, Sangeeta Patel, Sina Zapfe

Lynne Chichakian, Rania Abouzeid, Sylvène Gilchrist

Peter Keleghan

Susan Teskey

(Adobe Productions International)

Bobbi Jo Hart, Robbie Hart

Howard Goldberg

(CBC Television)

Brent Hodge, Bryan Ward, Grant Lawrence, Kai Black, Talia Schlanger

Jim Hughson

@academy_net / #CDNScreen14

CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. The Corporation is a leader in reaching Canadians on new platforms and delivers a comprehensive range of radio, television, internet, and satellite-based services. Deeply rooted in the regions, CBC/Radio-Canada is the only domestic broadcaster to offer diverse regional and cultural perspectives in English, French and eight Aboriginal languages.

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The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a national, non-profit, professional association dedicated to the promotion, recognition and celebration of exceptional achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media. Unifying industry professionals across Canada, the Academy is a vital force representing all screen-based industries.

The Academy’s Canadian Screen Awards is the annual awards show to celebrate the best in film, television and digital media. They are part of CanadianScreen Week (March 3-9, 2014) and the two-hour Live Broadcast Gala will air Sunday, March 9, 2014 at 8 p.m. on CBC.

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Natalie Petozzi

Entertainment Publicist, CBC Communications and Publicity

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