First, Bell buys CTV for $3.2 billion. Then, news breaks that CTV CEO Ivan Fecan is stepping down. Now the third sign of the apocalypse–the IFFU Billboard has come down. The half-block advertising display, which stands across the street from the John Street entrance to CBC’s corporate headquarter in Toronto, has long been a CTV
CTV president and CEO Ivan Fecan announced Friday that he is leaving the network.In a memo to staff, Fecan suggested his original plan was to exit in the summer of 2012, after CTV’s coverage of the next Olympic Games. After meeting with the new owner, BEC president and CEO George Cope, however, the timetable has been moved up.
Remember all those ads boo-hooing about saving local TV and shutting down local stations because the business model was all broken and everything? Remember how networks went hat-in-hand to the CRTC three years running until they strong-armed some concession on carriage fee cash? Remember how they threatened to turn out the lights?Well, turns out there was
That First-New-Show-Of-The-Season curse seems to have Shattered in its grip. The Global drama, starring Callum Keith Rennie (right) as a cop with a multiple personality disorder, fell to an overnight, estimated 375,000 viewers across Canada Wednesday night, down from a weak opening of 428,000 Sept. 1.This is against rerun competition. The series is off Global’s schedule next
Jimmy Johnson says Survivor saved his life. The two-time Super Bowl-winning head coach spoke to critics Thursday on a CBS conference call and explained how a routine, pre-show medical turned up evidence of heart disease.Johnson, 67, is the oldest of 16 new participants in the 21st edition of Survivor, which premieres Wednesday (not Thursday), Sept.
David Bianculli over at TV Worth Watching has asked a number of his critic pals (including yours truly) to kick in with our first impressions on the new season. Everything from this week’s premiere of Hellcats to the launch of Law & Order: Los Angeles Sept. 29. Think of the old TV Guide fall preview
Looks like the Jonas Brothers can still rock the ratings. Their Toronto and Muskoka-lensed TV-movie, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, opened large, as they say, drawing 8 million total viewers last Friday night on U.S. cable’s The Disney Channel. The network says it is the year’s No. 1 cable movie and top rated movie
CORE’s Osher & Kent: the Steed & Emma Peel of sales Want to see what $28.5 million will buy in New York City? Check out Selling New York, a high end new real estate reality series launching Wednesday at 9 p.m. on HGTV Canada. Backed by Toronto-based JV Productions, the series allows viewers inside some of Manhattan’s most