THERE ARE SEVERAL SHOWS THAT WE FIND EXCELLENT, MORE IN-DEPTH THAN THE NEWS AND WE HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO SHOW THEM. ARE THEY EVER REPEATED AND HOW DO PEOPLE BUY COPIES? • How about a multi-cultural extravaganza to help us respect our diverse culture? • IF YOU WANT TO SEE SEX, WATCH TV ANY TIME. WHAT ARE OUR CHILDREN LEARNING? • Where will our collective conscience find a voice that can be heard throughout the world if not through the CBC? • I CANNOT BEGIN TO EXPRESS MY W H A T I S A GRATITUDE FOR YOUR BEING—TO MY KNOWLEDGE—THE FIRST P U B L I C S P A C E ? NATIONAL NEWS NETWORK ON CBC | RADIO-CANADA ANNUAL REPORT 2004–2005 THIS CONTINENT TO SERIOUSLY RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EVENTS SURROUNDING 9-11. • WHY DON’T YOU PLAY ? ?? ANY ELVIS PRESLEY? CBC|RADIO-CANADA ANNUAL REPORT 2004–2005 CBC|RADIO-CANADA ANNUAL REPORT 2004–2005 CBC| RADIO-CANADA D I S T I N C T I V E C A N A D I A N P R O G R A M M I N G E V E R Y D AY HIGHLIGHTS 2004–2005 SETTING THE STANDARD FOR CANADIAN BROADCASTING • Hundreds of national and international awards for • WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY FINALS – nearly our English and French Radio, Television and New FOUR MILLION VIEWERS FOR CBC TELEVISION EXCELLENCE, ON AND OFF THE AIR Media Services this year, including 53 GÉMEAUX and 908,000 (30 PER CENT of the Francophone 52 GEMINI, two PRIX BOOMERANG, two ONLINE viewing audience) for the finals’ retransmission CBC RADIO ONE: commercial-free English- TÉLÉVISION DE RADIO-CANADA: French- language network, broadcasting local, language network delivering a broad range NEWS ASSOCIATION PRIZES, a PRIX ITALIA, four on TÉLÉVISION DE RADIO-CANADA. national and international News, Current of general, special-interest and innovative GABRIELS, and eight NEW YORK FESTIVALS AWARDS. • CBC RADIO ONE’s Canada Reads – featured books Affairs and general-interest programming. audacious programming, News and • CBC RADIO ONE – morning shows number one entered the TOP 10 ON NATIONAL SALES CHARTS as information. CBC RADIO TWO: commercial-free English- or two in 14 markets. a result of this program; 50 Tracks – record levels language network, featuring music, RÉSEAU DE L’INFORMATION DE RADIO-CANADA concerts, national and world News. (RDI): French-language 24-hour all-News and • RADIO DE RADIO-CANADA’s morning show, of Web traffic and some featured tracks entered information service, financed entirely by PREMIÈRE CHAÎNE the TOP 10 DOWNLOADS on iTunes after play on CBC RADIO 3: English-language interactive C’est bien meilleur le matin, on the – subscriptions and advertising revenue. programming for youth on the Internet. number one in Montreal, seven days a week. the show. ARTV: French-language arts and culture PREMIÈRE CHAÎNE: commercial-free French- ESPACE MUSIQUE’s audience increased by • Anniversaries: RCI – 60 years of telling the world Television service, by subscription, offered language network, offering News, Public 37 RDI through a public-private partnership. per cent, compared to Spring 2004 about Canada; – 10 years of delivering News, Affairs and cultural programming. (Fall 2004 BBM). 24 hours every day; RADIO DE RADIO-CANADA – TV5: An international consortium, offering ESPACE MUSIQUE: commercial-free French- a mix of News and general-interest French- • CBC TELEVISION – Canada’s most-watched 50 years of providing public radio to the Atlantic language music network, offering jazz, language Television programming. Provinces. classical, chanson, diverse world music, morning preschool programming. and emerging talent. CBC NORTH | RADIO-CANADA NORD: Radio • Le téléjournal/Le point – watched at 10:00 p.m. by and Television services in English, French BANDEAPART.FM: French-language interactive 18.7 per cent on average of Francophones. and eight Aboriginal languages to Canada’s programming for youth on the Internet. northern communities. • CBC TELEVISION audiences for Rick Mercer’s Monday CBC TELEVISION: English-language network, CBC.CA: English-language Internet service Report – 852,000 on average each week; H2O on delivering a wide range of general, special- carrying our Radio and Television content, NEARLY ONE MILLION interest and high-impact programming, CBC Television watched by . unique New Media and corporate information. News and information. • Tout le monde en parle and Les Bougon – c’est aussi ça TABLE OF CONTENTS RADIO-CANADA.CA: French-language Internet CBC NEWSWORLD: English-language 24-hour la vie! – on TÉLÉVISION DE RADIO-CANADA – each service carrying our Radio and Television all-News and information service, financed content, unique New Media and corporate watched by 1.8 MILLION VIEWERS on average entirely by subscriptions and advertising Highlights of 2004–2005 . I information. every week. revenue. President, CEO and Acting Chair’s Message . 10 WIRELESS: WAP and SMS messaging services • CBC RADIO ONE’s Anna Maria Tremonti CBC COUNTRY CANADA: 24-hour English- delivering interactive content to PDAs and Corporate Priorities . 13 language digital Television service, by (The Current) and Shelagh Rogers cell phones. subscription, dedicated to regional and (Sounds Like Canada) – MOST-LISTENED-TO RADIO The Programming Year . 