The annual diversity festival returns to Toronto with the debut of Frances-Anne Solomon’s A Winter Tale and a look at alternative marketing

The network will get the jump on its friends at Fox this Friday when it runs the two-hour debut of Drive two days ahead of its U.S. airdate

Deal with Toronto’s Radical Sheep comes with almost all the rights to The Big Comfy Couch, plus new entries including Ruffus the Dog and Land O’ Hands

The former Baywatch star and her Toronto partners at 121 Ventures turn out the latest in a series of nude wrestling specials, set to air this month on Viewers Choice

Monday morning deal stands to hand CHUM assets including the A-Channel station group and Access Alberta to Rogers, in a $137.5-million agreement struck with CHUM parent apparent CTVglobemedia

Showcase is preparing to premiere two series that have already played well on their home turfs in the U.K. and the U.S. — starting with the FX hit The Riches

Recent round of funding from the Astral-backed fund puts support behind 23 titles including Brad Peyton’s latest, The Troll Under the Table

Boxing melodrama underway in Montreal with stars David Boutin and Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge and a deal with Vivafilm

Format rights for TV-themed game show taken for Asia, Russia and Latin America

Monday morning deal stands to hand key CHUM assets including the A-Channel station group to Rogers, part of a $137.5-million agreement struck with its parent apparent CTVglobemedia

Trustees atop Alliance Atlantis-controlled Motion Picture Distribution want a court injunction against AAC’s $2.3-billion sale and a say in which partner will run the distributor

Famed director of Porky’s killed in car crash amid plans to remake his Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things and meetings with Quentin Tarantino