The Hot Sheet tracks Canadian box-office results for the period Aug. 4-10, 2006 and DVD sales in Canada for the period July 24-30, 2006.

Montreal concert film prodco FogoLabs picked up two awards at the 2006 Annual DVD Awards, hosted by film critic Leonard Maltin on Aug. 8 in Los Angeles.

Top 20 TV Programs tracks ratings for the top 20 television shows in Canada for the period Aug. 7-13, 2006.

CTV’s Canadian Idol once again helped boost the ratings of Whistler on Aug. 14. The nighttime soap garnered 512,000 viewers in the Monday 9 p.m. slot, replacing the recently cancelled ABC reality show One Ocean View.

Following the dismal debut of its ABC simulcast of The One, CBC has announced that a Canadian version of the reality singing contest, originally slated to launch late this year, will not make it to air at least until early 2007, if at all.

CanWest MediaWorks and Rogers Wireless have found a way to play ‘near TV quality’ video on BlackBerrys, and on Aug. 8 launched a service they call bbTV with a selection of sports, news and other clips.

Shares in Imax Corp. took a major hit following news on Aug. 9 that a five-month auction process failed to unearth a buyer willing to meet the company’s price.

Toronto filmmaker Roberto Ariganello, the long-serving exec director of the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto, drowned in a swimming accident in a remote pond near Halifax on Aug. 13.

New award at TIFF

David Carradine stars in the crime thriller Last Hour, a France/Hong Kong copro playing next month’s Rebelfest, the international indie film festival, Sept. 6-10 in Toronto. Rapper DMX and Paul Sorvino also star. More information about the festival is available at www.rebelfest.com

The Great Canadian PitchFest has found a new home at the equally new FTX West Film & Television Expo, a four-day trade show and conference set to debut Oct. 12 in Vancouver.

* CBC’s sales wing has presold its The Secret History of 9/11 (2 x 60) in four territories – closing deals with France’s TF1 Histoire, SBS in Australia, A&E Ole Networks in Latin America and Ireland’s RTE.