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Brunton talks up Walk

Exec producer of the 10th annual Canada’s Walk of Fame hopes to make this year’s show more ‘snappy’ with help from host Eugene Levy

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Late prime important for Global

Three new dramas, all slated for 10 p.m. on Global, will be a real challenge as newbies Journeyman and Cane face CTV’s CSI: Miami and Law & Order: SVU, says media buyer Valerie McMorran

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Proper making Made Me

The new documentary series from Proper Television, TV Made Me Do It, is looking for people whose lives have been altered by what they saw on the tube

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Global plays safe while E! experiments

Sci-fi series Journeyman joins strong Monday lineup on CanWest’s main network, while Kelsey Grammer’s Back to You looks to boost Wednesdays. ‘Da Kink in My Hair lands on Sundays, Global National moving to Ottawa

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Global launch marred by ACTRA protest

Douglas, Mochrie, Pinsent and others rally outside CanWest upfront, rankled by high spending on U.S. shows

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Peter Simpson 1943-2007

The veteran producer of The Eleventh Hour and the Prom Night franchise died Tuesday in a Toronto hospital from complications due to lung cancer

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Big TV changes ahead, says report

Study of TV industry backed by the Banff festival weighs the odds of ‘collapse’ versus gradual change to the Canadian broadcasting system

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Radio-Canada puts $12 million into features

The latest investment in French-language films by the network will aid development, production and promotion on its various platforms, says exec Sylvain Lafrance. But will they also boost auteur titles?

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Nine Canucks named to Hall of Fame

Industry icons including Norman Jewison and Moses Znaimer have been named to Playback‘s inaugural Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame

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CTV playing safe with simulcasts

Direct from her dance number at the CTV upfront, media buyer Valerie McMorran takes a closer look the top-ranked network’s plans for fall

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CFC honors volunteers

Filmmakers applauded the pro bono efforts of three crew workers Monday night at screening of the Canadian Film Centre’s latest dramatic shorts

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Studio B Speaks up

The Vancouver toon shop has teamed with WGBH in Boston to coproduce the pro-literacy series Martha Speaks