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The first CBC newscast was a bilingual radio report on November 2, 1936. The CBC News Service was inaugurated during World War II on January 1, 1941, when Dan McArthur, chief news editor, had Wells Ritchie prepare for the announcer Charles Jennings a national report at 8:00 pm. Previously, CBC relied on The Canadian Press to provide it with wire copy for its news bulletins.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. [5] It is a Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster, with its English-language and French-language service units known as CBC and Radio-Canada, respectively.
CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) is a Canadian English-language specialty news channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It is Canada's first all-news channel, [1] and the world's third-oldest television service of this nature (after CNN in the United States, and Sky News in the United Kingdom.)
24/7 news channel [10] CBC News BC FAST channel [10] 24/7 regional news channel focused on British Columbia [10] CBC Comedy FAST channel [10] 24/7 comedy channel [10] Radio-Canada (French) Espaces autochtones online news Indigenous news, with a focus on the "challenges, achievements and history of Indigenous communities." Ici ARTV: specialty ...
Instead of the infomercials aired by most private stations, or a simulcast of CBC News Network in the style of BBC One's nightly simulcast of BBC News Channel, the CBC uses the time to air repeats, including local news, primetime series, films and other programming from the CBC library. [4]
In 1958, the Board of Broadcast Governors assumed responsibilities for regulating public and private broadcasters from the CBC and the Department of Transport and in 1968, with the adoption of the Broadcasting Act, regulation became the responsibility of the Canadian Radio-television Commission (CRTC). [8]
The CBC's French language all-news channel, Réseau de l'information (RDI), is launched on January 1. The CBC establishes its web presence at CBC.ca and at Radio-Canada.ca. The CBC is granted a licence to operate a new digital audio music service called Galaxie. 1996 CBC TV boasts an all-Canadian prime-time schedule.
Media ownership in Canada is governed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), with regards to audiovisual media and telecom networks, as well as other agencies with more specific jurisdiction, in the case of non-broadcast media—like the Competition Bureau, with regards to competition matters and Department of Canadian Heritage regarding foreign investment ...