Hot, Not & …

HOT

Movie theaters

The hard times have never looked better for Cineplex, where second-quarter profits tripled – tripled! — to $19.8 million. In your face, economy!

NOT

WTVS Detroit

PBS fans in Ottawa fumed when Rogers Cable announced plans to replace WPBS from Waterdown, NY, with its Motor City sibling. Even more surprising is that Rogers listened to them.

… and doomed. Sadly, but most assuredly, doomed

CHEK Victoria

Full points for the staff’s valiant efforts to strike a deal with Canwest, but against such odds we fail to see how this station can hope to outlive the month.