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Ratings: More than six million tune in to the Oscars
Big Bang Theory on CTV comes in second place for the week with 3.4 million viewers.
Global Toronto lands Bud Pierce for its upcoming morning news program
Pierce, who was the architect and producer of Breakfast Television for Citytv, where he worked for 24 years, becomes consulting executive producer at Global News.
Sportsnet signs three year regional deal with Vancouver Whitecaps
Interest in Canadian TV sport properties just keeps growing after Rogers Sportsnet outbid rivals to have its Pacific regional sports channel air 21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC games in its first year in Major League Soccer.
Astral plans rebrand of Playhouse as Disney Junior
Astral Media will rebrand specialty channel Disney Playhouse as Disney Junior for cable subscribers on May 6. To hype the transformation, the company will kick off a cross-platform campaign nationwide a month earlier.
Fresh TV turns to live action
Fresh leans on experience gained from My Babysitter’s a Vampire and animated series like Total Drama Island to create new live action series Really Me.
Rogers and Shaw to feature Nordic on-demand film festival
In the latest sign festival films are moving towards on-demand distribution, online movie channel Eurocinema has tapped four Scandinavian titles for Canadian VOD audiences.
CBC honors International Women’s Day with feminism doc
CBC Doc Zone’s documentary The F-Word: Who Wants to be a Feminist? examines the state of feminism in Canada today as well as the history of the movement, with the help of pioneering feminist writers Germaine Greer, Susan Faludi, Amy Richards and Naomi Wolf.
Health Nutz web series debuts on APTN HD
The series is produced and written by Jason Friesen and Dasha Novak, with the online campaign from Ayogo Games, along with support of APTN, BC Film, the CMF and Bell Development Fund.
Oscars up for CTV
James Franco’s performance as host may have underwhelmed, but preliminary data shows a boost in younger viewership.
CRTC puts kaibosh on George Burger’s Crush movie channel
The CRTC has put the kaibosh on George Burger’s proposed Crush channel, ruling the film channel for an 18-35 male demo was too “broad” in mandate to distinguish itself from existing Canadian pay TV channels.
Secure and protect digital content rights, indie producers warned at iLunch 9
The biggest keys to success with ancillary toy, merch and digital rights? Know what you own and what you want to accomplish.
Dragons’ Den gets heated, as Lavalife’s Croxon steps in
W. Brett Wilson, who last week failed to agree terms to remain with Dragon’s Den as one of its five hosts, has challenged the Ceeb to retool the reality show.
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