Podcasts about Canwest

If you work in this industry you know how hard it is to keep ahead in a world that always seems to be pivoting. Streaming, fast channels, multi-platform media brands – who can keep up?Well, one fella is Jamie Schouela, President, Global Channels and Media at Blue Ant Media. I caught up with Jamie a few weeks ago in Toronto when I was asked to moderate a CTAM panel on the future of the industry from a cable perspective. He leads the strategic direction and operations for the company's streaming and linear networks, as well as digital, print and consumer event properties. The companies' brands include Love Nature, BBC Earth, T+E, Makeful, HauntTV, Cottage Life and many more.He's also busy spreading Blue Ant content around the world. Here he is, one of the good guys, Jamie Schouela.

Tom and Zac breakdown the conference semi-finals from not just the OUA, but the AUS, RSEQ, and CanWest.

Connor and Wade are back on a Friday! The duo discuss the final week of regular season play in the Ontario conference and all of the possible playoff scenarios. Later in the episode the duo discuss the resume of play in the CanWest and the QB battles in the RSEQ.Subscribe, review and tell a friend to help us bring you even more Canadian football content.

Connor and Wade are back to recap an incredible week in Canadian university football! The duo start of recapping Ottawa's sixth straight Panda win, before moving into the rest of the action in the OUA. To close out the episode the pair discuss how tight the CanWest is and spotlight the Bishop's OT Win.

Connor and Wade return with their preview episode of this weekend's slate of USPORTS games. As always the pair starts the show off in the OUA before moving to the rest of the country. How will, the CanWest shake out, will Montreal bounce back and who will wear the Eastern crown. All this and more is discussed on today's episode. Subcribe, review and tell a friend to help us bring you even more Canadian football content.

Connor and Wade are back after a jam packed weekend of USPORTS Football! The pair start the show off with the OUA Show Week 2 recap before moving into the rest of the games from around the country! The pair discuss the CanWest kicking off before talking about the new kings of the East. Subscribe, review and tell a friend to help us bring you even more Canadian football content.

WFTY-DT (channel 67) is a television station licensed to Smithtown, New York, United States, serving Long Island and owned by TelevisaUnivision. Its main channel broadcasts the True Crime Network; it also rebroadcasts the main channels of its New York City–area Univision and UniMás stations, WXTV-DT (channel 41) and WFUT-DT (channel 68), from its transmitter in Middle Island, New York. Channel 67 was originally assigned to Patchogue, New York, where television producer Theodore Granik obtained the construction permit for a new TV station in September 1968. Granik envisioned a group of ultra high frequency (UHF) stations carrying public affairs programming, but he died in 1970 with channel 67 unbuilt. The permit was acquired by the Suburban Broadcasting Corporation, which believed it could fill a void in providing news, sports, and entertainment programming from and for Long Island. On this basis, WSNL-TV began broadcasting on November 18, 1973. As much as 70 percent of its lineup consisted of live, local programming—a level far ahead of most stations—ranging from local news and sports to children's and cooking shows and a Long Island–set soap opera. The station struggled to build a viewer and advertiser base owing to reception difficulties—lampooned so frequently by Newsday writer Marvin Kitman that he was sued—and economic troubles. It left the air on June 20, 1975, and filed for bankruptcy the next year. In 1978, Canwest Capital Corporation, a Canadian company whose U.S. subsidiary Universal Subscription Television was in the subscription television (STV) business, paid off all of Suburban's debts in exchange for the rights to broadcast STV programming on channel 67. Canwest then entered into a joint venture with Wometco Enterprises, majority owner of channel 68 and operator of the Wometco Home Theater (WHT) STV service that served the New York City area and northern New Jersey. Beginning in June 1980, WSNL-TV began providing WHT on Long Island. Wometco terminated the joint venture in 1981 and became the sole owner of channel 67. At its peak, WHT served more than 111,000 subscribers and was the fourth-largest STV system in the nation. The death of Wometco majority owner Mitchell Wolfson in 1983 triggered a leveraged buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR). As subscriptions declined due to rising cable penetration, Wometco sold off the WHT business but kept channels 68 and 67, which began broadcasting a music video service known as U68 on June 1, 1985. U68 was a locally programmed competitor to MTV with a more eclectic mix of music. The stations were put on the market in December 1985 because KKR executed a second leveraged buyout, this time of Storer Communications, and chose to retain Storer's cable systems in northern New Jersey and Connecticut over WWHT and WSNL-TV. The two stations were sold to the Home Shopping Network (HSN) as part of its foray into broadcasting; renamed WHSE and WHSI, they broadcast home shopping programming for the next 15 years. While an attempt by company owner Barry Diller to convert the stations to general-entertainment independents was slated as late as 2000, Diller ultimately sold WHSE and WHSI and other USA Broadcasting stations to Univision in 2001. Many of these stations formed the backbone of Telefutura (now UniMás), which launched in January 2002. PICTURE: https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/WFTY-DT --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thequeensnewyorker/message

10 degrees yesterday / Potholes (1:40); Fraud Prevention Month - The Clayman recently had an interesting fraud-related experience (8:00); Simple addictive pleasures, like the hidden game in Instagram (15:30); Simple addictive pleasures (22:50); Milt Stegall on Breakfast with the Bombers - Follow-up on the death of Coach Dave Ritchie (25:45); Follow-up discussion on scams and Fraud Prevention Month? (34:55); Winning tale on simple addictive pleasures (41:40); Manitoba Bisons women's volleyball team wins CanWest championship for first time ever, off to the nationals?Ken Bentley, head coach U of M Bisons women's volleyball team (46:00).

