• Canwest Global Communications has folded its digital broadcast and newspaper divisions into one, to be led by digital media chief Graham Moysey. The former Bell Sympatico/MSN exec joined Canwest last June as SVP and GM of digital media, and now reports to Canwest Publishing president and CEO Dennis Skulsky.

• Harland Williams has been hired to host The TBS Comedy Roadshow, an upcoming vaudeville-themed reality series on the U.S. cable channel. The show features Williams (Half Baked, RocketMan) in a cross-country talent search of regional theaters. The Toronto-born funnyman is due home in summer 2009 to direct Wingman, the $10-million comedy he co-wrote, to be produced by Toronto-based Stardust Pictures. Williams is repped by APA Artists’ Management.

• High Fidelity HDTV has landed the exclusive HD rights to 20 original IMAX films, including the nature doc The Secret of Life on Earth, Fires of Kuwait and The Nutcracker.

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