par Stéphane Dumas Ven 13 Sep - 9:19Blog post from Fagstein.
https://blog.fagstein.com/2019/09/05/citytv-cancels-breakfast-television-montreal/
https://blog.fagstein.com/2019/09/05/citytv-cancels-breakfast-television-montreal/
Breakfast Television Montreal is no more. Staff were informed just after Thursday’s show that it was their last one.
Eight jobs will be lost as a result of the cancellation. It leaves 41 Rogers Media employees in Montreal — 21 at CityNews and OMNI, and 20 in sales.
“This decision was very difficult, but at the end of the day, the show was not sustainable,” an emailed statement quoted Colette Watson, SVP of Television & Broadcast Operations, Rogers Media, as saying. “We remain deeply committed to the local market in Montreal and are redirecting resources to our news presence in Montreal at CityNews and OMNI Television with Italian news and the launch of a national third-language newscast next year in support of our OMNI 9(1)(h) licence. We recognize and thank all employees who worked at BT Montreal over the years for their incredible work and commitment and making mornings brighter for our viewers.”
BT Montreal had just celebrated its sixth anniversary.