In this interview, Peter Menzies, Senior Fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, former newspaper executive and past vice chair of the CRTC, discusses the state of the media in Canada. Menzies talks about how the industry is at a point where it needs to adapt or die, how it got to this point, who is to blame, the federal government online legislation, the CBC, and the growth of alternative news publications. Below is a column Menzies wrote for The Hub. By Peter Menzies, November 22, 2023 Twenty years ago, it should have been obvious to all that the jig was up for newspapers and journalism was going to need a new ride. Print had a good run—almost 600 years—but the invention by Tim Berners-Lee of the World Wide Web meant the era of massive presses and the power they bestowed on their owners was coming to an end. The only question, once Craigslist and Kijiji began boring holes in classified advertising, the economic foundation of newspapers, was whether there would even be time to save the furniture. Since the turn of the century, there have only been two alternatives for legacy news organizations: adapt or die. While there has been some evidence of success in terms of the former, public policy support has ignored new ideas in favour of propping up the ones everyone knows won't make it. The results have ranged from inconsequential to catastrophic. In Canada, as author and academic Marc Edge has detailed in his most recent book, The Postmedia Effect, the possibilities for newspapers to adapt have been severely limited by the nation's largest and dominant chain's business and ownership structures. Thousands of jobs have been cut to ensure high-interest debt payments can be made to its U.S. hedge fund owners. Easy to blame management, one supposes, but hedge funds gotta hedge and the primary fault for the mess that is Canada's news industry belongs squarely at the door of the nation's public policymakers. Sadly, outdated foreign ownership regulations restricted the supply of qualified buyers for media organizations, which depressed the cost of acquiring newspapers to a level that facilitated their acquisition en masse by Southam, then Hollinger, then Canwest, then Postmedia. With every step, competition was suppressed through increasingly consolidated ownership only to find the nation's largest newspaper chain owned by Americans. You can't make that up. Piling on, the Competition Bureau in 2015 inexplicably approved Postmedia's acquisition of Quebecor (Sun) Media's newspapers based on the “lack of close rivalry” between newspapers such as the Calgary Herald and the Calgary Sun and “the incentive for the merged entity to retain readership and maintain editorial quality in order to continue to attract advertisers.” All said with a straight face. Anyone who had actually worked in the business—I put in shifts at both the Calgary Sun and the Calgary Herald in their halcyon days—would know that this is sheer nonsense justified only by the extreme narrowness of the analysis the Bureau undertook. Today, the only distinguishable difference in content between the Herald and the Sun is that Don Braid writes a column for the Herald, and Rick Bell writes one for the Sun—a pretense of competition that appears to have allowed both to extend their careers well beyond those of thousands of their colleagues. “No solutions can be found until the issue of the CBC is dealt with.” Thirty years ago, Bell and Braid shared more than 250 newsroom colleagues covering events in a city of fewer than 800,000 people. Today, reflective of their business's demise, a couple of dozen survivors cling to the Herald/Sun lifeboat in a city approaching 1.5 million. Their presses and even their buildings have been sold to feed the hedge fund. Implementation of policies designed to sustain business models that produce results such as these in the hope of “saving journalism” is self-evidently unwise. We live at a time when innovation and entrepreneurship—virtues that are fuelled by competition and suppressed by consolidation—are desperately needed. While those are clearly lacking in the newspaper industry (laudable exceptions apply at the Globe and Mail, Le Devoir, and a plethora of digital startups) it's just as unlikely journalism can find salvation in the arms of Canada's heavily regulated broadcasting industry. For it, with exceptions acknowledged, the provision of news has always been primarily a regulatory obligation and not a core business proposition. Broadcasters are in the business of entertaining people with music, drama, chat, and related programming and have long acknowledged there is little or no money in them for news. All too often, it's just regulatory rent. For those who may believe, though, the ponderous regulatory processes in place at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) make the entrepreneurship and innovation needed to adapt in an era of massive technological change almost impossible. But all that is now as may be. Rear view mirrors may help protect from encroaching harms but they are not at all useful in terms of actually going places. And journalism clearly needs a new car and new drivers if it is to thrive as a public good. Any doubt that societies require trustworthy and shared sources of information to maintain a peaceful social compact should have been erased by the events of the past few weeks. It is clear from the protests and virulent antisemitism that erupted in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel that large numbers of Canadians are forming their opinions based not on differing interpretations of the facts but on very incompatible understandings of current reality. In these circumstances, and in this instance at least, the common ground necessary to establish a healthy public square of ideas simply doesn't exist. Without such a venue, societies collapse into warring tribes. But before we can even begin to explore the complexity of THAT problem, there needs to be a sustainable path forward for fair, balanced, and accurate news gathering and delivery. The federal government's best efforts to make that happen have been disastrous. The Online News Act has done more harm than good, with news providers losing access to audiences through Facebook and Instagram while an even more disastrous Google news boycott hovers menacingly over the industry. The five-year-old journalism labour tax credit hasn't stopped newsrooms from continuing to shrink. And while the Local Journalism Initiative has created temporary employment opportunities in news “deserts”, it didn't stop the Alaska Highway News, as just one example, from folding last month. Worse, there is increasing evidence to suggest that the more the public becomes aware of direct government funding to journalism organizations, the less likely it is to trust those organizations and label reporters as toadies with labels such as “#JustinJournos.” Should the government change, they would no doubt be #Pierre'sPravda. None of this ends well. What Canada desperately needs instead is a multi-pronged, coordinated national strategy based on current economic and market realities that will allow journalism to flourish again. A few months ago, Konrad von Finckenstein and I tried to get the ideas rolling with our policy paper for the Macdonald Laurier Institute, “And Now, The News”. Its two flashiest recommendations called for the establishment of a truly independent journalism sustainability fund supported by contributions from web giants such as Meta, Google, and others and, vitally, the de-commercialization of the CBC. The CBC, already government-funded, would not be eligible to draw from this fund, which we proposed should be supported by reasonable levies on tech companies and would only be available to companies whose primary business is the production of news. I have some sympathy for those who would argue that such a fund would best be used to support entrepreneurship as opposed to simply propping up what commentator Jen Gerson has labelled “zombie” newspapers that refuse to either adapt or die. But our proposal would nevertheless eschew such distinctions and make the fund accessible to all industry-verified news organizations solely on a per capita/journalist basis. News providers would still be free to make deals with social media to build readership and make other commercial deals with digital platforms as both parties see fit. But that, on its own, doesn't solve the problem. In fact, no solutions can be found until the issue of the CBC is dealt with. It is one thing to have a public broadcaster. But today's CBC is not that. It has evolved into a publicly funded commercial broadcaster and online content provider. Even its radio content, while broadcast free of advertising over the air, is repurposed to build online audiences and revenue in direct competition with news startups and legacy media attempting to transition into vibrant digital platforms. No industry can survive, let alone prosper, when the government subsidizes one commercial entity—in this case with $1.2 billion annually—to the detriment of all others. There certainly can be an important role for a national, truly public news provider. But CBC must be de-commercialized everywhere it operates, its mandate sharply re-focused, and its content made available at no charge through a Creative Commons license to other domestic news organizations. The removal of the CBC's ability to sell advertising would immediately free up $400 million in revenue for which news organizations could compete. As an added benefit, Canada would get a re-focused public broadcaster, and free access to its news content would allow all journalism providers to benefit from, instead of being punished by, government funding of the CBC. Our other proposals include making subscriptions to news organizations 100 percent tax deductible—a move that would subsidize the consumption of credible news with a market-based incentive for those providing it. We also proposed that: All expenditures by Eligible News Businesses that involve investment in digital transformation technology are eligible to be claimed in their first year as capital cost allowances. Phasing out of the current labour tax credit over a period of five years, declining in value by 20 percent annually in order to wean news organizations from it gradually while they adapt to a more permanent policy framework. Phasing out of the Local Journalism Initiative over a period of five years, declining in value by $4 million per year and with adjustments that would make it available only to news organizations serving market areas of less than 100,000 people and limited to easily defined core coverage beats such as public safety, courts, school boards, and municipal councils. Phasing out of the Canada Periodical Fund, which is no longer relevant in the digital age, over the course of three years. Ensure that the CRTC is engaged in the development of national news policies so that it considers the entire scope of the news industry when contemplating conditions of license for broadcasters. To those, I would add maximizing the value of tax credits for contributions to news organizations structured as not-for-profit businesses. Neither I nor my policy paper co-author, who these days is occupied as interim federal ethics commissioner, pretended to have all the solutions. As we wrote when our paper was published, building a national news industry policy is a tricky business. What we believed was that the pattern of ad hoc subsidies, willful ignorance of the impact of a commercial CBC, fear of failure, and the ill-conceived Online News Act were nothing but trouble and that a thoughtful, multi-pronged national news industry policy was called for. It still is. When it's done—when all the ideas are out there and the best of them are implemented—news organizations will still only survive through the quality of their work. Not all companies will, or should, survive and, frankly, some need to get on with their dying and get out of the way of those building a future for journalism. Fretting over and attempting to preserve the past and its icons is emotionally tempting. But it will not give news organizations the fighting chance they need to transition from unstable business models to those capable of sustaining quality journalism in the years ahead. We are at the end of the end of an era. It's time to embrace a new genesis. Peter Menzies is a Senior Fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a former newspaper executive, and past vice chair of the CRTC. Mario Toneguzzi is Managing Editor of Canada's Podcast. He has more than 40 years of experience as a daily newspaper writer, columnist, and editor. He was named in 2021 as one of the Top 10 Business Journalists in the World by PR News – the only Canadian to make the list About Us Canada's Podcast is the number one podcast in Canada for entrepreneurs and business owners. Established in 2016, the podcast network has interviewed over 600 Canadian entrepreneurs from coast-to-coast. With hosts in each province, entrepreneurs have a local and national format to tell their stories, talk about their journey and provide inspiration for anyone starting their entrepreneurial journey and well- established founders. The commitment to a grass roots approach has built a loyal audience on all our social channels and YouTube – 500,000+ lifetime YouTube views, 200,000 + audio downloads, 35,000 + average monthly social impressions, 10,000 + engaged social followers and 35,000 newsletter subscribers. Canada's Podcast is proud to provide a local, national and international presence for Canadian entrepreneurs to build their brand and tell their story. #business #CanadasNumberOnePodcastforEntrepreneurs   #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #Media #news #Newspapers #smallbusiness

