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While the look of the big yellow box hasn’t changed in eons and the toasted o’s inside are still pretty much the same, Cheerios’ latest on-screen presence will certainly capture movie-goers’ attention….

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F/X Files: How’d they do that? Cuppa Coffee

In addition to bringing together various media, Toronto’s Cuppa Coffee also captured a zeitgeist for its opener for the Ottawa International Animation Festival, bringing in themes from the cultural shifts brought about by the Russian Revolution, which changed the locus of…

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Binchmarks: Audio undercuts video in CBC defamation case

Sandra Richmond is a member of the KNOWlaw Group of the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch….

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Quebec Scene: Latest Lelouch, Lepage films bookend WFF ’98 program

Montreal: Montreal World Film Festival president Serge Losique has named a Canadian film, the Robert Lepage feature No, and a Canadian coproduction, Claude Lelouch’s Hasards ou Coincidences, to bookend this year’s 22nd edition of the festival, running Aug. 27 to Sept….

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Spotlight on the Specialty Channels: New channels fragmenting tykes TV market

Nearly one year after the Tier Three specialty channels launch, a tremor is registering on the Nielsen Richter scale with the advent of more specialty nets vying for the wide eyes of children….

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Spotlight on the Specialty Channels: Rookies cresting on Oct. inductees

The veterans of the English-language specialty channel frontier are showing strong growth behind the launch of the new crop of services just over nine months ago….

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Spotlight on the Specialty Channels: Navigating the U.S. lifestyle nets

Broadcasters south of the border have always looked to Canada for certain types of programs. But despite the growth in specialty cable in the u.s., and a new tier of digital channels on the horizon, producers and distributors of the lifestyle…

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Spotlight on the Specialty Channels: Kid’casters targeting pre-school audience

Branding is the word for kids’ tv this season, and the world of preschool programming is no exception. That means hosted program blocks, a strategy introduced by ytv at its inception, is in place across all major preschool networks. Here, the…

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Spotlight on the Specialty Channels: Showcase revamping on-air image

Showcase introduced a new look and new slogan on Aug. 3….

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Spotlight on the Specialty Channels: French apps at a glance

Eighteen new French-language specialty channels will make their pitch to the CRTC at hearings beginning Dec. 7. They are:…

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AAC deal: Who stays? Who goes?

The fate of the 280 Atlantis, and 350 Alliance employees affected by the mega-merger remains largely unclear but the new entity’s top heavy Atlantis management structure has Alliance staffers nervous….