Marise Strauss

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CTV defends ‘crisis’ campaign

The network says its ‘Save Local TV’ effort and the accompanying news special it will air this weekend are aimed at educating Canadians…

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TVA snaps up Paris

The Montreal distributor has snagged the Canadian rights to the Paris Hilton documentary…

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McKinney wins Ustinov prize

The comic’s two decades in show business will be recognized at the Banff World Television Festival, which on Wednesday…

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Dragons headed to the U.S.

When Shark Tank, the Dragons’ Den-like reality series, debuts on ABC in the fall it will feature two Canadian venture capital…

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Grey’s Anatomy leads finale week

A buzzed-about cliffhanger that saw the apparent end of two main characters boosted CTV’s…

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E1, Frantic team on Cherry bio

First it was Céline, then Shania, and now Don Cherry. Production on a two-part miniseries, based on the life of the popular…

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Rogers, TSN2 end stalemate

The Toronto cable carrier has finally signed on to distribute the sports channel…

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Big boosts at CTF

There’s more money in the coffers at the Canadian Television Fund, which has renewed two of its programs with significant increases to…

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Rose heads for the Hills

The Robson Arms regular has been cast in the feature Hungry Hills, now shooting in Saskatchewan under director…

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Step up for Zak

Telefilm Canada has named Agnes Zak its new regional director of business development…

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Actors to MPs: Don’t panic

ACTRA is again challenging private broadcasters’ warnings that conventional TV is broken, and in a Wednesday appearance before…

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Dore headed to the U.S.

American viewers will soon be exposed to the antics of Jon Dore following word that IFC has picked up…