In this episode, we're honored to have Sandra Tyler as our guest. With a remarkable 26-year career shaping the music industry, Sandra takes us on a journey through her visionary initiatives. From the launch of 91.5 The Beat to the iconic "Beat Rocks the Block" concert in downtown Kitchener, Sandra's impact is undeniable. As the Marketing Director for The JUNO Awards and Canwest, she has been a driving force for change, championing racialized communities. We delve into her commitment to social change with programs like "Artists Against Bullying" and the renowned Mel Brown Music Festival. Explore the heart of Canadian music with "Black Exposed," KW's groundbreaking primetime FM radio show on 98.5 CKWR, where Sandra exclusively showcases Black Canadian artists. Join us for our chat with Sandra emphasizing the importance of highlighting Black accomplishments to empower the next generation of Black youth in the music scene.

Join us as we dive into the world of data-driven results and customer experience with Brandon Kirk of Rogers Sports & Media. We explore how data shapes advertising and in turn enhances the customer experience.In this episode, Lauren sits down with Brandon Kirk, Vice President of Client Solutions at Rogers Sports & Media. Brandon is a sales executive with over 15 years of experience in companies such as CanWest, Time Inc., and Sports Illustrated.We kick things off by stressing on the importance of time and data in determining business results. We discuss Rogers Sports and Media's move to content-rich partnerships to improve customer experience. We discover how Rogers leverages a large volume of data, from wireless data to set-top boxes, crafting unique advertising segments that hit right on target.The conversation flows into customer experience. Brandon breaks down the media landscape and the crucial role of feedback in driving excellence. We finish up by discussing the impact of tools like Salesforce and the influence of AI on predicting customer behaviors.Watch the Full Episode on YouTube: youtube.com/@ExpertsofExperienceIf you enjoyed this episode, please be sure to rate our show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Imagine running your business with a trusted advisor who has your success top of mind. That's what it's like when you have a Salesforce Success Plan. With the right plan, Salesforce is with you through every stage of your journey — from onboarding, to realizing business outcomes, to driving efficient growth.Learn more about what's possible on the Salesforce Success Plan website: http://sfdc.co/SalesforceCustomerSuccess (00:00) Preview and Introduction(02:28) Rogers Sports' Influence in Canada(05:42) New Age of Advertising & Customer Engagement  (08:33) Modern Metric Measurement Strategies & Tools(15:06) Leveraging Data Driven Insights for Growth(22:51) Harnessing Tech: Salesforce, AI, and Predictive Engagements(25:52) The Role of Collaboration in Customer Experience(31:25) Future of Media: Streaming & The Rogers-Disney Collaboration

Wade's UBC T-Birds dropped their first game of the year while the St.FX X-Men need a ton of extra time to get it done at Bishops!For the full OUA Recap and more stay tuned!

Wade's solo adventures continue to move on as we head into a new slate of games that include a top 10 matchup in both CanWest and the OUA!To grow your coverage, subscribe, share, and leave a review!

Wade and Connor are back to recap the week that was. Today's episode starts off with the OUA Show before moving into the rest of USPORTS football and spending some time on the QB performances out west. Subscribe, review and tell a friend to help us bring you even more Canadian football content.

Connor and Wade discuss the upcoming slate for the second weekend of USports action and seem to lean more on the Road teams!From the CanWest and RSEQ action tonight, to the OUA on Sunday it is packed full of great games!To grow your coverage; subscribe, share, and leave a review!

We catch up with Amy to see how training is going on her way into semifinals.  Amy has been grinding since 2018 and battled through auto-immune disorders to punch her ticket to the North America West Semifinals.  While working her full time job, amy trains with Optimum Performance Training which has helped elevate her game so much.  This will be Amy's first trip to semifinals and she is looking forward to it in a big way.

We catch up with Gabby to hear what she did this off-season to improve and prepare to take her shot at punching her ticket to the CrossFit Games. We talk about how important training with i1uvit CrossFit has been for Gabby and how she is unable to work in the States and the sacrifice that takes for both her and her family.  Her Faith keeps her grounded during these moments and keeps her strong.  Plus so much more.

USports Women's Volleyball National Champion and Tournament MVP Elise Petit joins the show. We hear all about her journey from being born in Canada, growing up the in the USA, attending Dartmouth before attending UBC for her Masters. Elise shares the behind the scenes of of how the Thunderbirds recovered from a CanWest quarter final loss to becoming National Champions!  We hope you enjoy this episode. If you've read this far please leave a 5 Star review and the best compliment you can give the show is telling your friends about us! 

Episode 2: John Franklin (https://twitter.com/JohnIsBuilding), Mark Fisher (https://www.youtube.com/@MarkFisherHumanBeing), & Mateo Lopez talk about Plant Fitness's 16.6 MILLION members, CrossFit competitions CanWest and European Championships stiffing their athletes, a lawsuit involving Equinox, and our favorite influencer gym, Alphaland. ______________ Show Notes: 1/ Planet Fitness massive scale (1:12) 2/ CrossFit competitions can't afford to pay prize money (29:54) 3/ Ex-cafe vendor sues Equinox & calls it “a morally bankrupt company” (45:28) 4/ Christian Guzman's Alphaland is making $1 MILLION per month (52:26) ______________ Enjoyed the show? •Buy our gym management software at UseKilo.com; it'll make Mateo very happy.

After confirming that athletes have yet to receive their prize money from two off-season competitions, CanWest and the European Championship, more athletes have come forward stating they too had not been paid from their respective Semifinals.Morning Chalk Up's Lauren Kalil sits down with Justin LoFranco and Emily Beers to break down what's actually happening when it comes to athletes not receiving their payouts and whether those prize purses should be reliant on ticket sales.Whoop Discount Link: https://join.whoop.com/MorningChalkUpRelated Articles:https://morningchalkup.com/2022/10/03/canwest-games-athletes-continue-to-await-prize-purse-payouts-twelve-weeks-out/Show Breakdown:1:15 - Why are their delays with CanWest2:00 - Is this the same situation with Euro Championship3:25 - Does history show a trend5:10 - Mood from athletes and event organizers6:45 - Semifinals also not paying10:00 - Can we refer to the rulebook11:15 - Should competitions rely on ticket sales for prize money14:30 - How to increase ticket sales16:45 - The bottom line

Today in the Cage with Sean Kleisinger - Michael Ball LIVE from Winnipeg #RiderNation - Dave Thomas w/ Ballsy teeing up CanWest football (14:00) - Bill Wilms w/ Ballsy - WHL broadcasting great (20:00) - Andy McNamara w/ Ballsy #NFL #AskAndy (50:00) - Glen Suitor w/ Zinger #CFL (1:10:00) - Arash Madani w/ Zinger (1:30:00) - Dante De Caria w/ Zinger (1:40:00)

Sea to Sea is back with our same correspondents from week 1. You'll get Zach Benson with his AUS recap, then Gord Randall will give you his CanWest review and set for this coming week. We have our fingers crossed that this will be our last episode without an RSEQ rep, so stay tuned for that!

