Canadian Television Today

Author : Bart Beaty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Communication. Mass media
ISBN : 1552386740

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Canadian Television Today by Bart Beaty Pdf

This book takes an in-depth look at the formidable challenges facing the Canadian television industry at the dawn of the twenty-first century. The current consensus within the industry alternates between a paternalistic model that promotes national culture and identity, and a laissez-faire approach that calls for a large-scale de regulation of the industry. To better understand why the industry is confronted with this difficult choice, the authors begin by exploring a number of key political decisions that have helped shape the way television is integrated into the Canadian social fabric. Firs.

Author : Bart Beaty,Rebecca Sullivan
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781552382226

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Canadian Television Today by Bart Beaty,Rebecca Sullivan Pdf

Whats on TV? In Canadian Television Today, authors Bart Beaty and Rebecca Sullivan explore the current challenges and issues facing the English-language television industry in Canada.

Author : David Hogarth
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 077352388X

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Documentary Television in Canada by David Hogarth Pdf

Since the inception of Canadian television in the early 1950s, documentary television, consistently a favourite among viewers, has been misunderstood and often maligned by its critics. More popular, and arguably more innovative, than its cinematic counterpart or than dramatic Canadian television, Canadian documentary television has decisively shaped the form and function of public service television in this country. David Hogarth traces its history back to its roots in radio in the 1930s and 1940s and examines the variety of forms of documentary television that developed in the decades that followed, focusing on newsmagazines, science programs, historical essays, docudramas, and verité investigations. He concludes with a discussion of the recent international success of documentary television as one of Canada's leading cultural exports, examining the effects of globalization and looking forward to the future of this genre. While principally an overview of the last half century and an analysis of current conditions, Documentary Television in Canada also includes detailed analysis of selected programs, such as the For the Record series on schizophrenia, "Warrendale" (by Allan King), "Images of Canada" (by Vincent Tovell), "The Valour and The Horror" episode, "Death by Moonlight" and "Shooting Indians" (by Ali Kazimi) among others.

Author : Michael Nolan
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0888643845

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CTV-The Network That Means Business by Michael Nolan Pdf

Michael Nolan follows the evolution of CTV from a group of small independent television stations across Canada to the powerful network it is today. He chronicles the boardroom struggles within the network as strong personalities clashed over economic and cultural matters.

Author : Peter Kenter,Martin W. Levin
Publisher : Whitecap Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111620345

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TV North by Peter Kenter,Martin W. Levin Pdf

This is an entertaining and nostalgic encyclopedia of Canadian television. History textbooks pale in comparison to this retro look at what's hot and what's not on Canada's small screen.

Author : Marian Bredin,Scott Henderson,Sarah A. Matheson
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781554583881

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Canadian Television by Marian Bredin,Scott Henderson,Sarah A. Matheson Pdf

Canadian Television: Text and Context explores the creation and circulation of entertainment television in Canada from the interdisciplinary perspective of television studies. Each chapter connects arguments about particular texts of Canadian television to critical analysis of the wider cultural, social, and economic contexts in which they are created. The book surveys the commercial and technological imperatives of the Canadian television industry, the shifting role of the CBC as Canada’s public broadcaster, the dynamics of Canada’s multicultural and multiracial audiences, and the function of television’s “star system.” Foreword by The Globe and Mail’s television critic, John Doyle.

Author : Institute for Research on Public Policy
Publisher : IRPP
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0920380670

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The Introduction of Pay-TV in Canada by Institute for Research on Public Policy Pdf

Author : Frédérick Bastien
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774836852

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Breaking News? by Frédérick Bastien Pdf

In the thousand-channel universe, politicians must find innovative ways to reach citizens via television. Viewership for news and current affairs television programs has dropped dramatically. Meanwhile, the rise of programming that blends information with entertainment – infotainment – on French Canadian television has provided new opportunities for today’s politicians. Breaking News? traces the development of infotainment and exposes the impact of these kinds of programs on modern political communication. Though not without its controversies, infotainment ultimately makes a positive contribution to democratic life by piquing the audience’s interest in public affairs and motivating it to pay more attention to political news in general.

