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July 4th 2012 at 17:36

CBC NEWS ANNOUNCES FIONA CONWAY AS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING

Gemini, Emmy and Peabody award-winner comes home to Canada CBC News today announced the appointment of Gemini, Emmy and Peabody award-winning news producer Fiona Conway as the new Executive Director of Programming, CBC News and Centres, effective July 23. "I...
June 29th 2012 at 15:19

CBC wants to send you to Cirque du Soleil's new show Amaluna!

CBC's newest contest give you the change to win a pair of tickets to Amaluna, the hottest new Cirque show in Toronto!In town for a very limited engagement, Amaluna invites the audience to a mysterious island governed by Goddesses and...
June 29th 2012 at 14:48

KIDS' CBC HOSTS BACK-TO-BACK FUN-FILLED DAYS THIS JULY

Two days of entertainment with appearances by the Stars of Kids' CBC and free activities. On July 18 and 19, KIDS' CBC DAYS invites parents and young children to experience two special days at the CBC Broadcasting Centre in Toronto....
June 28th 2012 at 14:55

CBCs OVER THE RAINBOW SHOW ITS "PRIDE" THIS SUNDAY

Don't miss the OVER THE RAINBOW float at the 2012 Pride Parade  Are you a friend of Dorothy? Come out and show your pride with CBC and Mirvish Productions as we celebrate the 32nd Annual Pride Festival in Toronto. With...
June 26th 2012 at 15:46

CBC SPORTS STARTS THE COUNTDOWN TO LONDON WITH LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 2012 CANADIAN TRACK AND FIELD TRIALS

Canada's best compete in Olympic and Paralympic selection events for a chance to take on the world in London
June 26th 2012 at 15:00

CANADA'S TOP 20 DOROTHYS SELECTED FOR CBC'S OVER THE RAINBOW!

The Top 20 Dorothy hopefuls will contend for a spot to be one of 10 finalists to compete in CBC Television's OVER THE RAINBOW  On the heels of the nation-wide audition tour in search of Dorothy, the Top 20 Dorothys...
June 25th 2012 at 14:28

CANADA'S NETWORK FOR CANADA DAY FEIST, SIMPLE PLAN AND JULLY BLACK HEADLINE 2012 CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS ON CBC, LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT HILL

Canada turns 145 years young on Sunday, July 1 and CBC—Canada’s network for Canada Day—celebrates the day with help from Feist, Simple Plan, Jully Black, live TV and radio coverage from Canada’s Capital and special programming on CBC Radio, CBC Music and CBCNews.ca.
June 22nd 2012 at 15:36

Celebrate Reading with TD, CBC Books and the TD Kids Book Corner!

Connecting young readers from across the country with books nominated for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award,  the TD Kids Book Corner engages book clubs in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. CBC built the web portal for...
June 20th 2012 at 14:08

153RD RUNNING OF THE QUEEN'S PLATE AIRS LIVE EXCLUSIVELY ON CBC ON JUNE 24

Coverage begins on CBC-TV and cbcsports.ca at 4:30 p.m. ET To tweet this release: http://tinyurl.com/cyquqon CBC presents exclusive coverage of the single greatest horse race and show on Canadian soil with the 153rd running of the Queen's Plate from...
June 19th 2012 at 17:30

CBC BREAKS OUT THE WHITE COWBOY HATS AND JOINS IN THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS AT THE 2012 CALGARY STAMPEDE WITH ON-SITE AND ONLINE FAN ENGAGEMENT

To tweet this release: http://tinyurl.com/74uzpm4 CBC invites fans in Calgary and around the world to join the celebration of 100 years of the Calgary Stampede with help from CBC Calgary, CBC News, Kids' CBC, CBC Music and cbcsports.ca As the...
June 19th 2012 at 14:46

CBC and Maytag team up for Maytag Mondays

In partnership with Maytag® and their dependable lineup of appliances the CBC Revenue Group developed the 2nd installment of the Maytag Mondays contest.On Monday nights between 6:30pm and 10:00pm on CBC-TV, there is a hidden Maytag Mondays secret word. Viewers...
June 18th 2012 at 19:51

THE FASTEST NATION ON EARTH? CBC NEWS EXPLORES JAMAICA'S PROWESS IN TRACK & FIELD

To tweet this release: http://tinyurl.com/c6orl3h   As Jamaica prepares to celebrate 50 years of independence, special report by Adrienne Arsenault airs Wednesday, June 20  The Olympic motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius--"swifter, higher, stronger"--and when the world's best athletes gather...
June 18th 2012 at 19:31

NEW PROGRAMS FOR SUMMER 2012

New shows exploring what scares us, drives us, gets us off the sofa and other facets of Canadian life join familiar favourites CBC Radio One today announced a wide variety of intriguing new programs for the 2012 summer season,...
June 18th 2012 at 14:07

CBC-TV ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE OF THE NHL AWARDS ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 AT 8 P.M. ET

Celebrity presenters including Vince Vaughn, Joshua Jackson, Cory Monteith, Matthew Perry, Erin Andrews, P.J. Stock, Andi Petrillo and more to honour the game's best players from the 2011-12 season To tweet this release: http://tinyurl.com/d4h59ux The NHL's biggest stars head to...
June 14th 2012 at 15:50

FILM WITH THE SHORT FILM FACE OFF

Viewers help choose Canada's best short film over four-week competition, Saturday nights on CBC-TV Beginning this Saturday, CBC-TV viewers will get to enjoy the best in Canadian short films and vote for their favourites in SHORT FILM FACE OFF, a...
June 13th 2012 at 19:49

JACK LAYTON PLUS AWARD-WINNING FICTION COMING TO CBC-TV

Public broadcaster boosts Canadian production industry, commissioning three new TV movies at Banff World Media Festival The life stories of heroes of Canadian hockey and politics plus a tale of murder in small-town Quebec from the pen of an award-winning...
June 13th 2012 at 16:02

AT ISSUE WRAPS THE DEFINING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE FIRST HALF OF 2012 JUNE 14 ON THE NATIONAL

Thursday, June 14, on THE NATIONAL, Peter Mansbridge convenes At Issue, Canada’s most-watched political panel, for its season finale, featuring picks for the best and worst political plays of the first half of 2012.
June 12th 2012 at 19:44

LIGHTS. CANADA. ACTION. SATURDAY NIGHT IS MOVIE NIGHT AS CBC TELEVISION AIRS SUMMER SATURDAY MOVIES

Saturday night’s lineup of Canadian films highlights the summer movie schedule on CBC-TV, beginning June 16.
June 12th 2012 at 15:49

CBC LAUNCHES IDEACITY 2012 VIDEO PORTAL

50 Presenters, 3 Legendary Parties, a Ton of Inspiration! CBC has teamed up with Moses' Znaimer's ideacity Conference to deliver all the best in video content from conferences past and today.Fifty of the planet's brightest minds converge in Toronto each...
June 7th 2012 at 18:09

CBC'S COVERAGE OF 2012 SPRUCE MEADOWS MARQUEE SHOW JUMPING EVENTS GETS UNDERWAY WITH THE 'NATIONAL', JUNE 9-10

Upcoming Spruce Meadows events on CBC also include the 'North American' and the 'Masters' with coverage on TV, online at cbcsports.ca and with select events on bold and AMI-tv