Welcome to the Unmade podcast.Today's guest is Rod Prosser, chief sales officer at ViacomCBS, parent company of Network Ten.In today's conversation, Prosser reflects upon his turbulent decade at Ten, the difference on-demand viewing is making to the linear TV equation, and his bullish prediction for 2022 revenues.And he also reveals that Pluto TV - the ViacomCBS-owned ad supported video streaming service - is just months away from an Australian launch.You can listen to the Unmade podcast via the player in this post. Unmade is also now available on all the major podcast apps.Transcript:Tim Burrowes (00:04):Welcome to the Unmade podcast. I'm Tim Burrowes. Well, we made it to the end of the official TV year. My guest today to talk about it is Rod Prosser, chief sales officer of ViacomCBS, who listeners will know best as the American based owner of Network 10. Welcome Rod.Rod Prosser (00:24):Hey Tim, how are you?Tim Burrowes (00:25):Mate, I'm very good. Thank you very much.Rod Prosser (00:28):Great. Great. Look, before we start, I'd just like to do a acknowledgement of the country if that's okay. I'd like to thank and acknowledge the traditional owners of the land, which I meet with you on today and pay my respects to the Elders, past and present.Tim Burrowes (00:44):Well, thank you for that and for doing the honours. Now I was looking on your LinkedIn profile. Next year, you'll mark a quarter of a century in media sales, almost all of it in television. Now that includes ten years with Nine, a couple of years in magazines with ACP, and a dozen years with Ten. I was thinking, you arrived just after CanWest had sold. Then there were a couple of years of relative stability on the ASX before things got a bit wild again when James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch invested. Grant Blackley was sacked as CEO a few months after you joined, James Warburton a couple of years after that, then there was the administration and being bought by CBS, which then merged with Viacom. Then COVID in 2020. Now, most people are going to look back on 2021 as an eventful year, but for you, I'm guessing it was kind of business as usual.Rod Prosser (01:44):It doesn't sound like there was a lot of stability, does it? Look, I think that COVID thing has been interesting. Certainly the journey Network 10 has been on over the last decade has been an interesting one and well documented. Look, I think my personal view is, is Ten has come out much stronger for all the changes and things that went through. But yeah, look, it's been an interesting ride and a really great one for me too, because of obviously through that period, as you just rightly pointed out, there's been obviously quite a number of various CEOs and leaders and I've been fortunate enough to work with them all and you learn good and bad from people. So I was really fortunate across the last decade with Ten and the number of changes that went through.Tim Burrowes (02:36):Well, one thing that interests me is now we've got this wider group. So we are two years into the merger or the re-merger, of Viacom and CBS. And it's starting to actually feel more like a group, even in Australia. You've got the former Viacom channels of MTV and Nickelodeon. Then in August we saw the launch of Paramount Plus. Do you wake up thinking still at heart you work for Ten, or do you actually feel like you're in a bigger group now?Rod Prosser (03:07):That's a really great question, Tim. The truth is we all wake up now feeling part of a bigger group because the integration that's happened over the course of, really, the last two years. With CBS, yes, we reported into the domestic business and that was fantastic. There was some great leaders in the business, and then obviously the Viacom CBS merge took place. That really defined, I think, us as part of being part of... We're of a global business, but a really strong connection into the international clusters. We are obviously falling into international, and our headquarters, if you like, is based in the UK. But within that cluster, there's Canada, there's Israel, there's obviously the UK and Australia. So we certainly get the sense that we're part of 1) a global business, but 2), as you rightly point out that the platform and the assets have really expanded. So we represent all the sales team represent all of our brands and assets on every platform. So we simply just can't wake up and think about Ten anymore. Otherwise, we'll be missing a trick or two.Tim Burrowes (04:22):Then I'm sure one of the challenges for you of course, is pretty much for the whole time that there's been this merged organisation or certainly the vast majority, you've been out in the office as well. So just having the opportunity to build a team culture must have been quite different.Rod Prosser (04:38):I think the culture part is really interesting, and I think that's something that not just our business, but most businesses would've struggled with over the last two years. We were quite fortunate in Australia that the vast majority of the team were already settled and part of Ten, I think the big emphasis that we needed to put on was really the newcomers that were coming into the broader business from Viacom. And indeed just more recently Paramount Plus. So I'm sure as soon as we're able and can get back into the office, there'll be a lot of social activity happening to really build that culture.Tim Burrowes (05:21):Let's talk about the programming year just gone. For you, what are the hits and highlights, and what are the ones where you think ‘We didn't quite get there on what we promised the market'?Rod Prosser (05:38):Yeah. Look, I'll start with how we're going to start next year, which is with I'm A Celebrity. That show has really redefined summer, as far as I'm concerned. For so many years, Tim, as you know, we were so heavily focused over that period just on sport and or with television, which was pretty bad when you look back at it now. We simply just dumped repeats across the summer period. As you know, we now work in a full year cycle. We don't just work to the ratings week. So we schedule for the full year. With having I'm A Celebrity there from the starting blocks and building that kind of momentum in the audience and creating a significant launch pad, for us, it's been such a terrific selling opportunity.Tim Burrowes (06:36):With Celebrity, obviously this year not being able to go overseas for it, did that make a difference, do you think?Rod Prosser (06:44):I actually, from our point of view, it's better from a commercial point of view, because obviously traveling product, locally or domestically, is a lot easier than getting it overseas. Now the programmers might think something different, but certainly from our point of view, it didn't impact the writings whatsoever. It was, as I said, a lot easier to integrate our sponsors.Tim Burrowes (07:09):Well, one of the ironies is last week is, I'm speaking to you from the UK, where there's the UK version of I'm A Celebrity which wasn't able to come to Australia to film and they lost four days of live programming to storms. So I guess one of the things Australia has is at least slightly more reliable weather.Rod Prosser (07:29):That's very true, and plenty of creepy crawlies that still build a lot of fear into the celebrities.Tim Burrowes (07:39):So. Okay. And going back to looking back at the year, so you are happy with the start to the year with I'm A Celebrity. How do you feel it unfolded from there?Rod Prosser (07:51):Look, the start was excellent, it always builds that momentum for us, as I said. Obviously we had some nuances in our schedule this year because of Covid. One of those being Survivor ran later than it would normally. Thankfully, because I think it gives us great momentum, even though the Amazing Race did amazing things, Survivor moving back into its home in post-Celebrity, the right place.Tim Burrowes (08:19):Yeah. Because you were hoping for two seasons, weren't you of Survivor, initially?Rod Prosser (08:23):Yeah. I think we sort of decided that, but well look, we often ran two in a year, I think this year we went back to... We could only do one, so we only ever scheduled the one, but it had to run later just because of timing and Covid and we had to obviously pivot it originally. Traditionally we shoot it in Fiji. Obviously it was then housed in Queensland and will be again. So we do have to pivot, so yes, we may have had thoughts around how could we run too, but I think the idea is always just to have one series running a year, because it's a heavy production. So having that back into its original slot, if you like, is going to continue that momentum straight into mastership. So I think as you look at the highs and the lows, there's probably some key franchises that we're disappointing. But having said that, I think that in terms of numbers, having said that commercially all of our big Ten poll programs have been a success.Rod Prosser (09:26):I think that any franchise kind of gets to a point where it needs to have be somewhat reinvented. I think certainly the programmers are looking at what franchises need that sort of freshening up. The other thing that we were challenged with this year was various lockdowns. I think all networks suffered slightly from people being... Well, actually gained some upside with people being locked into their house, obviously, but obviously when freedom was given to people, they were out and about. So we did have some impacts around timing, some of our franchises. So it's probably not fair to look at the pure thousands as success or not success because it really was quite an unusual year.Tim Burrowes (10:11):Maybe when we talk about sort of a series which certainly were perceived to underperform in numbers, we might find ourselves talking about The Bachelorette. Before we do, in context, what I found really interesting about Ten this year was, if I think back about its various presentations to the market, it gave a great deal of thought to how it positioned itself. There were two messages I was left with. One was Under-50s and the ironically disputed word “undisputed”. And the other thing was the message about being the most progressive of the commercial networks when it came to things like being the... I'm pretty sure the first network to do a Welcome to Country before the U pfront, for instance.Tim Burrowes (10:59):So I suppose when we think about The Bachelorette, the first bisexual competitor, for instance, it clearly played a bigger role within the position of where the network wants to be seen, and where it wants to be seen in the national conversation. How did you feel about the numbers? I guess my question really is, are you taking middle Australia with you, or are you slightly too far ahead of them at the moment, do you think?Rod Prosser (11:35):Look, regardless whether we're slightly ahead of them, I think you've got to take a stance. Our business really is a value driven business, both locally and globally, and we just continue to strive to do better and make positive changes in the world we live in. We're acutely aware that we have a platform and a voice that reaches globally over four, 4.5 billion, but obviously locally you know our numbers... And that comes with a responsibility. It's our job to raise the bar, not lower the conversation. I think that we will continue to make sure that we have a diverse representation onscreen and behind screen. To be honest with you, The Bachelorette, we were super proud of. I know the brands that leant in and sponsors were equally proud of it because of what it stood for.Rod Prosser (12:29):I think that we need to have, the measurement is, and the thousands is one part, but then there needs to be, which I keep pulling out to the industry, we need to have another measurement. And that simply has to be: what's the diversity on screen? You make a good call because it is a fine balance, but ultimately if it's good TV and it represents all of this country and all the different faces and all the different genders, then you should have a winning model. So I'm sure and confident that we'll continue to be able to deliver that and continue to be able to find an audience that follow it.Tim Burrowes (13:17):One of the other questions, for television on any network at the moment is, we're seeing overnight broadcast numbers go down. There's no doubt about that. This year, for the TV industry as a whole, and of course this was also the year that VOZ launched, which gives us a sort of wider picture. How does that affect the conversation that you have with the advertisers and the media agencies? Is it as easy to monetise catch up viewing as it is broadcast viewing? Or is there still some progress to go on that too?Rod Prosser (13:59):Look, there's a lot of demand in catch-up. I would say that. So we call it on demand, not catch-up anymore. So with our BVOD product, the market is quite hot and we'll continue to see significant growth. The question I think you're asking is can we make up the revenue on the BVOD as we have declining audiences on linear? The answer to that is yes. We will be able to, and of course live TV is enabling us to monetise even further, but that's why the whole ecosystem's really important for us. We call it our playground, but how we push and pull the audience around our playground, if you like, is really critical.Rod Prosser (14:49):Of course, Paramount Plus plays into that. We will soon launch another AVOD service in this market. Obviously we've got a fairly significant AVOD service being Pluto TV that's being rolled out globally, and that will equally play into it. So I think it's actually about how do you sort of manage both linear and digital together? At some point, the digital revenue will outgrow the linear, but at this point it really is, Tim I hate to use this term, but it's the meat and potatoes and drives the biggest part of our revenue. So it's super important to us. We'll continue investing in the linear. You'll continue to see high quality good content being produced for the linear screen, but equally next year we'll grow our library on 10play. So there's a lot of investment going in there as well.Tim Burrowes (15:42):For