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Photo gallery: DOC Institute Honours 2017

The documentary organization feted the year’s best filmmakers and projects at Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel.

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Hot Sheet: Digital Demand Dec. 5 to 11, 2017

Stranger Things is at #1, with Star Trek: Discovery at #2 and Marvel’s The Punisher at #3.

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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, Nov. 27 to Dec. 3, 2017

The Indian Detective is at #5, with Rick Mercer Report at #22 and Vikings at #27.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Dec. 1 to 7, 2017

Junior Majeur is at #9, with Coco at #1 and Justice League at #2.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Dec. 1 to 7, 2017

Junior Majeur is at #1, followed by The Man Who Invented Christmas at #2 and Pieds nus dans l’aube at #3.

Photo Gallery: Shaftesbury’s Holiday Open House

Shaftesbury kicked off the festive season with a star-studded party at its Toronto office.

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Hot Sheet: Digital Demand Nov. 28 to Dec. 4, 2017

Frontier climbs to #6, with Stranger Things at #1 and Marvel’s The Punisher at #2.

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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, Nov. 20 to 26, 2017

The Indian Detective is at #5, with the CFL Grey Cup game at #1 and The Good Doctor at #2.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Nov. 24 to 30, 2017

Justice League is at #1, followed by Coco at #2 and Wonder at #3.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Nov. 24 to 30, 2017

Junior Majeur is at #1, with copro The Man Who Invented Christmas at #2 and Pieds nus dans l’aube at #3.

Tassie Cameron’s prolific strategy

Seven shows in 18 months, international acclaim for her killer ideas and a budding prodco – what can’t Playback‘s Person of the Year do?

Vice: too niche for TV?

The Vice brand has a large and rabid digital following, but TV is a different animal. Media experts weigh in on the challenges facing the brand in the space.