TV

Teletoon Canada unveils fall lineup

9 Story’s Best Ed and four other Teletoon originals highlight the net’s fall sked.

Web series wins Rogers Pitch at Gimli

A vampire-themed web series snags the $10,000 pitch prize at the Gimli Film Festival.

Big Brother’s back on top: BBM Canada, July 11 to July 17

The reality show extends its top spot to two weeks, while Global’s Combat Hospital comes in second spot on Tuesday.

CRTC renews Weather Net, MeteoMedia licence

Station owner Pelmorex commits to increasing the amount of revenue it allots to Canadian programming under the new licence.

Bathurst, New Brunswick (Photo: a_canuck, Flickr Creative Commons)

Dream Street conjures The Phantoms

Production on the CBC MOW, which follows the rebirth of an East Coast basketball team following tragedy, is set to start this fall.

Food Network Canada’s fall sked revealed

Temple Street’s Recipe to Riches is set for Wednesdays, while Paperny’s Eat St. for Fridays.

‘Babysitter’ bites off a second season

Teletoon gives Fresh TV the nod for round two of My Babysitter’s a Vampire.

TSN wins Rugby World Cup rights scrum

The sports network wins its bid for exclusive Canadian rights to the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cups.

History Television Canada’s Head Hunters hit by untimely death

With the death of series lead Billy Jamieson on July 3, the status of the upcoming History Television/Cream Productions series is unclear.

Degrassi premiere up 11%

The Emmy-nominated series reprises its telenovela format, earning top marks with young specialty viewers.

Skywriter Media brings Roddenberry journal to kids TV

Skywriter Media and Roddenberry Entertainment are to jointly develop kids series Gene’s Journal.

CTV legal drama Stay With Me adds to cast

The legal drama from Suzette Couture and Pierre Sarrazin adds Helene Joy, Torrance Coombs and Peter Stebbings to its roster.