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Michael MacMillan’s Blue Ant Media to buy High Fidelity HDTV
PEOPLE/COMPANIESTVCanadian publisher Torstar Corp. is also taking a 25% stake in Blue Ant Media for $22.7 million after it completes the High Fidelity HDTV transaction.
Talking transmedia with Anita Ondine
INTERACTIVEPEOPLE/COMPANIESThe producer and transmedia guru talks to Playback about the challenges of financing projects in the new media space.
Why Lewis Chesler loves Christmas
PEOPLE/COMPANIESTVThe Toronto-based producer talks about making merry with broadcasters around the world with holiday-themed MOWs.
CBC going commercial-free Christmas Day
PEOPLE/COMPANIESTVTBooth is underwriting the pubcaster as it offers only CBC promos between shows from noon to 10 p.m.
Astral’s Peter Furnish joins CTAM board
PEOPLE/COMPANIESReplacing outgoing Cable Telecommunications Association for Marketing of Canada (CTAM) president Aivy Reinfelds is Rogers VP and GM David Purdy.
Best of the Year: Sportsnet
INTERACTIVEPEOPLE/COMPANIESTVWEBPlayback marks Rogers Media’s major expansion of the Sportsnet brand this year by taking a trip through a day in the life of a cross-platform story.
Drop in P2P file sharing causes Bell to stop web throttling
PEOPLE/COMPANIESWEBIn an open letter to the CRTC, Bell execs say that changing user habits, and the company’s investment in web infrastructure, mean it will no longer manage internet traffic in peak hours.
Best of the Year: David Cronenberg
FILMPEOPLE/COMPANIESThirty years into a storied career, this Canadian director is having one of his biggest years yet, making him Playback‘s Director of the Year.
THQ wins Quebec video game talent poaching court case
GAMINGPEOPLE/COMPANIESThe Quebec appeals court sided with THQ and against Ubisoft in allowing Patrice Desilets to head up the U.S. game publisher’s new Montreal development studio.
Best of the Year: Combat Hospital
PEOPLE/COMPANIESTVUPDATED: It may not have earned a second season, but Global TV and Sienna Films’ medical drama still earns kudos for its well-executed, cleverly financed and highly popular first season.
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