Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVD (June 27 – July 3, 2011)
Dragons’ Den star Kevin O’Leary is to host the new reality series, which gives ex-offenders a second chance.
Five teams of up-and-coming talent score a year-long opportunity to work directly with network execs.
Susan Hummel gets a promotion as the newly-installed MGM Television boss Khanna builds her new team.
The Larry Sanders Show creator is to be honoured at the Montreal festival’s comedy conference in July.
Long-time rivals Technicolor and Deluxe Entertainment are to outsource work to one another as the bells continue to toll for film in a digital age.
Stephanie Denton is to head up the company’s U.S. office, working to line up more service work and proprietary animation projects.
The former Two and a Half Men lead is to star in Anger Management from Lionsgate Television and Debmar-Mercury.
Instructor and doc filmmaker Karen O’Donnell tells Playback how she sees a greater role for industry biz training at Centennial.
The Canadian comic is developing a U.S. version of the Danish comedy reality series Celebrity Stand-Up.
Season 13 of the reality show lands at #1, knocking Combat Hospital down to #2.
The mediaco reaches a broadcast deal with upstart Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer.