Bell Media
TORONTO Bell Media, one of Canada’s largest operators of terrestrial radio, TV and broadcast music channels, has cut hundreds of jobs in a new round of layoffs that the company says is a move to streamline operations and focus more on technology and other content investments.
At least 210 employees have been laid off according to the
Canadian Press, citing numbers from private sector union Unifor, which represents 315,000 workers across Canada, including those with Bell. Bell would not confirm the number.
The company attributed the layoffs to a shifting media landscape and the need for a “streamlined operating structure.”
Bell Media
TORONTO Bell Media, one of Canada’s largest operators of terrestrial radio, TV and broadcast music channels, has cut hundreds of jobs in a new round of layoffs that the company says is a move to streamline operations and focus more on technology and other content investments.
At least 210 employees have been laid off according to the
Canadian Press, citing numbers from private sector union Unifor, which represents 315,000 workers across Canada, including those with Bell. Bell would not confirm the number.
The company attributed the layoffs to a shifting media landscape and the need for a “streamlined operating structure.”
Mike Cosentino, Corrie Coe exit Bell Media amid management restructuring A raft of senior content executives are reported to have exited the company, including Mike Cosentino, Tracey Pearce, Corrie Coe and Nanci MacLean. January 6, 2021
A raft of key senior executives have exited Bell Media as the company on Tuesday (January 5) made a sweeping round of executive layoffs.
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Playback has learned that the executive exits include Mike Cosentino (president, content and programming – pictured), Tracey Pearce (president, distribution and pay), Nanci MacLean (VP, Bell Media Studios and president, Pinewood Toronto Studios), Corrie Coe (SVP, original programming) and Kevin Goldstein (VP, regulatory affairs, content and distribution, BCE).
FOX Acquires CTV Original Series Holmes Family Effect in Deal with Bell Media
The four-part series, which has completed production, makes its broadcast premiere in Canada on CTV in early 2021.
[via press release from Bell Media]
FOX Acquires CTV Original Series HOLMES FAMILY EFFECT in Deal with Bell Media
- Iconic contractor and TV Personality Mike Holmes returns to U.S. primetime on FOX -
TORONTO (December 14, 2020) - Bell Media announced today it has completed a deal with FOX for their acquisition of the new CTV Original series HOLMES FAMILY EFFECT. The deal delivers the program to FOX in time to join the network s 2020/21 midseason schedule. The four-part series, which has completed production, makes its broadcast premiere in Canada on CTV in early 2021.