Broadcasting - Film, Television, Digital Media and Radio

In the Broadcasting - Film, Television, Digital Media and Radio program, you'll be trained in the traditional storytelling skills for the motion picture, television and radio industries and multiplatform digital production.

This media program, offered through Centennial College's School of Communications, Media, Arts and Design, will prepare you with the creative and technical skills to succeed in the time-based media industry. You'll learn to develop and create original story content and prepare, manage and carry out the production process to realize a creative vision.

In this advanced diploma program, you'll:

• Develop a balance between the industry's artistic and commercial aspects, and be exposed to a variety of industry practices and players;
• Study and practice techniques for compelling storytelling in fictional and non-fictional genres as well as client-based and live-to-air productions;
• Gain technical experience with HD broadcasting studios, digital film, television and multiplatform production;
• Participate in, create and contribute to a wide range of student films, digital video productions, and weekly television and multiplatform productions;
• Complete an advanced body of produced work for a professional portfolio;
• Spend 14 weeks in a full-time industry field placement.

Watch The Journal, a half-hour newsmagazine TV show produced at the Story Arts Centre by fourth-semester students. The Journal is a thought-provoking mix of entertainment and news programming where students rotate through various roles, including show producer, field production, writing, producing, directing, shooting and editing.

Program Highlights

• For more than 30 years, the Broadcasting - Film, Television, Digital Media and Radio program has been training some of Canada's best writers, directors, producers, production crew members, and studio executives for the broadcasting and film industry in Toronto and abroad.
• You'll gain access to digital HD broadcast studios, equipment and systems at the Story Arts Centre, home to the School of Communications, Media, Arts and Design.
• The hands-on experience you'll gain will complement your education and is one of the keys to post-graduate success.
• The advanced diploma you earn will reflect high standards of learning.

Career Outlook

• Story content director or producer
• Assistant to story content director or producer
• Assistant director
• Field producer
• Assistant field producer
• Story researcher
• Story writer/screenwriter
• Videographer
• Cinematographer
• Camera operator
• Assistant camera operator
• Lighting and grip department technician
• Lighting or grip assistant
• Audio technician
• Assistant audio technician
• Television studio technician
• Television studio assistant
• Art department assistant
• Production assistant
• Location coordinator or assistant
• Production coordinator
• Editor
• Assistant editor
• Web content contributor
• Wide range of other creative and technical roles

Education Pathways

Graduates of the Broadcasting - Film, Television, Digital Media & Radio advanced diploma program have the opportunity to apply learning achieved at Centennial for credits toward further study at the degree level. Listed below are the degrees from partnering institutions that are available for this program.

Please note that each partner has minimum admission requirements to be met in order to qualify for transfer credits, which are assessed by the receiving partner institution.

Please visit our website at //centennial.adv-pub.moveonca.com/outgoing-home/ for more information on articulation agreements.

For pathways to other Ontario post-secondary institutions, please visit ONTransfer.

Placement Partners

Students have completed their full-semester placement at respected organizations like:

• Bell Local
• Blue Ant Media
• Breakthrough Films
• CBC
• CTV
• Corus Entertainment
• Cuppa Coffee Studios
• Discovery Canada
• ET Canada
• Epitome Pictures
• Fight Network
• Global TV
• Lenz Entertainment
• MTV Canada
• Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment
• Marble Media
• NHL Network
• Omni TV
• Playback Magazine
• Red Apple Productions
• Revolver Films
• Rogers Communications
• Shaw Media
• Sony Music Canada
• Space Channel
• Sportsnet
• Spy Films
• The Score
• TV Ontario
• WNED TV Buffalo

Further Education

Qualified graduates may be eligible to participate in an articulated program with select universities, institutes and professional associations. These partnerships allow you to apply academic credit towards further study.

The Broadcasting program's educational partners are:

• Athabasca University (BPA) - AB, Canada
• Griffith University (Bachelor of Journalism) - Australia
• University of Ontario Institute of Technology (BA) - ON, Canada

Areas of Employment

• Broadcasters in radio and television
• Production and post-production companies
• Corporate and commercial TV and film production houses
• Feature and series, drama and factual producers
• Web and print production companies

Academic Requirements

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or mature student status (19 years or older)
• Grade 12 English (C or U), or equivalent (minimum grade required), or take the Centennial English Admission Test (score of 170 or 171 required) 

Additional Requirements

• English language proficiency

Notes:

Students who are accepted into the program will be invited to:

• Submit a resume and/or complete an intake questionnaire after receiving their offer
• Attend a mandatory Program Welcome Session* online, prior to program start up

*All new students must attend a session prior to their program start date. 

1. Apply Online

Domestic Students

If you are applying through the Better Jobs Ontario Program, please apply at the Employment Training Centre (Progress Campus). The Better Jobs Ontario Program is a funding initiative for those who have been laid-off and are in need of training. For more information go to Better Jobs Ontario Program.

If you have previously attended a full-time program at Centennial College, you may be eligible for a Program Transfer. Visit Enrolment Services at any Campus for information.

