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CRTC approves Mmm.tv

Ottawa-based production company Knight Enterprises is expanding into broadcasting with a new TV channel focused on luxury living.

HGTV.ca decorates with new web series

The Canwest channel has launched the first of three original shelter-focused shows this week.

Digital producers discuss failure and risk

Interactive Ontario chose a novel subject for its inaugural iLunch 9.01 digital media event: business failure.

GameTreeTV offers viewers new entertainment opps

Imagine after watching Survivor in prime-time a message popped up asking if you wanted to continue your Survivor experience. Agree, and you are taken to a screen filled with games based on the series that can be played right through your TV.

Lionsgate uses Facebook 3D game to promote Halloween Saw release

Canadian mini-studio Lionsgate Entertainment has unveiled a 3D Facebook game to drive box office for its latest Saw 3D release from October 29.

Fremantle buys majority stake in Montreal gameco

FremantleMedia (The Price is Right, Family Feud, American Idol) is expanding its entertainment footprint by upping its existing stake in Montreal-based game company Ludia, which will see the IP owner’s stake raised to 80% by the end of the year.

Scaredy Squirrel braves social media

He’s scared of beaches, germs and killer bees, but apparently, social media is A-OK for Canada-based Corus Entertainment’s Scaredy Squirrel.

CMF unveils recipients of $12.9 million experimental stream

It looks like games were top of mind for the Canada Media Fund, as it releases the results of the first round in its Experimental Stream.

Peace Point to launch iPad/phone app for Olson recipes

Peace Point Entertainment continues to push new media components, with the latest a recipe generator app that features TV chefs Anna and Michael Olson.

Teletoon kicks off new A18-34 block Sunday

Teletoon is getting ready to add some personality – and its very first personality – as Teletoon at Night launches this Sunday evening at 10 p.m.

Online video consumption to trump primetime TV

With Canadians increasingly viewing free online video, the day when web-surfing surpasses primetime TV viewership is nearer than you think, according to first-ever study on Canadian online viewing habits by pollster Ipsos Reid and M Consulting.

The new promise of TV: Atomic 2010

“Unbridled attention – the premise media was built on – no longer exists.” So said Atomic’s morning keynote speaker, Kevin Slavin, at the strategy magazine-hosted event Wednesday in Toronto.