Articles for September, 2007

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Little Mosque on the West Bank

Triple play of sales sending the CBC sitcom to territories in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank

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Starz opens in Toronto

New state-of-the-art facility opens with Disney vet at the wheel and projects from both Universal and Tim Burton

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Corus cuts 53 jobs

Broadcast and post-production departments reshuffled, interactive team moved over to Nelvana. Acquisitions and originals merged at kiddie cables and Movie Central

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Crosby out at CTV

Dramatic programming boss departs after nearly 10 years with the network, and 12 months filling in for Bill Mustos. Wide-ranging reorganization to be revealed shortly, says spokesman

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CBC, Mirvish to make Music

How do you solve a problem like Maria? If you’re David Mirvish or Andrew Lloyd Webber, you make a reality show with CBC, and use it to cast the female lead for your upcoming remount of The Sound of Music

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Loewy lures Overture

Alliance Films has signed a multi-year output deal with start-up Overture Films, building on Victor Loewy’s close ties with boss Chris McGurk. ‘He was our first stop and our last stop.’

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Canuck documentaries score Emmys

Shake Hands with the Devil shares win with a similar doc, God Sleeps in Rwanda, while Associated Producers picks up investigative prize for Sex Slaves

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Think wins Battle

The erstwhile Canadian distributor has picked up the U.S. rights for Battle in Seattle

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Amal wins at Cinefest

Prize for best first Canadian feature ‘truly overwhelming,’ says director Richie Mehta

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‘Lofty numbers’ for Promises

Cronenberg’s latest grosses US$6 million at the weekend box office after stepping into the wide release ring against new Resident Evil and Good Luck Chuck

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Global shows outpace Horseman

The adaptation of St. Urbain’s Horseman took a backseat to Back to You and the new run of Prison Break; unable to match the ratings of other CBC minis

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ACTRA applauds Sutherland

Star of 24 to be presented with union’s award of excellence Tuesday for his support of Canadian talent working in L.A.