Patrick Huard’s feature directorial debut ‘turns to gold’ for Christal Films, ringing in $1.6 million after less than two weeks on Quebec screens

Hot after its successful run on Quebec screens, domestic teen flick A vos marques…Party! is now a hit in home video

Ratings for Global’s freshman college drama trailed off at season’s end; no word yet on a sophomore run

Six-part mystery series will face Shark and Big Shots on most Citytv stations when its goes to air in late November

One year after his death, ‘Croc Hunter’ Steve Irwin will be celebrated on Discovery Channel and Animal Planet with a week’s worth of specials and episodes

With TIFF fast approaching, the upstart distributor makes a splash in the film and TV world with the pickup of Seville’s ready-made infrastructure

Following the close of its takeover by CanWest and Goldman Sachs, AAC’s execs David Lazzarato, Andrea Wood and Ted Riley are gone; Michael MacMillan and Phyllis Yaffe remain as ‘consultants’

Action star Matt Damon will guest star on an episode of Cookie Jar’s kiddie staple Arthur, set to air next month on PBS, as a favor to writer and college buddy Peter Hirsch

CTVglobemedia’s newly acquired specialties will air new titles this fall including The Totally Untrue History of… and the interview-y Popaganda

The format rights for Kenny vs. Spenny have been picked up by TV4 in Poland, part of a trio of deals closed recently by Distraction Formats

All 85 NHL games due this season on the Ceeb will be streamed for free, starting with the special opener in London, Eng. TSN, meanwhile, has upped its coverage of Canadian games and of Penguins star Sidney Crosby

The fantasy/history faces an apparent contender, Sony’s highly buzzed Superbad, and probable pushover in the panned Warner title The Invasion