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Fox picks up Howie Mandel’s Mobbed reality series
After Howie Do It for NBC and Global Television, Mandel’s production shingle, Alevy Productions, is making Mobbed, a flash mob reality show for Fox, to air on March 31.
Paperny launches $3,000 video contest
So You Think You Can Make TV? Vancouver-based indie prodco Paperny Films wants young filmmakers to prove it with its new digital video contest.
DIY Net has a nice, nice Sunday night
The Shaw Media channel has its biggest ratings day yet as The Vanilla Ice Project debuts.
Life With Boys enters production
Nelvana Studio’s new live-action comedy from Hannah Montana co-creator Michael Poryes will begin principal photography at the CBC studios in Toronto.
Lacroix committed to working with indie producers
CBC president Hubert Lacroix says he wants independent producers to help audiences “get closer to their Bobino.”
FremantleMedia Enterprises grabs worldwide rights to Really Me
FremantleMedia Enterprises already handles Fresh TV’s tween comedy My Babysitter’s a Vampire.
TSN beats out CBC for Major league Soccer rights
TSN has outbid the CBC for a six-year broadcast deal with North America’s pro soccer league. Under the terms of the deal, TSN and TSN2 will broadcast 24 MLS regular season games this season featuring Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
Global wins with the Grammys
The broadcast pulls in its highest audience in five years.
Distribution360 acquires Skatoony rights
The company co-founded by marblemedia and Seven24 Films now has the rights to distribute both versions of the kids series to French and German-speaking Europe along with Spain.
OMNI Television to air Indian Oscars in Toronto
OMNI, as official Canadian broadcast partner for the International Indian Film Academy, is to cover the glitzy three-day awards celebration from June 23 to 25, culminating with a Bollywood awards show from Rogers Centre.
Discovery Channel co-production looks at the big picture
Earth: The Making of a Planet explores the third rock from the sun with a CGI extravaganza.
Ratings: Super Bowl gets super ratings
The NFL Final wins the week, with the Super Bowl Pre-Game Show and The Big Bang Theory rounding out the top three.
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