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Tanner to lead CanWest new media

New team fronted by former AA exec will put cable, E! and Global content online, including news and entertainment

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TMN/MC put on Weight

Based on what they saw in the season one dailies, both pay channels have ordered another eight hours of the Nightingale cop series

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Scot hooks up with Seville

Comedy from director Laurie Lynd goes on the block at AFM. Story of gay pro hockey couple a definite ‘crowd pleaser,’ says distributor

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Maple teams up with Gold Circle

Multi-year output deal starts with the romantic comedy Chilled in Miami and thriller The New Daughter

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Box office dips despite smash hit

Canadian-made movies held a 4.1% share of the market last year, dropping below the Telefilm benchmark of 5% because of a weak year for the French, says report

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WGA calls for strike

Walkout could begin on Monday, following unanimous vote in L.A. that threatens to darken late-night and this season’s struggling crop of rookie shows

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Tracey gets the Royal treatment

Bruce McDonald screens his latest in the same place he mixed it — the overhauled Royal in Toronto, which, thanks to Theatre D Digital, is no longer a screen of last resort

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Halifax Film leaving Electropolis

Rumors swirl that studio will be turned back into a power station, but Nova Scotia Power says it may remain open to other film and TV makers

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Distributors made gains, says StatsCan

Report on film and video handlers shows impressive profits despite slumping revenues and foreign sales

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Fromer arrives on Slice

Tuesday night’s The List puts participants on stage with rock stars and in bathtubs filled with bubbly, fronted by ex-host of BreakfastTelevision

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Talks break down, WGA strike still looms

Writers and producers hit impasse over DVDs — setting the stage for a WGA strike that could begin on Friday

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CRTC to rethink Internet

Broadcasting VP fires back at critics in Quebec, but says hearings will be held in late 2008 on whether the watchdog should get involved with the Net