All other applicants must apply online at Ontariocolleges.ca. A non-refundable application fee of $125 must accompany applications. The fee is payable online, by telephone, online banking, by mail, or in-person to Ontariocolleges.ca. For more information go to Ontariocolleges.ca Application Fees.

International Students

 Apply directly to Centennial College here.

2. Submit Documents

Domestic Applicants

Current Ontario high school students and graduates from Ontario high schools: Notify your guidance counsellor that you have applied to college and your school will forward transcripts to Centennial College via Ontariocolleges.ca.

Graduates of college/university, or high school outside Ontario but within Canada: You are responsible for requesting that your educational institute sends any required documents and transcripts to Ontariocolleges.ca.

Domestic applicants who attended school outside of Canada: If you are submitting transcripts to meet admission requirements, you must have the transcripts assessed by an independent credential assessment agency such as World Education Services (WES) or International Credential Assessment Service (ICAS). For more information go to Submitting your Transcripts.

International Applicants

Please refer to the International Education Application Guide.

3. Confirm Your Offer of Admission

Offers of Admission are sent by mail to eligible applicants. When you receive your offer, you must login to your account at Ontariocolleges.ca and confirm before the Deadline to Confirm noted in your offer letter.

You may confirm only one college and one program offer at a time.

You must confirm your offer by the Deadline to Confirm noted in your Offer of Admission letter or your seat may be given to another applicant.

When you confirm your Offer of Admission at Centennial College you are given access to your personal myCentennial account where you can check your email, grades, register for courses, pay tuition fees, and see your class timetable.

4. Pay Fees

Centennial fees statements are sent by email to your personal email account and to your myCentennial email account. Fees statements are not mailed.

You must make a minimum payment by the Fees Deadline noted in your Fees Statement or your seat may be given to another applicant.

5. Build Your Timetable (Register for Courses)

Build your timetable (web-register for courses) at my.centennialcollege.ca.

Fall registration begins mid-July
January registration begins mid-December
May registration begins mid-April

Your web-registration will not open if:

You have not submitted your minimum fee payment by the deadline
You received a Conditional Offer of Admission and you have not met the conditions of your offer.

Once you have paid your fees or have made appropriate arrangements, register for your courses online through myCentennial.

Fees noted below are estimates only. Tuition is based on two semesters, beginning Fall 2024.

Technology Requirements

Bring IT programs will require students to own and use a mobile computing device that meets or exceeds the recommended hardware requirements.

Note: If you require accommodation for a documented disability, please consider your adaptive technology needs when you select a device for your BringIT programs (click for recommendations). If you wish to access disability services, please make an appointment with the Centre for Accessible Learning and Counselling Services, by calling 416-289-5000, ext. 3850, or by email at calcs@centennialcollege.ca.

Have questions? Check out Frequently Asked Questions for our Bring IT Program.

Students from this program will be required to own/purchase a device and software relevant to the program:

Minimum Recommended Hardware Specifications

• Required hardware:
  • MacBook Pro or MacBook Air
  • Apple M1 Chip (or better)
  • 16GB RAM (or better)
  • 500GB internal drive (or higher)
  • An external hard drive (2TB minimum) with a USB3/C connection

  OR

  • Windows PC
  • Intel® 11th Generation or newer or AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series
  • 16 GB of RAM for HD media  / 32 GB or more for 4K and higher
  • 4 GB of GPU memory for HD and some 4K media / 6 GB or more for 4K and higher 
  • 500GB Solid State internal drive (or better)
  • Microsoft Windows 10
  • 1920x1080 display 
  • Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft Windows Driver Model

Minimum Required Software

• Adobe Creative Cloud (latest version — student rates are available for this)

You will need regular access to a computer with an internet connection. High-speed broadband access (LAN, Cable or DSL) with minimum 10mbps download speed is highly recommended. Some courses have more advanced system requirements.

Program Vocational Learning Outcomes

Program Vocational Learning Outcomes describe what graduates of the program have demonstrated they can do with the knowledge and skills they have achieved during their studies. The outcomes are closely tied to the needs of the workplace. Through assessment (e.g., assignments and tests), students verify their ability to reliably perform these outcomes before graduating.

1. Create, coordinate and support audio, television, video and digital media productions for multiple platforms, in studio and on location, using industry standard production equipment.
2. Deliver and promote audio, television, video and digital or Web content via streaming or broadcast media in formats that meet current industry standards.
3. Plan and prepare radio, television, digital Web and/or mobile productions that meet industry standards and regulations.
4. Monitor, maintain and evaluate the technical quality of productions using resources, equipment and protocols which meet with industry standards.
5. Develop and implement marketing and advertising strategies to promote productions and/or a station’s brand and products.
6. Plan, create and deliver interviews, scripts and reports for a variety of radio, television and/or digital media productions.
7. Use project management and business skills to complete productions on time and on budget.
8. Keep current with the needs of the broadcast and digital media industry using strategies that enhance work performance and guide professional development.
9. Conduct work safely in accordance with all applicable acts, regulations, legislation, and codes to ensure personal and public safety.
10. Enhance audio, television, digital, web and/or video productions using a variety of post-production skills, tools and techniques.
11. Present live programming on air to relay various types of content.