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

Microsoft expands Xbox Live TV experience

Rogers and Astral sign on to distribute content through the interactive gaming console’s TV service as it marks a major international expansion.

ABC picks up Jason Belleville script

The half-hour about a small-town fire department has a script commitment from the U.S. net and is being produced by L.A.-based Doozer and Warner Bros TV.

Secret Location, National Parks Project win at inaugural AToMiC awards

UPDATED – The interactive shop, Primitive Entertainment/FilmCAN documentary project, and Peace Point take a Gold and two Bronzes, respectively, at the inaugural Strategy magazine and Playback awards.

NBC cancels The Playboy Club

The program, which aired on Citytv in Canada, will be replaced next week with new programming.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films

Cafe de Flore leads the Top 5 for its debut week, taking in over $350,000 at the domestic box office.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films

Jean-Marc Vallee’s Cafe de Flore breaks the Top 10 films list for the week starting Sept. 23, 2011

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs

Paramount’s Thor tops Nielsen’s VideoScan DVD list for the week ending Sept. 18, 2011.

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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs

Two and a Half Men take TV’s premiere week, followed by a double dose of The Big Bang Theory.

Shaw signs on for Copper

Shaw Media is the latest broadcaster to climb on board for the Cineflix Studios series, which is set to air in 2012.

eOne, Viaset ink distribution financing deal for The Firm

The co-venture sees the European broadcaster pick up free TV rights to the series for 10 of its territories.

Reviewed! Breakaway

Director Rob Lieberman’s Sikh hockey movie gets mixed reviews from the nation’s critics.

Who Loves the Sun named best feature at Film North

The Huntsville-based film festival hands out six awards during its three-day run, including Matt Bissonnette’s film about a drama-filled family cottage weekend.