TALK’s Compelling Conversations: Rudy Buttignol

Television: The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be

In the Video Streaming Era, the more things change, the more they remain the same. The economic divide gets wider, public space gets smaller, and democracy is threatened. Rudy Buttignol is the President and CEO of British Columbia’s Knowledge Network. Since his appointment in 2007, he has transformed the public broadcaster into a popular commercial-free service available through television and streaming on websites and apps. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Toronto’s York University, and has completed executive programs at Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Harvard Business School. He is the winner of nine Canadian Academy Awards, an honourary Doctor of Letters from Thompson Rivers University, and a Member of the Order of Canada.

ON ZOOM. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. FREE. Registration required so that you receive the link to the Zoom session. TALK’s Compelling Conversations is an annual lecture made possible by a generous endowment from former TALK member Winnifred Searle.

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Tue, Mar 9 7:00 – 8:30 pm ONLINE FEE: Free and open to the public. Registration required. GUEST PRESENTER: Rudy Buttignol FACILITATOR: Jean Garnett, jeangarnett@shaw.ca, 604 277 1130 REGISTER BY: Tue Mar 2 TO REGISTER: See page 36