http://www.insidethecbc.com The official blog of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:13:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Shokoor Firoz, the CBC's fixer in Kabul and his brother Qaim, a driver, were both nabbed by Afghan authorities shortly after Mellissa Fung's kidnapping. They are still being held despite pleas from Mellissa and the CBC. Mellissa said in an interview yesterday "I just know that there's no way Shokoor could ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/update-on-mellissa-fungs-fixer-and-driver Click to Play Mellissa Fung repeatedly told herself, "I am not dying here" during her 28-day captivity in Afghanistan, despite being stabbed in the shoulder during her abduction, the CBC journalist said Wednesday.In an exclusive interview with the CBC's Anna Maria Tremonti from an undisclosed location her first since being ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/cbc-journalist-melissa-fung-on-her-abduction-in-afghanistan After being held captive for 28 days in a underground pit Mellissa Fung sat down today for an interview with Anna Maria Tremonti. She was stabbed and wounded during the abduction, but is otherwise is good health. During her captivity she didn't let her herself think about dying. "I couldn't let ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/they-dont-teach-you-how-to-be-a-hostage Richard Stursberg has announced a partnership between Al Gore's Current TV and the CBC to launch a new web site and digital channel called Current Canada. Current TV is both web site and TV channel. Visitors to the web site are encouraged to essentially act as producers and vote to filter ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/cbc-pairs-up-to-launch-current-tv-canada As Mellissa Fung heads home after her kidnapping ordeal, several issues are still being debated. A story in the Pakistan Observer alleging a prisoner swap was denied today by various Afghan and Canadian officials. The Canadian Press reports that several officials, including the Prime Minister and the Canadian ambassador to Afghanistan ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/mellissa-fung-round-up CBC journalist Mellissa Fung was released into the custody of Canadian officials in Kabul on Saturday, four weeks after she was abducted. Fung was taken by armed men who approached her in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Kabul on Oct. 12. The journalist, who was stationed at the NATO ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/fundsafe From a CBC News Release: CBC English Services has filled the important radio leadership chair in the country with its appointment today of renowned media executive Denise Donlon as executive director of radio, effective September 29, 2008. Donlon, 52, a journalist, producer and former president of Sony Music Canada and ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/cbc-radio-gets-new-executive-director With all the changes going on inside the CBC this fall, it only makes sense that some changes occur at Inside the CBC.com as well! ;-) When we launched blog a few years ago, the CBC was just putting its toe delicately into the blog world with a few shows publishing ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/pause Download a full-size image suitable for printing. http://www.insidethecbc.com/r2sched Richard Terfry will have a regular day job soon. The musician (who plays under the name Buck 65) will be the host of Radio 2 Drive when the show launches next week. The Halifax Chronicle-Herald profiled Terfry Tuesday and got his thoughts on what you'll be hearing starting September 2: We kept ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/terfryshow A little infopr0n of the CBC's Olympic coverage, for those of you who like numbers: >90% satisfaction level with CBC programming, among Canadians who watched the Games (CP/Harris Decima) 1.29 million viewers: overall average CBC Television audience 933,000 viewers: Opening Ceremony 8.20 million viewers: Closing Ceremony Largest audience: 2.6 million (for Simon Whitfield’s race on ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/olympicsnumber Is it just me, or have the the fine folks in the CBC Bureau of Name Allocation* stopped adding a little, er, "inspiration" into their morning coffees? We'll soon have CBC Canadian Songwriters and CBC Canadian Composers as names of web radio streams and Radio Two Morning and Radio Two Drive ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/will-definitely-not-the-opera-be-renamed-to-cbc-pop-culture-saturday More details are beginning to emerge about the four 24-hour web radio streams CBC Radio will launch next week, along with changes to CBC Radio Two: CBC Jazz: CBC Jazz will feature a "deep playlist" featuring jazz music and musicians from across the decades.  You'll hear an emphasis on Canadian performers ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/webstreams Private radio in Canada is basking in some of its best profits in decades. In a report by Statistics Canada, commercial radio stations reported nearly 20% profit margin (before interest and taxes) in 2007 -- that's the industry's third best result in 30 years, after 2006 and 2005. The boom comes ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/privateprofit [caption id="" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Jim Kearney in his earlier reporting days"][/caption] CBC Radio sports columnist Jim Kearney passed away Friday at 86. Kearney spent most of his career in print -- starting at the Victoria Times in 1940 then moving to the Vancouver Sun in 1943, churning out five sports columns a ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/kearney The CRTC approved a new CBC sports specialty channel Wednesday, but will limit the amount of high-ratings sports like hockey, basketball and football. CBC SportsPlus is expected to start early in 2009. As part of the licence, at least 30% of the content must be covering amateur sport, calculated weekly. Also, ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/cbc-sportsplus-to-launch-despite-privates-opposition Sadly this is the last Olympics that CBC will be covering for a while. That said, this is also the most well covered Olympics in CBC history. Partly thanks to the Internet and cbc.ca. Don't Feed The Animals cbc.ca/olympics provides you with up to 12 online "channels" where you can watch ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/undertheolympics A few months ago, when Rhiannon Agostinho tried looking for a group on Facebook where she could chat with people about the CBC and its happenings, she came up empty. So she started her own. Today, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation group is one of many of Facebook groups where thousands of ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/rhianno The new CBC Radio 2 schedule has been announced and here are the highlights: Radio 2 Morning, weekdays hosted by Tom Allen, weekends hosted by Molly Johnson. Weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., listeners wake up to a mix of contemporary artists and familiar favourites with Tom Allen. The show features a cross-genre ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/r2-2008 Jonathan Dube, director of CBC's digital media, will leave the CBC Monday to return to ABCNews.com after a three-year stint here. Dube joined CBC in 2005 as Editorial Director for CBC.ca, responsible for overseeing editorial content and staff. Last year, he took on the role of integrating CBC News across all ... http://www.insidethecbc.com/dubeexi