people who aren't familiar with Pluto, which you just referred to, that's been a real phenomenon out in the US, hasn't it? So that effectively, as I suppose - tell me if I'm understanding it wrongly - but I'd see it almost as a sister service to Paramount Plus, but of course advertising supported, but quite a deep library, and it's been driving some quite big audience numbers. So we'll see that in 2022 here in Australia then, will we?Rod Prosser (16:12):Look, I'm probably letting the cat out of the bag a little bit here, but I'm not quite sure of the exact launch date, but one thing I can tell you is it's coming and it won't be too far off. We're not talking years off. So, obviously we've got to get other things ready and right. But it's certainly on its way to Australia at some point.Tim Burrowes (16:35):And that in much the same way that we saw 10 All Access become Paramount Plus presumably we'd see 10play become Pluto, would we? Or would it sit alongside the two?Rod Prosser (16:50):I'm not sure that's right, Tim. I think these are the new nuances and the structure that we need to look at, what's going to be best to serve our audiences and of course our advertising partners. So we haven't landed that yet, still a lot of work to do, but I can't see how they would merge, but at this point, look, we're really enthusiastic about the 10play product. So we, as I said, we'll continue to invest and grow that library to grow the overall minutes.Tim Burrowes (17:21):Now, something you touched on about the importance of live TV of course is arguably the two staples of live TV are sport and news. Arguably, if I had to pick the three sales directors, you've got the toughest job because you've got the least sport and arguably the least news resource as well. Is that a fair observation?Rod Prosser (17:45):I love being an underdog, Tim. It's the way we roll. Look, I don't see it that way. I mean, I'm sure others might, but I don't see it that way. I see we have such a huge opportunity with football, otherwise known as soccer in this country, but we're now the home of football and we position ourselves that way. We'll continue to grow that sport. Look, we always went into football knowing that it was such a huge opportunity to grow the sport. It meant a lot to us in terms of how that positions, it's really inclusive, it's diverse, it certainly stood for a lot of the things that we stood for, so it made a lot of sense. And of course it's a global game.Rod Prosser (18:34):So when we talk to our counterparts within the business, they understand the game. So it was really kind of a no brainer, but look, the opportunity for us is: it is the highest participated sport in this country. We turned that participation into viewers and they we're into winning gold. So, I think that's the opportunity. I wouldn't say that we've got the toughest job. We've had commercial partners come out of the wood works and wanted to support it and be a part of it. So we're enthusiastic about that. Obviously we've got some marquee events which are marquee events, but we've got the AGP, Australian Grand Prix, and indeed Spring Carnival week, which we've just, not too long ago rolled out of, which are huge ratings and money drivers for the business. Also, a lot of fun to attend.Tim Burrowes (19:31):With A League, I presume something like that takes a year or two to really get all of the sponsors aligned. So presumably these few months, we are not really seeing everything you'd hope to see yet in terms of support.Rod Prosser (19:45):Well, look, I think from sponsors, we've got the commitments and the categories that we were chasing. So I'm really pleased with where we've landed and we've actually exceeded expectations commercially. The journey now we have is to really get Australians aware that it's actually being broadcast and where it's being broadcast, obviously a lot of the games are on Paramount Plus. That's a really good subs driver for us, but equally we want to make it available to all Australians. So there's games on 10play. Of course, there's games on Ten as well. So we always knew it was a building journey with this sport, but we've been really encouraged with both A-League's ratings and of course the international games, they dominated the demos and have performed really well for us. But yeah, it's a long partnership. We've got five years, we've taken equity within the APL. So we're behind it 100%.Tim Burrowes (20:53):Well before we start looking forward to next year, a couple other bits of housekeeping. It seems like a million years ago, but I remember we were talking about how there was a plan to bring James Corden to Australia, your upfronts friend, James Corden who had done the opening video with him. Is that back on the agenda for next year, are you likely to get him out in 2022, do you think?Rod Prosser (21:20):We'd love to get him out, and I know James would love to come out. It's a logistic thing more than anything, obviously Covid has created the headache for us that made it not possible when we wanted to, but we are always talking to the guys at CBS on how we can make that possible. We haven't, obviously we haven't slated a date, but we'll continue to talk to him and find a way soon hopefully, Tim.Tim Burrowes (21:45):Well, yeah, let's talk about next year. One of the things which certainly makes life interesting for me to write about is it feels that of the three networks, Ten is the one which has got the most new formats coming through. Which is from your point of view, I suppose, both interesting and an element of risk because you haven't got the familiarity factor of an existing format just rolling out again. How are you thinking about the coming year? What sort of promises are you making to sponsors about audiences for some of the new shows?Rod Prosser (22:17):Yeah, I mean, we've spent a lot of time with our agency partners, our consortiums, as we call them. Indeed, our incumbent sponsors around where we're going to see the audience growth next year. We have growth built into our schedule, no question. We think a lot of things will be normalized next year, particularly as hopefully we roll into what will be a much more normal year, less impact from Covid. So we know that there's pockets and areas where we needed to focus on. I'll take Master Chef as an example. Obviously, that was in a very different position last year. Everyone was in their homes and the ratings went through the roof, great new format in terms of the way we positioned it, where all the ex-contestants came back. Indeed, we launched out our new judges, which we were so pleased we had such a fresh looking show.Rod Prosser (23:17):Then this year, obviously, as I said, nuanced because of lockdowns, et cetera, but we also knew that we needed to have a stronger hook. So next year we go into Master Chef with a lot of the ex-contestants, including Julie Goodwin returning to really challenge it out in the kitchen. So we know that we've got a lot of enthusiastic partners already wanting to come onboard and we know there's going to be growth in the thousands on that. So, that's a great example of about how we can tweak a format to really lift the audience. Then of course, as we get into the second half, and actually to be honest with you, our thousands in our ratings right in this period now have grown. So we're pleased about that. Look, the commitments we've made to our agencies in consortiums is around growth, and indeed both audience growth and commercial share growth. We are pretty confident around doing that.Tim Burrowes (24:20):I guess in terms of investment in new formats, Hunted would be the biggest one.Rod Prosser (24:24):Yeah. Look, firstly, I think it's really important that we keep delivering new formats. The audience, our audience craves for that. We talk about a progressive audience just rolling out a consistent schedule is great, but you also need to pepper that with new formats and something fresh, and our audience expects that from us. So, even if that's a show that sits at 8:30 at night, or if it's a big franchise, their expectation is that we'll deliver something fresh. Hunted is a great format that's worked overseas that we're really confident that will do great things out here. It's going to be shot in Melbourne, it's really fresh, it's really different and it's like nothing else that's on the TV screens at the minute.Tim Burrowes (25:17):What sort of age demographic do you think it will be attractive to?Rod Prosser (25:20):Well, again, acquisition models always around the Under-50s, and look, the bullseye will be 25-54. I mean, I think that's the interesting thing if you look at our schedule, Tim, from really from that 6:00 PM to 10:30, we have the highest concentration of 25-54s. Actually, most of the demos, we have 45% of our audience of half of our audience let's call it, sitting within the 25-54 demo over that time slot. Which is vastly different to our competitors, which some skew much older. Whereas, over 65s, we have such a small percentage within that time slot. So, Hunted and all our new formats are always targeted in the demos, they'll never skew old. I don't think we'd never get the older audiences anyway, even when we play Dancing with the Stars, which just does skew very old, we still had a much younger medium-age across that format.Tim Burrowes (26:29):I think if I remember rightly, I think you did even better again, proportionally, in 16-39 than 25-54, didn't you? I guess I always wonder why you don't just lean into that one a bit more.Rod Prosser (26:44):Yeah. Look, I think that's a really interesting demo. Of course yes, you're right, we do fare better. In fact, we kind of see it's around eight of the top 15, in 16-39s are on Ten. Look, the truth is, is that demographic is consuming content across a whole heap of platforms. We see a big surge, particularly in our on demand services of that demo. Of course in SVOD. Yes, you're right. Indeed, we do lean into it. It's around how do we capture them across all of our platforms to kind of pull them across the broader Ten, ViacomCBS assets.Tim Burrowes (27:30):Just to put this year's “undisputed” under-50s claim to bear. I get the sense you are explaining what you mean in a slightly different way now. Do you think, on reflection, maybe when you first went to the market with the “undisputed” under-50s network, you maybe went a little bit too far, do you think?Rod Prosser (27:52):No, I don't. I think we've always made it really clear that we have a higher percentage of the under-50s. I think it's amusing that we've been criticised around that because on one hand everyone's talking around hyper-targeting and they want less wastage. Then on the other hand, they're saying, "Oh, but a total people audience is the right one to look at." Buyers don't buy it like that, you know that Tim. They buy demographics and they target demographics. If we can deliver them efficiently without wastage, then in my mind, we are undisputed within those demos and within that demographic.Tim Burrowes (28:36):I did get a bit of a sense this year that maybe the different networks weren't quite as good at speaking with one voice about television. We saw, James Warburton from Seven came out and talked a bit about how the industry as a whole should be talking about overnight ratings, versus later ones, and there was some debate there. Again, everyone seems to make slightly different claims about their tech stacks. Again, some different arguments about which metrics really count when it comes to on demand viewing. Do you think the TV industry can get back to speaking with one voice again?Rod Prosser (29:20):Yes, I do. I think, look, it's in our best interest. I have to say behind the scenes there's a lot of cohesive discussions going on, whether that's through ThinkTV or whether that's through OzTam on how we best position ourselves as an industry. So there is a lot of work being done on how we unite and come together. I honestly have a lot of faith in the industry. It's like no other medium. It reaches more Australians every day than any other medium. As the measurement evolves, we just need to get super aligned, and that work's being done now. We've obviously got a new chair sitting on OzTam who's really enthusiastic, Mark Buckman, around bringing the team together. So I have no doubts that we will land a position, which is a united front.Tim Burrowes (30:21):Well, again, I suppose I think about you and the difference between you and your two competitors, which is, they're on an Australian financial year and you owned by a US company, which has a calendar financial year. So I guess you'll have just locked in your 2022 budget. Thing about being in your role is you have to make some promises that you think you can keep. So have you promised your bosses a return to 2019 revenue levels?Rod Prosser (30:49):Actually, I mean, be honest with you Tim, our revenue expectations are higher than 2019. We've been really fortunate commercially to grow our revenue share and our overall revenue across the last two years. So I'm really pleased with the sales team. I think part of that is that we sort of don't look behind us. We don't spend a lot of time worrying about what you call our competitors are doing, whether it's Seven and Nine. The sales team are singularly focused on what they can deliver and they're ideas-centric. So that's really resonated with the market, and off the back of that, we've been really successful, as I said, at growing our revenue and our revenue share, but also our premium, what we can offer advertisers in terms of our integration and sponsorship, partnership elements, is been really well received. So our expectation and the company's expectation is greater than that of what we delivered in 2019.Tim Burrowes (32:00):Big promise. That is where we leave it. My thanks to Rod Prosser. If it's not too early to say it, have a great Christmas break, Rod.Rod Prosser (32:08):You too Tim. It was wonderful chatting to you today. Yes, have a very Merry Christmas.Tim Burrowes (32:14):The Unmade podcast is produced with the enthusiastic support of Abe's Audio. More soon. I'm Tim Burrowes. Toodlepip. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

