Allison Vale

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News 1 ruling

After a year of deliberating, the crtc has given headline news service CTV News 1 permission to air long and live broadcasts….

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NetStar plot thickens

As the paperwork on ctv’s NetStar purchase winds towards the Competition Bureau, industry speculation around the particulars of the deal continues….

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NATPE wraps

Lest any tell themselves television is high art, try natpe….

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Digital dangles

If ‘going digital’ means a race to 15% penetration of the cabled population, Shaw wins, Rogers trails….

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DaVinci, Canada win respectable ratings

It’s not This Hour Has 22 Minutes, but it’s not bad for this year’s Cancon media darlings, DaVinci’s Inquest and Made In Canada….

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Vision heating Manitoba feature

Multifaith religious broadcaster Vision tv has jumped into the Canadian feature film fray by prebuying Terrance Odette’s feature directorial debut Heater, skedded to begin two weeks of principal photography in Winnipeg, Dec 2….

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Up Front looking back at Bunnies

With satin ears in New York and Chicago already on film, Toronto’s Up Front Entertainment is home to wrap final interviews for the a&e/ctv special The Bunny Ears….

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Cdns. reap sales in France

Cannes, France: Bob and Margaret is in primetime France and Germany, Cinar all over HBO Family, and CHUMCity in Bogota, Colombia, after a sparkling six days for Canadian producers at the mipcom program market….

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CTV takes Eng. Boy

The CTV Network has purchased the Canadian broadcast rights to Regina-based Minds Eye Pictures’ $40-million film The Englishman’s Boy….

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CTV scoops Englishman’s Boy

The CTV Network has purchased the Canadian broadcast rights to Regina-based Minds Eye Pictures’ $40-million film The Englishman’s Boy….

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CHUM cuts Stern loss

Although chum decided not to air the Howard Stern television show, it remains tied to the terms of the contract with cbs-owned Eyemark Entertainment….

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Stand-Up Guys: In the green room

It’s been a year since we first met the producers of Stand-Up Guys at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival….