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CBC NEWS - Season Launch 2014-2015 - CBC Media Centre

CBC NEWS - Season Launch 2014-2015

May 29, 2014
CBCNEWS.CA

CBCNews.ca is at the forefront of CBC News’ digital-first strategy and consistently ranks as the top broadcast media property in Canada, both online and on mobile devices. Since its launch in 2011, almost two million Canadians have downloaded the CBC News mobile app.

CBCNews.ca delivers the most comprehensive and live news coverage for Canadians and is the most popular digital news choice in the country. The site offers breaking news, in-depth analysis from journalists around the world, breaking local, national and international news, weather and much more.

CBC News mobile products - for iOs, Android and Blackberry devices - offer a range of unique and pace-setting features including innovative multimedia content, international and national news, political news direct from Parliament Hill, real-time updates and more live video, analysis, and breaking news than any other news mobile product in Canada. CBCNews.ca’s mobile products offer the tools to help users share pictures and video with CBC News and with their friends on social media networks.

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CBC NEWS NETWORK

CBC News Network is the number one national news channel in Canada. The channel focuses on the stories that are happening in the moment, live, seven days a week. If it’s happening, CBC News Network is on it. The channel features programming based in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver, with reports from CBC News from across Canada and around the world.

CBC NEWS NOW, live seven days a week starting at 6 a.m. ET, features some of Canada’s most popular news hosts such as Heather Hiscox, Suhana Meharchand, Carole MacNeil and Ian Hanomansing.
POWER & POLITICS WITH EVAN SOLOMON is the leading daily political program in Canada, hosted two hours each weekday from Ottawa by Evan Solomon. THE LANG & O’LEARY EXCHANGE airs weeknights where co-hosts Amanda Lang and Kevin O’Leary discuss the top business issues of the day. THE NATIONAL airs three times every weeknight as well as on the weekend, hosted by iconic journalist and CBC Chief Correspondent Peter Mansbridge.

CBC News Network features the best in feature programs and current documentaries from around the world with programs like MANSBRIDGE ONE ON ONE, MARKETPLACE, the fifth estate and THE PASSIONATE EYE. 2014 marks 25 years on-the-air for Canada’s most-watched news network, and the place Canadians turn to for the biggest, breaking stories.

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THE LANG & O’LEARY EXCHANGE
Weeknights at 7 p.m. (4 PT) on CBC News Network
THE LANG & O’LEARY EXCHANGE is all about personality, players and perspective in the business world. Co-hosts Amanda Lang and Kevin O’Leary love nothing more than to take each other—and the top business issues of the day—head on. They take Canadians inside the world of business with thought-provoking coverage and insights that draw on their own deep experience and expertise.

Debating the financial stories that matter, Lang and O’Leary have an inside understanding, provocative opinions, passion and a sense of humour. They’ll also bring you the people who matter in the financial world—the CEOs, the policymakers and the whistleblowers—the biggest names in Canada and around the world.
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MANSBRIDGE ONE ON ONE
Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. on CBC News Network
Sundays at 12 p.m/ 1 NT on CBC Television

MANSBRIDGE ONE ON ONE features compelling and exclusive interviews with guests from all walks of life. CBC News Chief Correspondent Peter Mansbridge uses his award-winning interviewing skills to engage with high-profile newsmakers from Canada and around the world in a weekly series of half-hour conversations.

Guests include politicians, journalists, arts and sports figures and the newsmakers behind the issues of the day.

Among the exclusive interviews last year, Mansbridge spoke with Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin, hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr, author Margaret Atwood, B.C. Premier Christy Clark, Olympic ski racer Jan Hudec, the Aga Khan, astronaut Chris Hadfield, Green Party leader Elizabeth May and double Olympic gold Medallist Sidney Crosby.

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THE PASSIONATE EYE
Saturdays and Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBC News Network

THE PASSIONATE EYE is Canada’s longest-running national showcase for independent documentaries. For 22 years it’s provided Canadians with a critical window on the world, exploring international events and people through timely and provocative award-winning documentaries. PASSIONATE EYE documentaries have won every major award, including Emmys, Oscars, Peabodys and Geminis, but they’ve also made news. . . stories and films such as Hunted in Russia, Holy Money, Invisible War, and Putin’s Games, to name just a few from last season. Today, THE PASSIONATE EYE remains one of the only documentary programs in Canada where viewers can still see a selection of the world’s best and most newsworthy political and social issue documentaries.

Season Highlights for 2014/15 include:

India’s Daughter
Feature film director Leslee Udwin investigates the rape case that shocked India and the world. The film pays tribute to Jyoti Singh, who in December 2012 went to see the movie Life of Pi with a male friend. As they returned home on a public bus, she was gang-raped and brutally murdered by six strangers. With unprecedented access to the rapists in prison, the film examines the values of a society where brutality against women is so widespread. It follows the events leading up to the incident and the aftermath: the arrests, the protests and riots, and the political ramifications in India.