The CFL playoff picture is coming into focus and its Cups season around USPORTS. Wade and COnnor catch up with the latest in the CFL before recaping the RSEQ's Dunsmore Cup and previewing the CanWest's Hard Cup. CFP AUS specialist Wray Perkin joins us to preview the Loney Bowl. Football is in full swing and we've got you covered! Subscribe, review and tell a friend to help us bring you even more Canadian football content!

1ST QTR 1:29 Ballsy talks with Sheldon Williams Spartans HC Chris Latimer about the first ever UNITY BOWL with the OKC Buffalos and how this is a great way to GROW THE GAME we love! 2ND QTR 10:25 For the 1st time in 2 yrs the U of R and the U of S meet on the gridiron with a lot at stake and we catch up with Rams assistant coach Dwayne Masson to talk about their heartbreaker last week vs UBC. Plus, Ballsy catches up with CanWest bookie "Timmy The Geek!"  3RD QTR 19:42 The Regina Thunder rallied for a gutsy OT win over the hometown Edmonton Huskies last weekend to keep their perfect season alive. Head Coach Scott MacAulay talks about that wild finish and the history it made in the process for the franchise.  4TH QTR 29:38 Dave Thomas of CanWest TV and Ballsy dive deeper in the matchup between the Rams and Huskies and discuss how this huge game might be decided.

