Katie Bailey

Katie Bailey (@katie_bailey) is the editor and content director at Playback, overseeing the Playback brand as well as all content programs for the Banff World Media Festival. She likes dramas, thrillers, offbeat comedies, sci-fi, fantasy, how-to cooking, one renovation show and zero Kardashians.

Posts by Katie Bailey

Tablets ‘set to take off’ in Canada: survey

A new Ipsos Reid study indicates the popularity of tablets is set to skyrocket, while smartphone growth may be leveling out.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films

Cafe de Flore remains in #2, while French Immersion slides in at #4 for the week of Oct. 7 to Oct. 13, 2011.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films

Breakaway keeps its place in the Top 10 for the week of Oct. 7 to Oct. 13, 2011.

Bee gets an A+ at 2011 Comedy Awards

Comedic actress Samantha Bee is named Comedy Person of the Year, while Jason Priestly nabs Best TV Performance – Male for Call Me Fitz.

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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs

The Big Bang Theory takes #1 again, but Hockey Night in Canada bursts back onto the charts in #3.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs

Transformers takes over the top spot for the release of its latest installment, Dark Side of the Moon.

Planet in Focus honours the best in ‘green’ film

The annual festival in Toronto wraps by handing out a bevy of awards for environmentally minded films.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films

Breakaway leads the Canadian box office for the week of Sept. 30 to Oct. 06 , 2011, with Cafe de Flore at #2.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films

Breakaway cracks the Top 10 overall Canadian box office for the week of Sept. 23 to Sept. 29, 2011.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs

Bridesmaids is this week’s maid of honour in The Nielsen Company’s top 20 list of DVDs for the week of Sept. 19 to Sept. 25, 2011

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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs

The Big Bang Theory on CTV tops the week with 3.7 million viewers.

Reviewed! French Immersion

Opening today in Ontario and Quebec, Kevin Tierney’s directorial debut generates a wide range of reaction from the regions’ critics.