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Fall TV: Media buyers’ hits and misses
Senior executives from Canadian media buying agencies weigh in with their thoughts on the debut performances of this fall’s new programming.
Pitch Guide: Murray Battle, Knowledge
From realscreen‘s global pitch guide, a series of profiles of Canadian non-fiction commissioners and what they’re looking for this year.
Stefanie von Pfetten and David Sutcliffe topline Cracked pilot
The duo will play unlikely cop partners in the Abnormal and Violent Crimes Unit in the one-hour drama pilot from White Pine Pictures.
CMPA unveils six more film and TV producer trainees
The half-dozen emerging producers will be mentored at six indie production houses.
Citytv news goes 24/7
Rogers Media enters the round-the-clock news game in Toronto with the Citytv News Channel.
Pitch Guide: Ann Harbron, Discovery Channel Canada
From realscreen’s global pitch guide, a series of profiles of Canadian non-fiction commissioners and what they’re looking for this year.
MIPCOM 2011: MME Factual gets real with TV Champion
Blair Reekie’s factual producer has picked up Canadian format rights to the Japanese reality show.
MIPCOM 2011: Breakthrough, Rocco are off to Italy
David Rocco’s Amalfi Getaway will air on Food Network Canada and the U.S.-based Cooking Channel.
MIPCOM 2011 briefs: Best Boy Entertainment, Lionsgate, Vuguru
Canadians are busy in Cannes unveiling international TV deals to bolster their business strategies.
A vision in financing: Hozer, Raymont take on Tom Thomson
The directing duo tell Playback about reaching out to the private sector to fund their latest doc, West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson, and finding surprising success.
Teletoon and FME sign Grojband
The animated series about a pre-teen garage band will be distributed worldwide by FremantleMedia Enterprises.
Beta Film acquires key territories for Cineflix Studios’ Copper
The German distributor is taking the rights to Cineflix’s first scripted drama for BBC America in Germany, France and Asia, among other markets.
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