Canada\u2019s CBC is making a commitment to double the amount of programming it has for young audiences on the CBC Gem streaming service over the next year.<\/p>\n
The streaming service currently offers more than 200 hours of advertising-free programming for young Canadians. This new commitment\u2014which will match the amount of content already available on ICI TOU.TV\u2014includes acquired content from Canadian and international distributors.<\/p>\n
CBC Kids is now looking to reach school-aged and tween audiences with new programming. With a focus on live-action scripted series for the 6-to-12 and tween demographics, new original programming includes the tween action-adventure series Detention Adventure<\/em>. It marks CBC\u2019s first original scripted kids’ series for CBC Gem and will premiere this spring.<\/p>\n Following the recent launch of CBC Kids News, CBC is also bolstering its commitment to serving young Canadians with trustworthy content with the greenlight of Let’s Talk About Sex<\/em>, the English-language version of On parle de sexe<\/em>, which provides tweens with age-appropriate information on healthy sexuality. It will premiere as the first original factual series for kids on CBC Gem in 2020.<\/p>\n For the French market, Radio-Canada Jeunesse will increase its short-form content offer for tweens and teens and strengthen its 360-degree platform approach. New original programming launching this year includes two fiction series for the 13-to-17 group: Nomades<\/em> and Avec Moi<\/em>. Also set to launch this year is a new magazine-style production called 14 Mille Millions De Choses \u00c0 Savoir<\/em>.<\/p>\n CBC\/Radio-Canada will also continue to explore national and international partnerships to tell Canadian stories on a more significant scale. Examples of new partnerships include the tween sci-fi action adventure Endlings<\/em> and Molly of Denali<\/em>, an animated series that shines a light on Indigenous storytelling and perspectives.<\/p>\n L\u2019Agent Jean<\/em> will return with new episodes in French and English, in partnership with TFO and CBC Kids. Also launching in the fall is a new live-action fiction series for the 4-to-7 set, in addition to another upcoming live-action fiction series for the same age group.<\/p>\n Catherine Tait, president and CEO of CBC\/Radio-Canada, commented: \u201cAs Canada\u2019s public broadcaster, we want to accompany Canadians on a lifelong journey. To better engage young audiences beyond the preschool demographic, we are redirecting some funding to invest in programming including digital content targeted to school-aged kids, tweens and teens. This includes acquisitions and original storytelling from Canadian creators that celebrates inclusiveness, diversity, equality and social values.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Canada\u2019s CBC is making a commitment to double the amount of programming it has for young audiences on the CBC Gem streaming service over the next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":15836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2139,4300],"class_list":["post-15834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cbc","tag-cbc-gem","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n