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May 23rd 2019 at 10:00

Groundbreaking Youth-Driven Documentary Series Red Button Returns for Season 2 on CBC Gem, June 7

– An innovative storytelling project where the documentary subjects become the filmmakers, Season 2 features Canadian teens living with differences – – All episodes of Season 2 begin streaming Friday, June 7 on the free CBC Gem streaming service, offering more than 750 documentary titles – “I will not stop fighting until people with disabilities can go wherever they want freely and have the same human rights as everybody else.” – Jadine, Seaso...

May 16th 2019 at 15:47

CBC MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FINAL LINEUP AND ONSITE ENTERTAINMENT FOR SATURDAY, MAY 25 IN TORONTO

CBC Music today announced that DJ NDN (also known as Ian Campeau, formerly of A Tribe Called Red) and JUNO Award-nominated singer-songwriter Gabrielle Shonk will join the lineup of previously announced talent set to perform at CBC Music Festival at Toronto’s RBC Echo Beach on Saturday, May 25.

May 15th 2019 at 13:59

CBC Vancouver journalist attends highschool in Surrey to share teens’ stories

CBC Vancouver is proud to announce Matheson, a new special multiplatform series on the lives of students at L.A. Matheson Secondary School in Surrey.

May 3rd 2019 at 16:01

NEW TWEEN ACTION-ADVENTURE SERIES DETENTION ADVENTURE LAUNCHES TODAY ON CBC GEM

CBC’s first original kids scripted series for CBC Gem May 3, 2019 – CBC today announced that new tween action-adventure series DETENTION ADVENTURE (10x11) is now available to stream exclusively on the free CBC Gem streaming service starting today. CBC’s first original kids scripted series for CBC Gem, DETENTION ADVENTURE is targeted to tweens and follows three nerdy friends and the school bully who must get themselves thrown into detention to find the entrance to a labyr...

April 29th 2019 at 18:12

Streaming This May on CBC Gem

CBC Gem offers more than 4000 hours of live and on-demand programming, including exclusive premieres, access to CBC’s extensive slate of Canadian programming and a curated selection of best-in-class content from around the world. The streaming service also offers the ability to live stream CBC TV at any time with access to 14 CBC channels and their local newscasts across the country. CBC Gem is available for free as an App for iOS and Android devices and online at cbcgem.ca. Currently...

April 25th 2019 at 16:55

Canadian Paralympic Committee and CBC/Radio-Canada to offer streaming coverage of 2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, April 27 to May 4

The Canadian national Para ice hockey team will be on the hunt for its second consecutive world title beginning this weekend at the 2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and CBC/Radio-Canada will be bringing live coverage of the tournament to viewers across the country from April 27 to May 4 as part of the Paralympic Super Series.

April 24th 2019 at 19:59

CBC Vancouver launches Sanctioned: The Arrest of a Telecom Giant

Today, CBC Vancouver launches Sanctioned: The Arrest of a Telecom Giant.

April 24th 2019 at 13:11

2019 CBC SHORT STORY PRIZE WINNER ANNOUNCED

Montreal, April 24, 2019 – CBC BOOKS, CBC’s online home for literary content, together with its partners the Canada Council for the Arts and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, today announced the winner of the 2019 CBC Short Story Prize. Krzysztof Pelc of Montreal, Quebec has been awarded the grand prize for Green Velvet. His story was selected from more than 3000 works received from across the country. Visit CBCBooks.ca to read Green Velvet. As the grand-prize winner, Pe...

April 18th 2019 at 14:21

PlayME podcast launches Cliff Cardinal’s awarding-winning play HUFF

Expect Theatre’s PlayME - the podcast that transforms Canadian plays into audio dramas - and Canada’s #1 podcaster, CBC Podcasts, announced that Huff, from Dora Award-winning playwright and performer Cliff Cardinal, is available now as an audio drama in three bingeable chapters.