Debbie Boone, BS, CVPM, Fear FreeSM Certified, has worked for the veterinary profession for more than 30 years. After earning her bachelor’s degree in animal science from North Carolina State University, she began as a client care representative and quickly moved into hospital administration. Debbie has experience in the management of small animal, mixed animal, specialty, and emergency practices. Debbie is considered an expert in team communication, creating positive practice culture, and developing monthly paid wellness plans for veterinary practices. Her business, 2 Manage Vets Consulting, helps practices develop extraordinary team communication and business skills, enhancing patient care, improving profitability, and increasing practice value. She strives to improve the lives of animals by using her expertise to improve workplace culture and the well-being of veterinary professionals. Major national and international animal health organizations, including AVMA, OVMA, CanWest, WVC, NAVC, AAHA, Patterson Veterinary Supply, Zoetis and more, consistently seek Debbie out for her skills as a trainer and speaker. She has been published in numerous veterinary publications and currently serves as a member of the VetPartners Board of Directors as their Vice President, the Fear Free Advisory Board and Speakers Bureau. She was a past member of the AAHA LINC committee, which selects the AAHA Board of Directors. She is currently hosting a new vodcast called The Bend which invites guests to share their stories of triumph over adversity.

For Episode 20 of A Hoops Journey, current UBC Men's Basketball head coach Kevin Hanson joins the podcast. The winning-est coach in CANWest history, the Seaquam alum and retired elementary volleyball coach talks about growing up in Regina, playing under legendary basketball and baseball coach Bill Stebbings, going up the coaching ranks, coaching Aaron at Langara College and their infamous recruiting story that highlights the importance of communication, his time coaching at UBC and so, so much more. Plus, the former player-coach duo discuss the development of their relationship, Aaron babysitting Kevin's daughter, and features a very, very unfortunate incident involving too much coffee for producer Corbin. For good measure (in case it wasn't clear), this is Episode 20 of A Hoops Journey.   ----more----   Sponsored by: Goodlad Clothing Sponsored by: Parkside Brewery Follow @ahoopsjourney on Instagram! Send any mailbag questions to ahoopsjourney@gmail.com Sounds by: Zapsplat, AudioJungle and Finn Leahy Audio Clips from: Youtube  

Sam Stewart has competed at Regionals, Dubai, Filthy, SiD, Miami, Lowlands, France and CanWest and he's only 23. Boy's got a big future in the sport, we chat about it along with how he became involved in the first place and the changes to the sport as well as his own life.

Episode 37 - Jenaya Robertson. This year, Delview alumna Jenaya Robertson (Grad 2015) won the U SPORTS Chantal Navert Memorial Award which is awarded to the most outstanding player in Canada for university women's soccer. As the 5th year captain for the Trinity Western University Spartans, Jenaya broke her school's scoring record with 14 goals while leading her team to a first place division finish with a 12-1-1 record. We talk about her experiences with her team helping out in Africa and South America and looking forward to a future playing pro soccer in Europe and applying her marketing skills to help charitable organizations. As we close out 2019 I feel very thankful to have the opportunity to speak to so many remarkable people. Merry Christmas and see you in 2020!

Rebecca Snow and Steve Gamester and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Cheating Hitler: Surviving The Holocaust, survivors guilt, meaningful history and the power of memory, pivotal moments in personal stories and why we never should forget. Trailer You can watch the film here. Synopsis: Rose, Maxwell and Helen were 10, 9 and 7 years old when the Second World War began. Robbed of their childhood, they were old before they were young. They endured the terror of forced labour, killing squads and concentration camps. After the war, they discovered their families had been decimated, that their homes were reduced to rubble, and their possessions lost or stolen. Now, 75 years after the war ended, these three survivors are looking for answers to deeply personal questions they’ve carried with them their entire lives. Cheating Hitler is a modern-day investigation into lingering mysteries from the Holocaust. Three survivors and family members travel to Poland, Ukraine, and Lithuania exploring some of the hidden and rarely visited sites where the Holocaust occurred. They consult with historians, genealogists and forensic experts and uncover new life-changing information. Children have always been central to the story of the Holocaust. The most recognized victim, Anne Frank, was a child. And yet, for decades, the testimony of most child survivors was overlooked. Some felt overshadowed by the experiences of their elders, too traumatized to share their memories, or felt guilt for surviving and living long lives. This film focuses entirely on the unique experiences of children survivors, now in their final years, and often telling stories and revealing secrets on camera for the first time. Their testimony provides a powerful warning from history and a last chance to solve lingering mysteries. Cheating Hitler is about one of the darkest chapters of human history, but what shines through are stories of resilience, bravery and survival. About the Guests: Rebecca Snow is an award winning director, writer and producer specializing in history and social issue documentaries. Rebecca won the 2018 Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Program for Real Vikings: Viking Women. Her early career was spent in the UK working on BBC’s The Battle for North America, Simon Schama’s Power of Art and the dramatized series Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire.Her writing/directing broadcast credits include CBC’s Nature of Things, NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? And for History Channel; Museum Secrets, Perfect Storms, Battle Castle and Mummies Alive. She also co-produced Hunting Nazi Treasure. In 2018 Rebecca created, produced and directed the online documentary series The Better is Possible Project. Intimate and inspiring mini-documentaries about six very different people facing their own personal struggles and how they are using their experiences to fuel change. A number of the shorts are currently playing festivals worldwide. Her first feature documentary Period: a film about menstrual equity is scheduled for release in 2019. Steve Gamester is a founding partner of Saloon Media. He has worked as a Development Executive, Broadcaster, Executive Producer, Producer and Series Show Runner for clients in Canada, the United States, the UK and Germany. He is currently producing two feature-length documentaries, the first about the impact of 9/11 on American society, and the second about children survivors of the Holocaust. Both are due for release in late 2019. In 2016-17 he developed and produced Hunting Nazi Treasure (8 x 60), a Canada-UK co-production for History Canada, Channel 4 UK and AHC in the US. The series travelled to 13 countries on 4 continents to investigate the Nazi looting of cultural objects during the Second World War. In 2016 he developed and produced the 1 x 60 special Auction House for History Canada. In 2015 he produced Mummies Alive, a six-part UK-Canada co-production for Smithsonian Channel US, UKTV, History Canada and ZDF. In 2013-14, he produced Miracles Decoded, for AETN International. In 2012-13 he developed and produced Perfect Storms: Disasters that Changed the World, for History Canada, Smithsonian US, UKTV. In 2011, he co-produced the feature one-off documentary The Great Escape: Secrets Revealed for Channel 4 in the UK and History in Canada. Prior to joining eOne he developed and was the Series Producer of Museum Secrets, a returning series that broadcasts on History in Canada, Smithsonian in the USA, Yesterday in the UK, and is distributed by BBC Worldwide. Steve’s productions have been nominated for over twenty Canadian Screen Awards. From 2005 to 2009, Steve was a Production Executive of Original Programming at Canwest and Alliance Atlantis and oversaw more than 300 hours of programming for History, National Geographic, Showcase, and Global Television. Steve has a Masters in Public History from the University of Waterloo and an Honors BA in History from Huron College. Image Copyright: Saloon Media, Steve Gamestar and Rebecca Snow. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

OUT in the Open hosts an all-inclusive CrossFit Open leaderboard. The CanWest Games is inviting the top-20 Canadians. NOBULL + Breast Cancer.

