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January 26th at 12:50

Dragons’ Den Full Circle finale event to close milestone Season 20, airing February 26 and March 5 on CBC and CBC Gem

CBC’s hit series Dragons’ Den will mark its milestone 20th season with a two-episode, Full Circle finale event on Thursday, February 26 at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) and Thursday, March 5 at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC and the free CBC Gem streaming service. 

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March 19th 2018 at 20:44

CBC MUSIC FESTIVAL - CANADA'S LARGEST ALL-CANADIAN FESTIVAL - ANNOUNCES 2018 LINEUP AT RBC ECHO BEACH

CBC Music Festival returns for its sixth year to take over RBC Echo Beach in Toronto on Saturday, May 26, 2018. The largest, all-Canadian music festival will include headliner July Talk along with A Tribe Called Red, Charlotte Day Wilson, The Rural Alberta Advantage and Northern Touch All-Stars. Additional acts Yukon Blonde, Busty and the Bass, The Jerry Cans, Milk & Bone, Fortunate Ones, Boogat, Logan Staats, Johnny Balik, Ammoye, Midnight Shine, Caveboy and the 2018 CBC Searchlight winner...
March 19th 2018 at 16:22

CBC INDIGENOUS LAUNCHES ‘BEYOND 94 – TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION IN CANADA’ PROJECT

CBC News today launched Beyond 94, an immersive and interactive project on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action.
March 19th 2018 at 15:57

CBC SPORTS HEADS TO MILAN FOR EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE OF THE 2018 ISU WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, MARCH 21–25

Top figure skaters glide into Milan, Italy, this week for the 2018 ISU World Figure Skating Championships, and CBC Sports will offer more than 60 hours of exclusive Canadian coverage across broadcast and digital platforms.
March 19th 2018 at 5:05

CBC MUSIC ANNOUNCES SEARCHLIGHT 2018 WINNER

Live this morning on q with Tom Power, CBC Music announced Halifax hip-hop, singer-songwriter aquakultre as the winner of the SEARCHLIGHT 2018 competition. The annual contest to find Canada’s next big music act was narrowed down from over 2,000 entries from every province and territory by a combination of public votes, a Canadian music industry panel and three celebrity judges.
March 19th 2018 at 5:05

NEW CBC KIDS SERIES PABLO CELEBRATES CREATIVITY AND INDIVIDUALITY

CBC Kids today announced the exclusive Canadian premiere of the new animated series PABLO (52 x 11), airing Monday through Friday, beginning Monday, March 26, with back-to-back episodes at 9:30 a.m. (9:30 NT) and 9:45 a.m. (10:00 NT) on CBC, cbckids.ca, the CBC TV app, and at watch.cbc.ca/kids.
March 6th 2018 at 14:59

THE ROSES ARE RENEWED! CBC ANNOUNCES SEASON 5 OF HIT COMEDY SCHITT'S CREEK

CBC has renewed the critically acclaimed hit comedy series SCHITT’S CREEK, created by and starring Eugene Levy and Daniel Levy, for a fifth season (14 x 30). Returning winter 2019, season 5 sees an increased order from 13 to 14 episodes.
March 5th 2018 at 20:00

CBC/RADIO-CANADA WILL PROVIDE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF PYEONGCHANG 2018 PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES, MARCH 9-18

With five days until the start of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games and 55 Canadian athletes in competition, CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada’s Paralympic Network, announced it will offer over 600 hours of coverage across all broadcast partners and digital platforms.
March 1st 2018 at 16:20

CBC AND SUNDANCE TV CONFIRM CASTING FOR MINISERIES UNSPEAKABLE INCLUDING SARAH WAYNE CALLIES, SHAWN DOYLE, MICHAEL SHANKS AND CAMILLE SULLIVAN

CBC and SundanceTV today announced casting for the dramatic eight-part miniseries UNSPEAKABLE, which chronicles the tainted blood scandal beginning in the 1980’s. Acclaimed actors Sarah Wayne Callies (Colony, The Walking Dead), Shawn Doyle (Bellevue, Big Love), Michael Shanks (Stargate SG-1, Saving Hope) and Camille Sullivan (The Disappearance, The Man in the High Castle) will lead the series. Production on UNSPEAKABLE begins spring 2018 in Vancouver, BC, for broadcast on CBC in Canada and Su...
February 27th 2018 at 15:16

MORE THAN 85% OF CANADA TUNES IN FOR CBC/RADIO-CANADA’S COVERAGE OF THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES PYEONGCHANG 2018

