Brendan Christie

Brendan is the editor of Playback, and former editor of realscreen and Boards magazines. He has an extensive freelance resume, including work for advertising agencies as well as publications such as Strategy, Strategy: Media, KidScreen, The National Post and many others.

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Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs (April 4 – April 11, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs (April 4 – April 11, 2011)

Monte Carlo Fest stacked with CanCon

Kennedys, Durham County, Rookie Blue and Call Me Fitz land multiple nominations.

Banff to honor James Burrows with Ustinov Award

Burrows was co-creator, EP and director of long-running hit sitcom Cheers, and worked on several other top series, including Will & Grace, Frasier, Friends, Wings, Night Court, and Taxi.

Festival de Cannes picks two Canucks

La nuit, elles dansent will screen in the Director’s Fortnight, while Ce n’est rien unspools in the Short Film Competition.

PlayBook features NFB app

The searchable app gives users access to 1,500 NFB films, as well as an HD NFB channel.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 20 Programs (April 4 – April 10, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 20 Programs (April 4 – April 10, 2011)

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian Films (April 9 – April 15, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian Films (April 9 – April 15, 2011)

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 10 Films (April 9 – April 15, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 10 Films (April 9 – April 15, 2011)

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs (March 28 – April 3, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs (March 28 – April 3, 2011)

Top Chef tops for Food Network

The series premiered on Monday to 317,000 total viewers (BBM, 2+), with 212,000 adults watching (A25-54) – the highest-rated Canadian original premiere in the channel’s history.

Remote takes A&E NSI short award

Marc Roussel’s thriller Remote sees a man trying to prevent the murder of a young woman living in his apartment thirty years before.

Rookie Blue heads to Italy

eOne has closed a free TV deal with Mediaset Italy for season two of Rookie Blue. The series will kick off June 16.