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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.

March 1st 2019 at 20:28

CBC statement on the passing of Sandra Faire

March 1, 2019 – CBC was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Sandra Faire. Faire produced a number of award-winning shows for CBC including Rita and Friends, Anne Murray’s Family Christmas, and many variety specials celebrating Canadian artists and culture. She made a lasting impact in her time with CBC and throughout her career through her work and generous contributions to Canadian culture and society as a whole. "On behalf of the CBC family, we extend our deepest sy...

February 11th 2019 at 16:52

Trish Williams joins CBC as Executive Director, Scripted Content

Former Bell Media and Temple Street executive Trish Williams has been appointed to the role of Executive Director, Scripted Content at CBC.

February 8th 2019 at 22:27

SEASON 2 OF ACCLAIMED CBC DIGITAL ORIGINAL COMEDY SERIES TRUE DATING STORIES, PRODUCED BY LARUE ENTERTAINMENT, IS NOW STREAMING ON CBC GEM

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, production company LaRue Entertainment and CBC have announced the highly anticipated return of digital original comedy series True Dating Stories, with eight new episodes available now on the free CBC Gem streaming service.

February 7th 2019 at 22:38

CBC 2019 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD - NOMINATIONS BY PROGRAM

CBC 2019 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD - NOMINATIONS BY PROGRAM SCRIPTED (80)   DRAMA (40) ANNE (15) CBC/Netflix, Northwood Entertainment   Best Drama Series Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett   Best Lead Actress, Drama Series Amybeth McNulty   Best Supporting Actress, Drama Geraldine James   Best Guest Performance, Drama Series Dalmar Abuzeid   Best Direction, Drama Series “Youth is the Season of Hope” Helen...

February 7th 2019 at 22:34

CBC MARKS RECORD-BREAKING NUMBER OF CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

CBC has received 236 nominations from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards, once again marking a new record for the national public broadcaster by exceeding last year’s previous benchmark of 210.

February 4th 2019 at 14:53

CBC ANNOUNCES NEXT UP, A NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR CANADA’S BEST NEW COMEDY TALENT, WITH SUBMISSIONS OPEN NOW

Canada’s public broadcaster today announced a cross-country search for the next generation of Canadian comedic talent with the launch of CBC COMEDY’S NEXT UP, a contest that offers amateur comics a chance to win a life-changing performance slot at the 2019 Ha!ifax ComedyFest (running April 24 - 28).

February 1st 2019 at 16:25

CORONER is the #1 New Canadian English-Language Drama of the 2018/19 Broadcast Season

Out of the gate, audiences in Canada and the UK are embracing the new CBC original drama series CORONER. In Canada, the series bowed as the highest-rated new drama series launch on Canada’s public broadcaster in more than four years.