The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or CBC partnered with Shaftesbury Films to produce Murdoch Mysteries beginning with Season 6.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as the national public broadcaster, provides radio and television services incorporating a wide range of programming that informs, enlightens and entertains: CBC/Radio-Canada is predominantly and distinctively Canadian, reflecting Canada and its regions to national and regional audiences, while serving the special needs of those regions and strives to be of equivalent quality in English and French. While Radio-Canada serves as a life line for eight million French speakers, CBC serves 30 million Canadians including Northern communities in eight Indigenous languages.
CBC's homegrown television shows, including “Schitt’s Creek,” “Kim’s Convenience,” “This Hour Has 22 Minutes,” “The Fifth Estate,” and Shaftesbury’s “Murdoch Mysteries,” have put Canada on the world stage and for each dollar CBC/Radio-Canada spends on television production, $3 of economic activity is stimulated across the country. This means that CBC/Radio Canada generates $1.5 billion in economic activity each year. More than its annual government appropriations (funding).
For the past five years, Catherine Tait has been the president and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, defending the role of the public broadcaster, strengthen its relevancy to all Canadians and the accessibility of its programming.
Murdoch Mysteries' Season 9 is the highest-rated season yet on CBC as Canada's top-rated homegrown scripted program for the 2015/16 television season.
In 2016, CBC announced its decision to increase the number of women directing television series: Season 10 of Murdoch Mysteries has five women directors on board.
Unlock the Mysteries of Murdoch: The Ultimate Insider Conference was held on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at CBC Broadcast Centre Toronto, included a Murdoch Mysteries pop-up shop in the Atrium of the CBC Broadcast Centre at 250 Front St. West.
On December 11, 2018, CBC launched CBC Gem (exclusive to Canada) providing live and on-demand access to CBC’s full programming slate spanning drama, comedy, factual entertainment, documentaries, arts, kids, sports and national and local news programming, including the ability to live stream CBC TV at any time with access to 14 CBC channels and their local newscasts across the country. The streaming service also offers French-language programming from ICI Radio-Canada.
In March 2020, the Ontario government declared a state of emergency as the province tries to slow the spread of COVID-19 limiting CBC radio, film and TV productions until further notice.
On December 20, 2020, CBC announced: Canadians can now enjoy CBC TV through Roku streaming devices and Roku-powered smart TVs; Canadian users will have access to 14 live, regional television channels to watch for free, including Murdoch Mysteries.
On March 23, 2023, CBC Kids on CBC Gem premiered Macy Murdoch.
Credits
General Manager, Entertainemtn, Factual & Sports - SALLY CATO
Executive Director, Scripted Content - TRISH WILLIAMS
Senior Director, Drama - HELEN ASIMAKIS
Executive in Charge of Production - NICOLE MENDES
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