14 rural programming. GALAXIE: Digital pay commercial-free audio PERSONALITIES in Canada; World Report – service offering 45 channels of continuous Behind the Scenes . 34 THE DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL: 24-hour music, without talk, to over four million Canada’s MOST-LISTENED-TO NEWSCAST. English-language digital Television service, Public Accountability . 39 subscribers. by subscription, offering Canadian and Board of Directors . 40 international documentaries, in partnership RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL (RCI): with other media organisations, and international shortwave Radio service Financial Pages . 41 extending our reach to Canadians. broadcasting in nine languages. CBC RECORDS | LES DISQUES SRC: recording label, releasing about 25 new Canadian CDs annually. pg I CBC|RADIO-CANADA ANNUAL REPORT 2004–2005 CBC|RADIO-CANADA ANNUAL REPORT 2004–2005 CBC| RADIO-CANADA D I S T I N C T I V E C A N A D I A N P R O G R A M M I N G E V E R Y D AY HIGHLIGHTS 2004–2005 SETTING THE STANDARD FOR CANADIAN BROADCASTING • Hundreds of national and international awards for • WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY FINALS – nearly our English and French Radio, Television and New FOUR MILLION VIEWERS FOR CBC TELEVISION EXCELLENCE, ON AND OFF THE AIR Media Services this year, including 53 GÉMEAUX and 908,000 (30 PER CENT of the Francophone 52 GEMINI, two PRIX BOOMERANG, two ONLINE viewing audience) for the finals’ retransmission CBC RADIO ONE: commercial-free English- TÉLÉVISION DE RADIO-CANADA: French- language network, broadcasting local, language network delivering a broad range NEWS ASSOCIATION PRIZES, a PRIX ITALIA, four on TÉLÉVISION DE RADIO-CANADA. national and international News, Current of general, special-interest and innovative GABRIELS, and eight NEW YORK FESTIVALS AWARDS. • CBC RADIO ONE’s Canada Reads – featured books Affairs and general-interest programming. audacious programming, News and • CBC RADIO ONE – morning shows number one entered the TOP 10 ON NATIONAL SALES CHARTS as information. CBC RADIO TWO: commercial-free English- or two in 14 markets. a result of this program; 50 Tracks – record levels language network, featuring music, RÉSEAU DE L’INFORMATION DE RADIO-CANADA concerts, national and world News. (RDI): French-language 24-hour all-News and • RADIO DE RADIO-CANADA’s morning show, of Web traffic and some featured tracks entered information service, financed entirely by PREMIÈRE CHAÎNE the TOP 10 DOWNLOADS on iTunes after play on CBC RADIO 3: English-language interactive C’est bien meilleur le matin, on the – subscriptions and advertising revenue. programming for youth on the Internet. number one in Montreal, seven days a week. the show. ARTV: French-language arts and culture PREMIÈRE CHAÎNE: commercial-free French- ESPACE MUSIQUE’s audience increased by • Anniversaries: RCI – 60 years of telling the world Television service, by subscription, offered language network, offering News, Public 37 RDI through a public-private partnership. per cent, compared to Spring 2004 about Canada; – 10 years of delivering News, Affairs and cultural programming. (Fall 2004 BBM). 24 hours every day; RADIO DE RADIO-CANADA – TV5: An international consortium, offering ESPACE MUSIQUE: commercial-free French- a mix of News and general-interest French- • CBC TELEVISION – Canada’s most-watched 50 years of providing public radio to the Atlantic language music network, offering jazz, language Television programming. Provinces. classical, chanson, diverse world music, morning preschool programming. and emerging talent. CBC NORTH | RADIO-CANADA NORD: Radio • Le téléjournal/Le point – watched at 10:00 p.m. by and Television services in English, French BANDEAPART.FM: French-language interactive 18.7 per cent on average of Francophones. and eight Aboriginal languages to Canada’s programming for youth on the Internet. northern communities. • CBC TELEVISION audiences for Rick Mercer’s Monday CBC TELEVISION: English-language network, CBC.CA: English-language Internet service Report – 852,000 on average each week; H2O on delivering a wide range of general, special- carrying our Radio and Television content, NEARLY ONE MILLION interest and high-impact programming, CBC Television watched by . unique New Media and corporate information. News and information. • Tout le monde en parle and Les Bougon – c’est aussi ça TABLE OF CONTENTS RADIO-CANADA.CA: French-language Internet CBC NEWSWORLD: English-language 24-hour la vie! – on TÉLÉVISION DE RADIO-CANADA – each service carrying our Radio and Television all-News and information service, financed content, unique New Media and corporate watched by 1.8 MILLION VIEWERS on average entirely by subscriptions and advertising Highlights of 2004–2005 . I information. every week. revenue. President, CEO and Acting Chair’s Message . 10 WIRELESS: WAP and SMS messaging services • CBC RADIO ONE’s Anna Maria Tremonti CBC COUNTRY CANADA: 24-hour English- delivering interactive content to PDAs and Corporate Priorities .