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Articles for 2011
Red State to launch Montreal’s Fantasia festival
The Montreal genre film festival will launch July 14 with the Kevin Smith drama, which bowed at Sundance earlier this year.
Webb leaves CTV
Programming exec Joanna Webb has left Bell Media ahead of a new management structure for specialty channels to be unveiled next week.
Canada eyes greater film ties with Bollywood
Following the weekend’s IIFA Awards in Toronto, the Canadian film industry is looking ahead to greater opportunities with India under a future copro treaty.
Expedition Impossible proves ratings are possible
The latest reality offering from Mark Burnett premieres with a viewership win in its 9 p.m. Thursday slot.
Cogeco Fund announces 20 recipients
CBC/SRC programming wins big as the latest round of funding is announced.
Hockey takes a final sweep of the numbers
The Stanley Cup Finals sat at #1 with a staggering 7.648 million viewers, while post and pre-game programming came in second and third for the week.
Popular Peppa Pig plays every day on Nick Jr.
The expansion of the Entertainment One kids series comes ahead of a rollout of Peppa Pig merchandise.
Rookie graduates with winning night
The Global drama avoids the sophomore slump with a timeslot-topping premiere.
Ed Asner to cameo in CBC’s ‘Michael’
The legendary TV and stage actor is to appear in the Rhombus Media sitcom now shooting in Ottawa.
Reality king Burnett on his fondness for crazy Canuck crews
The iconic producer tells Playback about why he stacks his crews with Canadians who “have had my life in their hands many times.”
Bronfman to Ontario gov: ‘You guys saved our proverbial butts’
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new William F. White Centre in west Toronto hears Toronto’s revived production scene might never have happened, if not for Ontario’s 25% all-spend film tax credit.
How Alliance Films turned the table on rivals to acquire Maple
Lionsgate’s sale of Maple Pictures to Alliance Films follows an industry shakeup and consolidation that has redrawn the Canadian film distribution sector.
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