With a rates agreement firmly in place for the seven analog services, the digital-tier licensees are at the plate vying for a coveted spot on September’s third tier of specialty channels….

Although the Canadian specialty universe is about to expand exponentially, stepping up competition for both ad dollars and audience share, the incumbents aren’t losing sleep….

For a look at where the competition for viewers will play out this season, Playback went to the some of the specialty channels, new and old, and asked them to put their best individual programs forward in three key target markets….

Television’s greatest crime is that it underestimates its public, says Channel 4’s head of drama David Aukin….

Two weeks after the winners of Britain’s feature film franchises were announced, startups triggered by the winning bids are beginning to surface while the shutout Canadian players say it’s business as usual in the u.k. territory….

As Due South moves into syndication territory with 22 new one-hour episodes for season three, PolyGram Television has picked up u.s. rights to the franchise….

With the ink drying on a deal for Traders On-Line, a new addition to wic’s 1997/98 schedule, Toronto-based Electric Entertainment is on tap for its third series….

With September a mere four months away, negotiations between the new specialty services and the cable companies are going smooth like gravel….

Exit May sweeps; enter l.a. screenings, the annual gold chains and crantini extravaganza which has the bulk of the Canadian private broadcasting execs huddled in California the week of May 20….

On May 15, the curtain g’es up on Famous Players’ Coliseum, the first round multiplex theater entertainment center in the world….

Lordy, lordy. Thank goodness that woman is out of the closet. No more coming out headlines. No more pull quotes along the lines of ‘I felt happy. It was like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders,’ or ‘I took…

To say it’s unusual to see Mort Ransen’s Margaret’s Museum at the top of the list of box office draws with total gross of $39,270 and a $1,090 screen average, is an understatement. More still to see Bruce McDonald’s Dance Me…