Saturday, August 27, 2005
CBC XXIX: All's fair in love, war and lockouts
More from the "do you want your old job back" department I mentioned yesterday.
TVO's Studio Two is trying for a hot, hot launch of its new season on Monday August 29. The current affairs show had already announced they'd brought the staff back early because of the CBC lockout. It now seems they're doing more than just stealing a march on the Corp, they are hoping for that hot season launch to grab current affairs deprived viewers. So Studio Two began calling former TVO employees now locked out at CBC and offered short term deals to boost the staff for that launch. At least one producer accepted that offer. There may be more if the lockout drags on.
The most interesting story I heard last night, and at this point let's call it good gossip from a reliable source, is that some of the senior producers in the French arm of the CBC, SRC, are extending the hand of friendship to locked out CBC Francophone or bilingual employees, if they want to return to Quebec and fill empty spots temporarily. Most of these offers are personal from former bosses. But the word is that at least one talented technical person is being wooed with a staff job, to come back, with the family, to la belle province.
That gets me a little worried. Are the top ranks at SRC just helping out folks, or do they have an idea that this mess is going to go long and they're poaching?
(I went out last night to get away from all this, including the blog, cause I had to get out of the house and not to go the TBC, and because friends are saying they like the blog but I am doing a lot of posts.
But you can't get away from this. You go to a bar, you meet friends and they ask you how you are doing. Then, reliable source you've known for some years comes up to you on the street and gives you a tip.)
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9:33 AM posted by Robin Rowland
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More from the "do you want your old job back" department I mentioned yesterday.
TVO's Studio Two is trying for a hot, hot launch of its new season on Monday August 29. The current affairs show had already announced they'd brought the staff back early because of the CBC lockout. It now seems they're doing more than just stealing a march on the Corp, they are hoping for that hot season launch to grab current affairs deprived viewers. So Studio Two began calling former TVO employees now locked out at CBC and offered short term deals to boost the staff for that launch. At least one producer accepted that offer. There may be more if the lockout drags on.
The most interesting story I heard last night, and at this point let's call it good gossip from a reliable source, is that some of the senior producers in the French arm of the CBC, SRC, are extending the hand of friendship to locked out CBC Francophone or bilingual employees, if they want to return to Quebec and fill empty spots temporarily. Most of these offers are personal from former bosses. But the word is that at least one talented technical person is being wooed with a staff job, to come back, with the family, to la belle province.
That gets me a little worried. Are the top ranks at SRC just helping out folks, or do they have an idea that this mess is going to go long and they're poaching?
(I went out last night to get away from all this, including the blog, cause I had to get out of the house and not to go the TBC, and because friends are saying they like the blog but I am doing a lot of posts.
But you can't get away from this. You go to a bar, you meet friends and they ask you how you are doing. Then, reliable source you've known for some years comes up to you on the street and gives you a tip.)
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9:33 AM posted by Robin Rowland
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