Author : Paul Rutherford
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 080206647X

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When Television was Young by Paul Rutherford Pdf

A decade after the first Canadian telecasts in September 1952, TV had conquered the country. Why was the little screen so enthusiastically welcomed by Canadians? Was television in its early years more innovative, less commerical, and more Canadian than current than current offerings? In this study of what is often called the 'golden age' of television, Paul Rutherford has set out to dispel some cherished myths and to resurrect the memory of a noble experiment in the making of Canadian culture. He focuses on three key aspects of the story. The first is the development of the national service, including the critical acclaim won by Radio-Canada, the struggles of the CBC's English service to provide mass entertainment that could compete with the Hollywood product, and the effective challenge of private television to the whole dream of public broadcasting. The second deals with the wealth of made-in-Canada programming available to please and inform vviewers - even commercials receive close attention. Altogether, Rutherford argues, Canadian programming reflected as well as enhanced the prevailing values and assumptions of the mainstream. The final focus is on McLuhan's Question: What happens to society when a new medium of communications enters the picture? Rutherford's findings cast doubt upon the common presumptions about the awesome power of television. Television in Canada, Rutherford concludes, amounts to a failed revolution. It never realized the ambbitions of its masters or the fears of its critics. Its course was shaped not only by the will of the government, the power of commerce, and the empire of Hollywood, but also by the desires and habits of the viewers.

Author : Serra Tinic
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442659469

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On Location by Serra Tinic Pdf

Film and television production are important components of the Canadian economy. In Vancouver, popular American television series like The X-Files and Canadian series like Da Vinci's Inquest have boosted the city's profile as a centre for international and domestic productions. Serra Tinic's On Location is the first empirical analysis of regional Canadian television producers in the context of developing global media markets. Tinic observes that global television production in Vancouver has been a contradictory process that has, on one level, led to the homogenization of culturally specific storylines, while simultaneously facilitating the development of new avenues for international ventures. The author explains how federal and regional network considerations, funding guidelines, and partnerships with international co-producers affect the capacity of Canadian television producers to negotiate culturally specific storylines in the development process. She further interrogates the concepts of globalization, culture, and national identity, and their relationship to broadcasting from the perspectives of members of the television industry themselves, highlighting the extent to which industry practices in Vancouver epitomize current trends in global television production. On Location fills a major gap in contemporary media and cultural studies debates that question the connections between the politics of place, culture, and commerce within the larger context of cultural globalization.

Author : Marian Bredin,Scott Henderson,Sarah A. Matheson
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781554583898

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Canadian Television by Marian Bredin,Scott Henderson,Sarah A. Matheson Pdf

Canadian Television: Text and Context explores the creation and circulation of entertainment television in Canada from the interdisciplinary perspective of television studies. Each chapter connects arguments about particular texts of Canadian television to critical analysis of the wider cultural, social, and economic contexts in which they are created. The book surveys the commercial and technological imperatives of the Canadian television industry, the shifting role of the CBC as Canada’s public broadcaster, the dynamics of Canada’s multicultural and multiracial audiences, and the function of television’s “star system.” Foreword by The Globe and Mail’s television critic, John Doyle.

Author : Anna Mongibello
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 8899306788

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Indigenous Peoples in Canadian Tv News. A Corpus-based Analysis of Mainstream and Indigenous News Discourses by Anna Mongibello Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Canada
ISBN : CUB:U183022182959

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Canada Today by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marsha Ann Tate
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015067708480

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Canadian Television Programming Made for the United States Market by Marsha Ann Tate Pdf

"Factors which led to an independent television production sector in Toronto, Ontario, and the Ontario-based companies that have competed in the U.S. marketplace. Alliance Atlantis Communications is given particular attention as one of Ontario's most successful production companies. Economic and political influences as well as current and future prospects of independent production companies are discussed"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Monica MacDonald
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773558090

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Recasting History by Monica MacDonald Pdf

Since 1952, CBC television has played a unique role as the primary mass media purveyor of Canadian history. Yet until now, there have been no comprehensive accounts of Canadian history on television. Monica MacDonald takes us behind the scenes of the major documentaries and docudramas broadcast on the CBC, including in Explorations (1956–64) and the series Images of Canada (1972–76), The National Dream (1974), The Valour and the Horror (1992), and Canada: A People's History (2000–02). Drawing on a wide range of sources, MacDonald explores how producers struggled to represent the Canadian past under a range of external and internal pressures. Despite dramatic shifts in the writing of history over this period, she determines that television themes and interpretations largely remained the same. The greater change was in the production and presentation, particularly in the role of professional historians, as journalists emerged not only as the new producers of Canadian history on CBC television, but also as the new content authorities. A critique of public history through the lens of political economy, Recasting History reveals the conflicts, compromises, and controversies that have shaped the CBC version of the Canadian past.