Marise Strauss

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Park boosts The Border

Numbers climb following bow of new star and third-season order from CBC. ‘It’s a big vote of confidence,’ says Peter Raymont

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Chris & John headed to Logo

MTV channel buys three seasons of reality/lifestyle show by young duo, following deal brokered by OUTtv exec

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Thompson wins with WIFT-T

Corner Gas exec among honorees at 20th annual Crystal Awards — with Barb Williams, Kit Redmond and Sandi Ross

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Fall TV Report Card: Vowel channels in tight race

While CTV continues to have the upper hand over Global in the battle of the private networks, this fall’s data reveals the fight for eyeballs on their secondary over-the-air channels – CTVglobemedia’s A and Canwest’s E! – is much closer to call.

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QuickPlay positioned for mobile TV explosion

Despite ongoing challenges in the mobile content sector, QuickPlay Media says it continues to grow through strategic deal-making and solid partnerships in a transformative industry still playing catch-up to Asia and Europe.

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Passchendaele set to eclipse Cruising Bar 2

Likely boost by Remembrance Day looks to put war story over the top as year’s top Canuck earner

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CBC reporter heads home

Media kept quiet for 28 days while Melissa Fung held in Afghanistan

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Equinoxe courts Kaufman fans

Ingenious? Or inaccessible? Distributor takes it slow with Synecdoche, New York — looking to build buzz into markets outside Toronto

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Colbert, Stewart thrive in primetime

Obama’s winning night hands high numbers to hour-long special on CTV and Comedy Network

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Canwest strikes online deal with Fox

Broadcaster secures streaming rights to shows including Prison Break, Bones and Family Guy

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The Bridge joins CTV slate

MOW by former Toronto cop morphs into series with 11-episode order, again under execs Laszlo Barna and Adam J. Shully

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Global scores with SNL election antics

Ratings way up over last year, thanks to McCain and Palin, though the Republican presidential nominee was upstaged by his would-be VP