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Portfolio invests in puppets

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

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Carmen Electra goes Naked

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

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Rogers grabs several CHUM properties

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

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The Riches set for Showcase

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

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Greenberg backs Peyton, Tierney projects

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

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$5-million boxing flick Broken underway

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

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Inside deal for Outright

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

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Rogers to buy A-Channel, four other CTVglobemedia assets

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

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Movie Distribution trustees buck CanWest buyout

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

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Bob Clark 1941-2007

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

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All is Go on Parfait

Teen suicide story Tout est parfait rolls cameras in Montreal under Go Films producer Nicole Robert and first-time director Yves-Christian Fournier

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New money man at Imax

Former Loews Cineplex exec Joseph Sparacio takes over the troubled books of the large-format film company