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Elwy Yost, 1925–2011

Growing up in the '80s in Toronto, there were many ways for you to become a lifelong lover of film well before you were old enough to drink. There was CityTV, with its Great Movies four or five times a week. There was the Toronto International Film Festival, of course—but back then it was still the Festival of Festivals, and it still was first and foremost a collection of films from around the world that had premiered at other festivals first. Reg Hartt was already showing off Bugs Bunny's dick at the Cineforum twice a week.

On The Agenda‘s Mayoral Debate, A Public Television Brawl For It All!

The candidates at today’s televised debate. Photo courtesy of the Globe and Mail. For some reason, selected candidates for the mayoralty of Toronto are having a debate tonight on TVO. As he has done for two previous CP24 televised mayoral debates, Christopher Bird is watching for Torontoist, because you probably aren’t. 7:55 PM: Welcome to [...]

Found, One Search Engine Podcast

Jesse Brown, the host of TVO’s Search Engine. Search Engine, the critically acclaimed and wildly popular CBC tech podcast, is moving to TVO. Since June 2008, when budget problems forced the CBC to cancel the Radio One version of the program and cut the show’s staff, the program has existed in a kind of uncertain [...]

The Long Lens on CONTACT

“The Utopia of the 20-Minute Embrace No 6. 2000,” by the Gao Brothers. Should you be headily developing plans for CONTACT, Toronto’s beloved photo-fest, here’s a (news) flash: with a cruel month of waiting still ahead, the festival program went live today. You can read all about it online and plan accordingly, but that seems [...]

Coming Up on TVO, Polkaroo and the Premiers (in HDTV)

Left to right: Polkaroo, TVOntario chair Peter O’Brian, TVOntario CEO Lisa de Wilde, honoree William Davis, Premier Dalton McGuinty, Minister of Education Kathleen Wynne, emcee Steve Paikin During a decade-long stint as Ontario’s Minister of Education (1962–71), William Davis led an extensive revamp of the province’s learning institutions that included extensive funding, the establishment of [...]