Ivan Fecan

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Ivan Fecan
Ivan Fecan at the 2019 CFC Annual Gala & Auction
Fecan in 2019
Born1954
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma materYork University

Ivan Fecan

CTVglobemedia from 1996 to 2011, and chief executive officer of the CTV Television Network from late 1998 to 2011.[1]

Early life and education

Fecan was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1954.[2] He attended York University, receiving a BA in Fine Arts.

Career

In 1984, at the age of 31, Ivan was offered a job with NBC. He served as their vice-president of creative development for two years, before returning to Canada to become director of television programming for CBC Television in 1987. Some of the shows that Fecan ushered in during his tenure at CBC include Degrassi High, Road to Avonlea, The Kids in the Hall, Royal Canadian Air Farce and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

Fecan left CBC and joined

Netstar Communications, owners of TSN
. This made CTV an important player in Canada's cable television industry.

In 2000, CTV was purchased by

Thunderbird Films. He is also the producer and executive producer of the hit Canadian sitcom Kim's Convenience.[3] On September 5, 2017, Fecan was appointed Interim chief executive officer of Thunderbird, in addition to his other roles there.[4]

Fecan sits on charitable boards at the

Royal Conservatory of Music Advisory Council.[5]

With his wife

Soulpepper Theatre Company, UHN- Toronto General Hospital, and York University.[6] Faire died on February 27, 2019, at her home in Toronto.[7][8] Fecan has remarried to Jae Kim.[9]

Achievements

Fecan is the recipient of the American Marketing Association Hall of Legends.[10] Fecan was named person of the year by entertainment industry magazine Playback in 2006, person of the decade in 2011,[11] and inducted into the Playback Hall of Fame in May 2016.[12]

References

  1. ^ "President and Chief Executive Officer, CTVglobemedia; Chief Executive Officer, CTV Inc". CTVglobemedia. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Fecan, Ivan". The Museum of Broadcast and Communications. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Ivan Fecan: The producer bringing popular play Kim's Convenience to TV". The Globe and Mail. September 30, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  4. ^ "Management Appointments at Thunderbird Entertainment". 5 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Ivan Fecan, Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc: Profile and Biography".[dead link]
  6. ^ "Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan urge graduates to give to society". YFile, June 18, 2008.
  7. ^ Langan, Fred (4 March 2019). "Canadian TV producer Sandra Faire created top-rated shows, from Anne Murray specials to So You Think You Can Dance Canada". The Globe and Mail.
  8. ^ "TV producer and philanthropist Sandra Faire dies". March 2019.
  9. ^ Bryant, Nolan (22 July 2022). "Karen Kain gala finally takes the stage, Feast in the Forest focuses on funding for Indigenous students". The Globe and Mail.
  10. ^ Ivan Fecan – MHOL 2013 Builder.
  11. ^ Vamos, Peter (December 23, 2010). "Decade in Review: Ivan Fecan is Playback's Person of the Decade".
  12. ^ Playback’s 2016 Canadian Film & TV Hall of Fame: Ivan Fecan.

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