Background
Fecan was born in Toronto in 1954.
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Ivan Fecan
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Education
He attended York University, receiving a Bachelor in Fine Arts.
Career
Fecan was the president and Chief Executive Officer of Baton Broadcasting and its successor CTVglobemedia from 1996 to 2011, and Chief Executive Officer of the CTV Television Network from late 1998 to 2011. In 1984, at the age of 31, Ivan was offered a job with National Broadcasting Company. He served as their vice-president of creative development for two years, before returning to Canada to become director of television programming for Canadian Broadcasting Company Television in 1987. Some of the shows that Fecan ushered in during his tenure at Canadian Broadcasting Company include Degrassi High, Road to Avonlea, The Kids in the Hall, Royal Canadian Air Farce and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Fecan left Canadian Broadcasting Company and joined Baton Broadcasting in January 1994 as senior group vice-president, and became executive vice-president and chief operating officer in January 1995.
Fecan became president and Chief Executive Officer of Baton in 1996. Fecan built Baton into a cross-Canada broadcasting powerhouse by purchasing or launching CTV affiliates in nearly every major market in the country (thus enabling itself to be renamed CTV Incorporated) The new CTV organization in 1999 purchased Netstar Communications, owners of TSN. This made CTV an important player in Canada"s cable television industry.
In 2000, CTV was purchased by Bell Canada Enterprises. Bachelor of Civil Engineering immediately merged CTV with The Globe and Mail to form Bell Globemedia, later renamed CTVglobemedia, of which Fecan became president and Chief Executive Officer. Although Bachelor of Civil Engineering sold its controlling interest in the company in 2006, it then bought out the company"s broadcasting assets entirely in 2011, at which point Fecan retired, and Bell executive Kevin Crull was named the new head of the renamed Bell Media.
Fecan was named person of the year by entertainment industry magazine Playback in 2006 and person of the decade in 2011.
Fecan has an Honorary Doctor of Laws from York University, as well as an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Ryerson University. His recent for-profit Boards include CTVglobemedia and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. Fecan currently sits on charitable boards at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation and the Royal Conservatory of Music Advisory Council.
