There have been a lot of changes at CBC since 2004 – programming rethinks, high-level departures, labor strife – and yet, through it all, work on the medical drama Jozi-H has quietly continued, going to camera last month in South Africa and finally landing on the net’s schedule for 2006/07.

God Only Knows: Same Sex Marriage took the Playback Best Canadian Award at the June 12 Banff World Television Awards as the jury favorite among 18 projects nominated in the fest’s international categories.

After threatening to stop making big-budget dramas, Quebec’s largest private television network, TVA, has ordered a third season of the lavish historic series Nos étés.

CTV has launched a new video-on-demand service on CTV.ca, using the same technology as its sister channel’s recently introduced MTV Overdrive.

Corus Entertainment is getting more than just 10 new episodes of Studio B Productions’ hit toon Being Ian – it’s also picked up rights to the brand’s online assets.

Marina Cordoni has not been hired by Breakthrough Entertainment as reported in the June 12 item ‘Cordoni joins Breakthrough.’ She is the company’s distribution agent, but remains head of Maz Communications.

Will CTV have the biggest new hit this fall? Playback readers seem to think so. In a Playback online poll asking ‘What was the best pickup at the L.A. screenings?’ 51% of respondents chose CTV’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. This was followed by CHUM’s Jericho (26%), CTV’s 30 Rock (11%), Global’s Shark (9%) and CH’s ‘Til Death (3%).

The Quebec Film and Television Council has appointed the first members of its administration, effectively launching the council as a functioning organization.

* Founding partner John Delmage is leaving Decode Entertainment to make youth programming at his Toronto upstart Time Spent Productions. He will maintain a first-look relationship with Decode.

As I write this, I cast the occasional glance over my shoulder to the TV, tracking game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals. The broadcast is as surefire a ratings bonanza as the CBC can expect – with a Canadian team playing, no less. But it makes me wonder how else the Ceeb can attract major eyeballs, on the heels of its long-awaited upfront presentation.

Montreal: Ernest Webb says the whole idea behind Moose TV is to get the native people on television away from social issues. ‘It seems like when we’re concerned, everything has to be issue-obsessed,’ he says.

Ottawa – Sound Venture of Ottawa and Montreal’s Muse Entertainment have wrapped their MOW thriller Trace Evidence, ending three weeks of shooting on location around Ottawa. The project stars Amanda Detmer (What About Brian) as a scientist who discovers a possible cure for addiction – and someone wants her dead. (But who? The liquor companies? The lottery commission? Nintendo?)