Revenge of the Electric Car
Chris Paine’s sequel to Who Killed the Electric Car? follows the auto industry’s high-stakes race to build the next generation of the electric car. With behind-the-scenes access to GM, Nissan, Tesla Motors, and the visionaries behind the companies, we witness the fierce competition the industry is now waging to not only build the best electric vehicle, but win the hearts and minds of car buyers around the world. Narrated by Tim Robbins.

112 Weddings
Over the past two decades, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Doug Block has supported his career with a side business of videotaping weddings. Long curious about which marriages were able to sustain, and which would flame out, he tracks down and interviews some of the more memorable of his 112 wedding couples, creating a vibrant, often funny, and insightful portrait of the state of marriage and the relationships of the couples.

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POWER & POLITICS WITH EVAN SOLOMON
Weekdays at 5 p.m. ET (2 PT) on CBC News Network
Tough but fair, POWER & POLITICS WITH EVAN SOLOMON is the political arena where decision-makers answer the questions that matter to you. Solomon takes Canadians through the day’s political news, offering a daily topical discussion of key issues. With a regular cast of political panellists, and the continuously unfolding drama of the Canadian political scene, POWER & POLITICS WITH EVAN SOLOMON is smart and unpredictable - the must-see political affairs program for Canadians everywhere.

The CBC News team plays a key role on the show, providing live reports from Parliament Hill and covering all the important aspects of Canadian government. Award-winning journalists examine political events, election races and policy fights from all over the country, making them relevant to all Canadians.

The conversation on POWER & POLITICS WITH EVAN SOLOMON puts viewers in the middle of it all. Their unique social media tool puts viewer comments on-air in real time and viewers can weigh in by voting on the day’s “Ballot Box” question. The discussion then keeps going on Facebook and online at CBCNews.ca/politics, a home base for all things political.
Whether you’re at your desk or on your device, instantly get the latest political news and more with the CBC News Mobile App for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.

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THE HOUSE: WITH EVAN SOLOMON
Saturday at 9 a.m. (9:30 NT) and Sunday at 12 a.m. (12:30 NT) on CBC Radio One

Every Saturday morning Evan Solomon and CBC Radio One take you behind the scenes in the world of Canadian politics.

THE HOUSE puts politicians in the hot seat and asks them the tough questions. This is where listeners go for the latest political news. Solomon and his team of experts are tracking the next big political story before it’s in the headlines.

Whether it’s the Senate-PMO scandal, the controversy surrounding changes to election law or the latest federal budget, The House is there to hold politicians accountable.

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WORLD REPORT
Weekdays beginning at 5 a.m. (6 a.m. AT, 6:30 a.m. NT) on CBC Radio One
Weekends beginning at 6 a.m. (7 a.m. AT, 7:30 a.m. NT) on CBC Radio One

Every morning, more than one million Canadians begin their day with WORLD REPORT, with host David Common.

WORLD REPORT, CBC Radio One’s major morning news program, gives listeners the news that has broken overnight with a look ahead to the day’s expected events. The program features the latest international news, as well as the top domestic stories, including breaking stories Canadians will hear first on CBC.

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WORLD AT SIX
Weekdays at 6 p.m. (6:30 NT) on CBC Radio One

The WORLD AT SIX has been a cornerstone of the CBC Radio network for almost 50 years.

Since the first broadcast of WORLD AT SIX in the fall of 1966, Canadians from coast to coast to coast, have tuned in Monday to Friday evenings, for a comprehensive wrap-up of the day’s news.

The show’s editors, producers, reporters and host work tirelessly to broadcast up-to-the minute news on what’s happening and why, at the same time providing context and analysis, along with in-depth and feature-length documentaries.

The program goes to air live across the country, with its content that reflects the interests of audiences in each region.

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THE WORLD THIS HOUR
Weekdays at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on CBC Radio One

Each weekday, THE WORLD THIS HOUR host Bernie McNamee delivers the latest national and international news as it develops through the afternoon.

It’s smart, conversational, sound rich, fast-paced and informative, providing a showcase for enterprise-based stories from our foreign correspondents, national reporters and regional specialists.

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THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND
Weekends at 6 p.m. (7 p.m. AT, 7:30 p.m. NT) on CBC Radio One

THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND is a comprehensive half-hour news and information program, wrapping up the day’s events on Saturdays and Sundays, bringing Canadians the latest developments on the key stories at home and around the world.

Host Marcia Young and journalists across the country and around the world report what’s happening and why, providing context and analysis, as well as feature-length documentaries.

And whether you’re at your desk or on your mobile device, instantly get the latest news and more with the CBC News Mobile App for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.

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