April 17th 2019 at 13:05

2019 CBC SHORT STORY PRIZE FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

Montreal, April 17, 2019 – CBC BOOKS, CBC’s online home for literary content, together with its partners the Canada Council for the Arts and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, today announced the finalists for the 2019 CBC Short Story Prize. They are: ● Nada Alic of Toronto, Ont. for The Intruder ● David Dupont of Toronto, Ont. for For Pari ● Krzysztof Pelc of Montreal, Que. for Green Velvet ● Menaka Raman-Wilms of Ottawa, Ont. for Black Coffee...

April 16th 2019 at 10:25

BATTLE IS BACK: CBC ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF BATTLE OF THE BLADES

CBC today announced the return of hit competition series BATTLE OF THE BLADES (Season 5, 8x60), from Insight Productions.

April 8th 2019 at 13:22

CBC MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2019 LINEUP AT RBC ECHO BEACH ON SATURDAY, MAY 25

Canada’s largest all-Canadian and family-friendly music festival will include headliner Alvvays, as well as mainstage acts Stars, Rhye, Cœur de pirate, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Charlotte Cardin and Exco Levi q stage returns with performers Peach Pit, Hubert Lenoir, The Courtneys, Emmanuel Jal and the 2019 CBC Searchlight winner Shopé New this year, CBC Music Festival adds the JUNO 365 stage featuring 2019 JUNO Award nominees Elisapie, Nuela Charles, Samantha Martin & D...

March 28th 2019 at 15:19

BY CHANCE ALONE BY MAX EISEN WINS CANADA READS 2019

By Chance Alone by Max Eisen (HarperCollins) has won CANADA READS 2019.

March 27th 2019 at 5:05

CBC GREENLIGHTS “TALLBOYZ” A NEW COMEDY FROM SKETCH TROUPE TALLBOYZ II MEN AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS BRUCE MCCULLOCH AND SUSAN CAVAN

CBC today announced it has greenlit new half-hour sketch comedy series TALLBOYZ (8x30) from Accent Entertainment and executive producers Bruce McCulloch (The Kids in the Hall, Young Drunk Punk) and Susan Cavan (The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town, Young Drunk Punk).

March 25th 2019 at 15:47

CBC ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF RENEWALS FOR 2019-20 SEASON

As Canadian Screen Week kicks off and CBC celebrates 236 nominations at the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards, the national public broadcaster is confirming an initial round of original scripted and unscripted renewals for the upcoming 2019-20 season on CBC and the CBC Gem streaming service.

March 18th 2019 at 5:01

CBC SPORTS OFFERS EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE OF THE 2019 ISU WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, MARCH 20-24 FROM SAITAMA, JAPAN

CBC Sports will join the world’s best figure skaters in Saitama, Japan, this week for the 2019 ISU WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, offering more than 50 hours of exclusive Canadian coverage across broadcast and streaming platforms.

March 13th 2019 at 13:43

WHEN AND WHERE TO WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE 2019 JUNO AWARDS AND MUSIC DAY ON CBC

Canada’s public broadcaster will celebrate Canadian music with a lineup of special music programming on CBC and streaming on the free CBC Gem service starting at 3 p.m. ET and broadcasting all day on CBC Music on Sunday, March 17 for the second annual MUSIC DAY ON CBC.

March 12th 2019 at 15:38

CAMERAS ROLL ON NORTHWOOD ENTERTAINMENT'S THIRD SEASON OF THE AWARD-WINNING ANNE WITH AN E

Principal photography has commenced on the much anticipated third season (10x60) of CBC and Netflix’s Anne with an E.

March 12th 2019 at 15:05

PlayME Podcast Launches Anita Majumdar’s THE FISH EYES TRILOGY

Expect Theatre’s PlayME - the podcast that transforms Canadian plays into audio dramas - and Canada’s #1 podcaster, CBC Podcasts, announced today that The Fish Eyes Trilogy from Canada’s Governor General's Protégé Prize and Dora Award-winning playwright, Anita Majumdar, is available now as an audio drama in three bingeable chapters.

March 6th 2019 at 20:51

CBC MUSIC ANNOUNCES 2019 SEARCHLIGHT WINNER

Live this morning on q with Tom Power, CBC Music announced Toronto-based hip-hop artist Shopé as the winner of the SEARCHLIGHT 2019 competition.