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CanWest keeps Alliance under wraps

Asper puts off details on its takeover deal with Goldman Sachs until next month, as third-quarter profits take a hit. Analysts told recovery of Canadian TV operations ‘still on track’

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Egoyan readying Adoration

Atom Egoyan and Robert Lantos are re-teaming for Adoration, the Oscar-nominated director’s 11th feature film and his seventh collaboration with the head of Serendipity Point Films

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Strong quarter for Corus

Television sector still the big earner at Toronto broadcaster, with sales up 9% over 2006

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Maple, Seville release Captivity

Torture title arrives in wide release — with less explicit ads than those seen south of the border — against the first full week of the new Harry Potter

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JPod extras in the works

The makers of the Douglas Coupland book-turned-series JPod hope to expand the game-themed title onto the web

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Dealmakers scouting Fantasia

Sale of the controversial doc Your Mommy Kills Animals is the latest sign that the Montreal fest is a hot spot for fantasy, horror and other genre deals

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More Stone for Selleck

The Jesse Stone franchise is back in Halifax, preparing to shoot a fifth MOW for CBS with star and executive producer Tom Selleck

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Cable and satellite still growing, says CRTC

Revenues for cable operators crossed the $6-billion line last year, according to the feds, but DTH and MDS are growing faster

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Anderson goes Frantic

The former head of development at Cream has been handed the live-action lineup at the Winnipeg production house

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Little deal for VisionTV

The multi-faith cable channel has picked up the first season of Little Mosque on the Prairie, set to rerun next month shortly before the second season on CBC

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Prize added to game competition

Voting is underway for a people’s choice winner of the Great Canadian Video Game Competition, following an agreement between Telefilm and a Montreal festival

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Twin stick not a problem for Rogers

Regulatory VP says CRTC rule against same-market, same-language stations shouldn’t stop the Rogers Media play for Vancouver’s Channel M and Citytvs