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Newsworld announces fall lineup

CBC Newsworld’s fall lineup offers some old faces in new places and a schedule that includes nine new daily and weekly programs, effective Sept. 7….

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Cancon debuts: Better late than never

While the fall tv season launches are packed full of hype and hope, less media attention is paid to the mid-season and limited-run series. For media buyers, missing the big hoopla bandwagon isn’t necessarily the kiss of death, they aren’t concerned…

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Discovery unveils fall schedule

Discovery Channel has launched its September-to-December season, announcing six new series, two of which are Canadian, and 13 returning series including nine Canadian programs….

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Life, HGTV increase Canadian content

Atlantis’ Life Network and HGTV Canada have unveiled their fall lineups, with Life adding eight new series, HGTV Canada picking up two of Life’s how-to programs, and HGTV U.S. buying four Canadian shows….

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Features galore vie for prime aud

Feature films in primetime on the specialties are going to give sitcoms and dramas a run for the audience next year, as fall launch season swings into gear….

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Top-rated Peak Practice: Phillips to pen British drama

Carlton Television (itv) has announced that an award-winning Canadian writer will redevelop Peak Practice, Britain’s highest rated drama series. Laura Phillips, who won a Gemini for Fraggle Rock and an Emmy nomination for the abc special The Christmas Story, will commute…

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Special Report on Distribution and Exhibition: Exhibitors in expansive mood

Walking into a movie theater these days gives you a we’re-not-in-Kansas-anymore feeling. No longer do people say, ‘Two tickets, please.’ They’re adding, ‘I’ll take a Taco Bell Combo #1, a Baskin Robbins banana split, and some tokens for the video arcade.’…

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Atlantis inks $105-million deal: MIP rings in as ‘best ever’

At this year’s 35th mip-tv market in Cannes, the buzz was that companies had more product to shop, and buyers were eager to spend….