Between the Opening Ceremony on February 9 and the Closing Ceremony on February 25, 31 million* Canadians (more than 85 percent of the population) tuned in to watch CBC/Radio-Canada’s coverage of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 across all English and French television network partners and digital streaming simulcasts on cbc.ca/olympics, ici.radio-canada.ca/jeuxolympiques and CBC/Radio-Canada Olympics apps.
February 23rd 2018 at 16:27

CBC CELEBRATES PYEONGCHANG 2018 WITH LIVE COVERAGE OF THE CLOSING CEREMONY, SUNDAY FEB. 25 BEGINNING AT 5:30 A.M. ET (2:30 A.M. PT)

CBC’s live coverage of the Closing Ceremony will be simulcast across CBC, CBC News Network, TSN and Sportsnet as well as via live-streaming on cbc.ca/olympics, the CBC Olympics app and the CBC Olympics VR app, presented by Samsung
February 21st 2018 at 12:32

CANADIANS ARE UP WITH CBC/RADIO-CANADA, AS COVERAGE OF PYEONGCHANG 2018 REACHES MORE THAN 80 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION OVER THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF COMPETITION

After 10 days of intense competition, 29 million Canadians (82 per cent of the population) have watched some part of CBC/Radio-Canada’s coverage of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018
February 15th 2018 at 15:00

CBC LAUNCHES WINTER SLATE OF ORIGINAL PODCASTS

New and returning CBC Original podcasts span arts, comedy, personal memoir, drugs, self-improvement and true crime including new seasons of Someone Knows Something and CBC News’ acclaimed Missing and Murdered with Connie Walker
February 7th 2018 at 14:45

CBC ANNOUNCES SEASON 2 OF THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW WITH A NATIONWIDE CALL FOR AMATEUR BAKERS

Cake, battle and roll! CBC today announced that hit culinary competition THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW will return for season 2 (8x60) as the public broadcaster kicks off a country-wide search for Canada’s best amateur bakers. Starting today, home bakers can apply online at cbc.ca/life/greatcanadianbakingshow for the chance to participate in the upcoming season.Based on the hit British format and produced by Proper Television, season 2 begins production in Toronto in summer 2018 and will air...
February 5th 2018 at 17:14

CBC RISES EARLY FOR LIVE COVERAGE OF THE PYEONGCHANG 2018 OPENING CEREMONY, FEBRUARY 9 BEGINNING AT 5:30 A.M. ET (2:30 A.M. PT)

CBC invites Canadians to rise and shine on Friday, February 9 to mark the official start of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 with its extensive live coverage of the Opening Ceremony, beginning at 5:30 a.m. ET (2:30 a.m. PT).
February 1st 2018 at 15:27

CBC REVEALS BROADCAST AND MULTI-PLATFORM COVERAGE OF PYEONGCHANG 2018, KEEPING CANADIANS CONNECTED TO ALL THE ACTION

With just days to go until the start of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, CBC today announced extensive plans to keep Canadians connected and engaged with the Olympic Winter Games on all of the public broadcaster’s platforms.
January 30th 2018 at 10:59

JEANNE BEKER, JULLY BLACK, MOZHDAH JAMALZADAH, GREG JOHNSON AND TAHMOH PENIKETT ARE THE CELEBRITY PANELLISTS FOR CANADA READS 2018

CBC today announced the 2018 CANADA READS panellists and their chosen books.
January 18th 2018 at 15:09

DRAGONS’ DEN ANNOUNCES NEW SEASON WITH 2018 AUDITION TOUR KICKING OFF FEBRUARY 10 IN TORONTO

DRAGONS’ DEN is calling on all aspiring entrepreneurs to present their business pitches for a chance to be featured next season on CBC.
January 17th 2018 at 19:31

CBC CELEBRATES RECORD-BREAKING NUMBER OF CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR

CBC has received 210 nominations from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards in recognition of the national public broadcaster’s programming, production partners and creative talent.
January 15th 2018 at 14:59

CBC/RADIO-CANADA ANNOUNCES TELELATINO NETWORK AS AN OFFICIAL LICENSED BROADCASTER FOR PYEONGCHANG 2018 AND TOKYO 2020

CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada’s Olympic Network and IOC Rights Holding Broadcaster, today announced a partnership with Telelatino Network Inc. (TLN) that will make it possible for Canadians to enjoy coverage of the Olympic Games in more languages
January 9th 2018 at 14:21

CBC UNVEILS STAR-STUDDED ROSTER OF COMMENTATORS, ANALYSTS AND REPORTERS FOR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE COVERAGE OF PYEONGCHANG 2018

Team of veteran broadcasters and world-class athletes accounts for more than 200 combined Olympic Games appearances as broadcasters and/or competitors