Legendary Canadian media executive Jay Switzer died on Monday after a brief battle with brain cancer. He was 61. He died with his family at his side, according to a release from Hollywood Suite, an independent Canadian movie channel he helped found in 2010. Switzer, whose mother Phyllis Switzer helped found City TV, began his...
- 1/30/2018
- by Gavin Crisp
- ET Canada
BANFF, Alberta -- BBC Worldwide is taking a minority stake in Canadian TV producer Temple Street to create a Canadian platform for its TV formats. The deal was one of several unveiled Monday as the Banff World Television Festival got under way.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but Temple Street will get a first look at formats for which BBC Worldwide has the Canadian rights. And the British company will secure access to Temple Street's scripted and unscripted programming and formats for international distribution.
The move follows last week's BBC Worldwide pickup of overseas distribution rights to Temple Street's new CBC drama "The Session".
Also in Banff, Canadian webcaster GlassBox said veteran digital media producer Raja Khanna has joined company founder Jeffrey Elliot as co-CEO.
GlassBox, which streams digital media channels, also received a $4.8 million cash injection from a consortium that includes former Alliance Atlantis distribution boss Ted Riley, former Standard Broadcasting CEO Gary Slaight and former CHUM executives Jay Switzer and Stephen Tapp.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but Temple Street will get a first look at formats for which BBC Worldwide has the Canadian rights. And the British company will secure access to Temple Street's scripted and unscripted programming and formats for international distribution.
The move follows last week's BBC Worldwide pickup of overseas distribution rights to Temple Street's new CBC drama "The Session".
Also in Banff, Canadian webcaster GlassBox said veteran digital media producer Raja Khanna has joined company founder Jeffrey Elliot as co-CEO.
GlassBox, which streams digital media channels, also received a $4.8 million cash injection from a consortium that includes former Alliance Atlantis distribution boss Ted Riley, former Standard Broadcasting CEO Gary Slaight and former CHUM executives Jay Switzer and Stephen Tapp.
TORONTO -- Roma Khanna, senior vp content at Chum Television, on Thursday became the latest in a series of executive departures from the Canadian broadcaster as it merges with rival CTVglobemedia.
In an internal note to employees at Toronto-based Chum, Khanna said her job will end once the radio and TV broadcaster is absorbed by CTVglobemedia and its five Citytv free-to-air TV stations are sold separately to Rogers Media.
"While other opportunities with CTVglobemedia did exist, we have decided that there isn't anything that meets their needs while still being as exciting for me as what I was doing before," Khanna said after four years in the post at Chum.
Her departure follows last week's announcement that Jay Switzer, president and CEO of parent Chum Ltd., will be retiring as the company is swallowed by CTVglobemedia (HR 6/23).
In early June, the CRTC greenlighted CTVglobemedia's $1.4 billion takeover of Chum, stipulating that its five Citytv stations be sold off.
In an internal note to employees at Toronto-based Chum, Khanna said her job will end once the radio and TV broadcaster is absorbed by CTVglobemedia and its five Citytv free-to-air TV stations are sold separately to Rogers Media.
"While other opportunities with CTVglobemedia did exist, we have decided that there isn't anything that meets their needs while still being as exciting for me as what I was doing before," Khanna said after four years in the post at Chum.
Her departure follows last week's announcement that Jay Switzer, president and CEO of parent Chum Ltd., will be retiring as the company is swallowed by CTVglobemedia (HR 6/23).
In early June, the CRTC greenlighted CTVglobemedia's $1.4 billion takeover of Chum, stipulating that its five Citytv stations be sold off.
- 6/29/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Jay Switzer, president and CEO of Chum Ltd., will step down next month when the Toronto-based radio and TV broadcaster is absorbed by rival CTVglobemedia as part of a CAN$1.4 billion ($1.3 billion) takeover.
On Friday, Switzer confirmed his departure but insisted that he will make no public comment until after his planned exit in two weeks.
In an internal memo released to Chum employees Thursday, Switzer expressed sadness on leaving the broadcaster he joined in 1982 but added that he was happy and optimistic that Chum was beginning a new chapter.
In early June, Canada's TV regulator gave its blessing to CTVglobemedia's takeover of Chum, which has radio stations as well as over-the-air and cable TV channels in 15 Canadian markets.
On Friday, Switzer confirmed his departure but insisted that he will make no public comment until after his planned exit in two weeks.
In an internal memo released to Chum employees Thursday, Switzer expressed sadness on leaving the broadcaster he joined in 1982 but added that he was happy and optimistic that Chum was beginning a new chapter.
In early June, Canada's TV regulator gave its blessing to CTVglobemedia's takeover of Chum, which has radio stations as well as over-the-air and cable TV channels in 15 Canadian markets.
- 6/23/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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