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Online Digital Archives Get Redesign
Mediacaster, 3/14/2008
CBC has unveiled its new CBC Digital Archives Website, combining a redesigned look and feel with thousands of historic radio and television clips - some never seen since they were first broadcast.
The award-winning CBC Digital Archives Website is described as the largest free broadcast archive in Canada and one of the largest in the world. The site's first major redesign offers higher quality video and audio. New features and enhanced design let visitors easily explore an impressive and constantly growing collection of 12,000 online radio and television clips. As always, the site is completely free and no registration is required.
The new website brings some of Canada's favourite radio and television shows back to life by offering collections of full-length programs. These include CBC Television's provocative and ground-breaking This Hour Has Seven Days, classic current affairs programs Man Alive and Close Up and the beloved Howie Meeker Hockey School. From CBC Radio, relive David Suzuki's 1975 debut on Quirks and Quarks, and from the 50s, there's Kate Aitken's eclectic blend of homemaking and interviews with international leaders.
New interactive features allow visitors to share their memories of the events behind the clips, and rate the content. And "Guess Who?" challenges visitors to identify famous Canadians - before they were famous.
Some 12,000 clips from CBC and Radio-Canada include: Terry Fox, Leonard Cohen, Nancy Greene, Jim Carrey, Nelson Mandela, Joni Mitchell, Tommy Douglas, Don Cherry, Margaret Trudeau, Karen Kain, Mick and Keith, June Callwood, Dr. Henry Morgentaler, Princess Elizabeth, David Milgaard, Duke Ellington, Georges Erasmus, Manon Rhéaume, Oscar Peterson, Mackenzie King, Marc Garneau, Malcolm X, June Callwood, John Diefenbaker, Alan Eagleson, Bonhomme, John and Yoko, Roméo Dallaire, Woody Allen, Mordechai Richler, Robin Williams, Glenn Gould and many, many others.
As well, golden playoff moments from Hockey Night in Canada, Canadian quizmaster Alex Trebek's bilingual clues on Reach for the Top and much more will be added.
Established in 2002, the CBC Digital Archives Website has won the prestigious Prix Italia and numerous other international awards. The site offers unprecedented access to over 70 years of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation programming and will present 2,000 hours of digitized content by 2009. Supported and funded by the Canadian Culture Online program (Department of Canadian Heritage), the site contains no advertising, requires no registration and attracts over 600,000 visits monthly.
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The site is here: http://archives.cbc.ca/
Mediacaster, 3/14/2008
CBC has unveiled its new CBC Digital Archives Website, combining a redesigned look and feel with thousands of historic radio and television clips - some never seen since they were first broadcast.
The award-winning CBC Digital Archives Website is described as the largest free broadcast archive in Canada and one of the largest in the world. The site's first major redesign offers higher quality video and audio. New features and enhanced design let visitors easily explore an impressive and constantly growing collection of 12,000 online radio and television clips. As always, the site is completely free and no registration is required.
The new website brings some of Canada's favourite radio and television shows back to life by offering collections of full-length programs. These include CBC Television's provocative and ground-breaking This Hour Has Seven Days, classic current affairs programs Man Alive and Close Up and the beloved Howie Meeker Hockey School. From CBC Radio, relive David Suzuki's 1975 debut on Quirks and Quarks, and from the 50s, there's Kate Aitken's eclectic blend of homemaking and interviews with international leaders.
New interactive features allow visitors to share their memories of the events behind the clips, and rate the content. And "Guess Who?" challenges visitors to identify famous Canadians - before they were famous.
Some 12,000 clips from CBC and Radio-Canada include: Terry Fox, Leonard Cohen, Nancy Greene, Jim Carrey, Nelson Mandela, Joni Mitchell, Tommy Douglas, Don Cherry, Margaret Trudeau, Karen Kain, Mick and Keith, June Callwood, Dr. Henry Morgentaler, Princess Elizabeth, David Milgaard, Duke Ellington, Georges Erasmus, Manon Rhéaume, Oscar Peterson, Mackenzie King, Marc Garneau, Malcolm X, June Callwood, John Diefenbaker, Alan Eagleson, Bonhomme, John and Yoko, Roméo Dallaire, Woody Allen, Mordechai Richler, Robin Williams, Glenn Gould and many, many others.
As well, golden playoff moments from Hockey Night in Canada, Canadian quizmaster Alex Trebek's bilingual clues on Reach for the Top and much more will be added.
Established in 2002, the CBC Digital Archives Website has won the prestigious Prix Italia and numerous other international awards. The site offers unprecedented access to over 70 years of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation programming and will present 2,000 hours of digitized content by 2009. Supported and funded by the Canadian Culture Online program (Department of Canadian Heritage), the site contains no advertising, requires no registration and attracts over 600,000 visits monthly.
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The site is here: http://archives.cbc.ca/