In this episode we discuss the diagnosis of Blade Method Coach Anthony Baca. He is an amazing Husband, Father, Friend and Human being that has touched hundreds of peoples lives in a positive way.

We are back for Episode 2! This week we have a brief review of Canwest and touch on a few gym updates, and whats coming up over the next week or so  and then dive into our Gym Rules and Etiquette for a little reminder! Please share with other members, friends and anyone thinking about joining us!  And as always, feedback and suggestions for the coming weeks are welcome!  Enjoy,  EJ & Rory

Morgan Chaulk Her back ground was event planning so this gig was really right up her alley! I feel like there’s a lot of life experience and the understanding of the philosophy of life to go feet in organizing and planning all these amazing CrossFit events. Morgan and her husband Brian have done such a good job organizing these events that Crossfit headquarters decided to make Canwest Games a sanctioned event! Meaning the winners in the elite male category, the elite female category and the elite team category will get an invite to the CrossFit Games! The rules have changed so much from a few years ago that it is too hard to reach even the regional event mind you getting to the games. But with grit and hard work this event has been honoured such an experience. This really isn’t all that Morgan offers. She is a huge advocate of women supporting women and loves, loves mindset development! Need I remind you, that is what this podcast is based around. She’s not only a boss babe in event planning but she’s also a mother of two beautiful children. How does one successful woman have and find a balance between work, children and family? Here is where Morgan shares how her and Brian accommodate their life‘s morals and values in with their little people! What does it mean to be venerable? Many still see it as a weakness but yet it’s a time for taking a breath and being humble. We don’t always have to know the answers but just trust that where we are in that moment of time is where we are meant to be and there’s a lesson in every part of it for you and you only. What do you want to be remembered for? ‘You can decide how you want to live your life. Every day is a new day.’ ~Quoted by Morgan Morgan is value driven alongside with staying within your integrity and being honest all the way through. This way of being and thinking leaves a legacy forever in the books. These type of lessons need to start within your home and then travels outside to everywhere you go and everyone you talk to. That is true impact! Family is so important to Morgan that all these values came on so much stronger when she had children. The purpose grew larger and her voice grew louder. Now the importance is bigger than her. Morgan and her husband/fiancé have a history of friendship before they ever decided to create a life together. How do you work and live and raise children with your partner? My favourite quote of this episode is “I choose you”. This is so powerful! We all have a life to live and everyone is in their own journey but it doesn’t mean we have to live in our own little bubbles. If your someone who is driven to make a difference and knows there’s something bigger than you, check out this episode. Maybe it will inspire you to finally put yourself out there with 2 feet in! With all our hearts thank you for joining us! ❤️ BOXTALK PODCAST @boxtalkpodcast Morgan Chaulk

Jordan & Mitch address the Rams loss to Laurentian and other weekend losses in the OUA including Laurier and Ottawa. A state of the union on Graham Brown State of the Union addresses. Mitch makes some bold predictions for CanWest playoffs even though he's only 2-2 on predictions so far.

Jamie Schouela, Blue Ant Media's President of Canadian Media stops by to chat. A Montreal native with a life-long passion entertainment, Jamie always found a way to tie this passion into both his academic and work life. From campus DJ to summer student running the promo van for a Montreal radio station, after university Jamie moved into full-time marketing gigs for some of the biggest names in Canadian media including Alliance Atlantis, Canwest, and Shaw Media.

Eddie and Zac break down the final week in the OUA and get you all set for playoffs. 00:00 Intro 1:46 Western 47 - Laurier 13 17:20 McMaster 17 - Windsor 5 27:53 York 31 - Toronto 15 37:55 Guelph 47 - Waterloo 44 2OT 57:16 Ottawa 27 - Queens 22 1:22:18 Playoff preview 1:29:37 CanWest

Eddie and Zac break down week 8 in the OUA. 00:00 Intro 1:46 Laurier 39 - Windsor 24 16:36 Carleton 35 - York 20 28:53 Western 33 - Ottawa 0 51:14 Guelph 46 - Toronto 8 1:03:51 Waterloo 34 - McMaster 16 1:30:27 CanWest

In 2008, political pundit Don Martin penned a negative screed against former NBC wartime correspondent and at the time Alberta provincial electoral candidate Arthur Kent, aka the Scud Stud. Convinced that Martin had violated basic journalistic ethics, Kent took him and the CanWest news chain (later Postmedia) to court for defamation of character. Eight years later, an Alberta court ruled in Kent's favour. What issues drove Kent to undertake such an extensive - and likely expensive - lawsuit? And what does the ruling mean for journalists in Canada?Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode of RAW contains explicit language that some may find offensive :) ARR RAW Round Table Discussion with Travellers - Episode 9 Featuring Grant Johnson, Sam Manicom, Graham Field and Jim Martin.  Recorded live at Canwest HUBB Meet in Nakusp, BC - www.horizonsunlimited.com Trains and FerriesWhat’s involved? Tie-downs? Blocks under bike? Your methods. Pitfalls to be aware of. Security - Should I stay with my bike etc…? Are some countries worse for?… Stories of things gone wrong on these - hopefully with a lesson to learn. Can I Stay at Your House?A theme that is gaining in popularity, or at least in the travel world:  Boldly asking for people to put you up and help you out while travelling. Either accommodations, garage use, tools whatever. Is this proper Moto travel etiquette? What does the host get from the exchange? What is expected of you while enjoying hospitality? How do you ask? Facebook post? Chance meeting? Forums? All of the above? When are you asking too much? When have you overstayed your welcome? And how to avoid that. In poverty stricken countries - locals seem to give all they have - is it responsible to take from these people and claim we have a tight budget and are basically broke, when we don’t know what it like to be in that position and in no way are even close? Or is it a mutual exchange? Pannier ToolsIf you could take only three tools with you on a two month trip, what would they be and why? Your favourite pannier lunch :)Tips and suggestions for pannier lunches.  RAW PLUGS Grant Johnson - Horizons Unlimited - THE premier source for information on motorcycle and overland adventure travel since 1997. www.horizunsunlimited.com Sam Manicom - Author of motorcycle adventure books: Into Africa, Under Asian Skies, Distant Suns & Tortillas to Totems - www.sam-manicom.com Graham Field - Author of motorcycle adventure books: In Search of Greener Grass, Ureka & Different Natures - http://grahamfield.co.uk/ Shirley Hardy Rix & Brian Rix - Authors of motorcycle adventure books: Two for the Road, Circle to Circle & The Long Way to Vladivostok - www.aussiesoverland.com.au Jim Martin - Host of Adventure Rider Radio and ARR RAW - www.adventureriderradio.com

Nikki Hawke is a staple in the Canadian media world. She’s held senior marketing positions at major companies like CTV, Canwest, Alliance Atlantis, and Corus. Nikki even spent time working for Showtime, in the US. But just as media is becoming digital first, so has Nikki’s career. She’s currently Vice President, Global Marketing for The Exchange Lab. Nikki chats with us about growing up in Toronto, attending university in Quebec and New York City, and the marketing differences between TV stations and digital media firms.