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TV
Green Heroes go viral
Cross-platform series Green Heroes from indie producer Cinefocus Canada aims not only to turn 24 two-to-three minute webisodes into six half-hour episodes for TVO, but save the planet one story at a time.
Cream picks up Manchester Borg
Indie producer Cream Productions has hired veteran Los Angeles TV development exec Amy Manchester Borg to drum up business stateside and new factual series for the Canadian market.
Nelvana sends Babar to Germany
Nelvana Enterprises has sold German broadcaster Ki.Ka its new 3D animated series Babar and the Adventures of Badou.
Channel Zero brings U.S. series back to primetime
Throwing money into conventional Canadian TV these days often feels like rolling a giant pair of dice. But Canadian indie broadcaster Channel Zero looks to have come up big as its CHCH over-the-air channel gets back into the U.S. primetime series business.
eOne taps former BMG Music director
Entertainment One has hired Aideen O’Brien to select and license music for the studio’s TV slate.
Broadcasters outline NHL coverage
The scoreline so far for Canadian TV’s upcoming National Hockey League regular season: TSN and TSN2 will air a combined 124 games, while the CBC plans an 87-game schedule and the NHL Network has scheduled another 31 live game telecasts.
TSN names new ‘king’
Stewart Johnston is named president of TSN in place of Phil King, who moved to CTV as EVP of programming last week.
CMPA and Telus call for limitations on Shaw takeover
Canadian producers joined a chorus of industry players urging the CRTC to place limits on Shaw Communications’ takeover of Canwest Global Communications Corp.’s TV assets.
More moves at Canada’s Olympic Consortium
Senior CTV execs continue to move up as part of the current management shuffle at the Canadian broadcaster, with the latest promotions coming for Adam Ashton and Dan Cimoroni at the Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium.
APTN fall season leads with laughs
APTN is looking for laughs with its new fall schedule, which includes new programming block Comedy Tuesdays launching Sept. 7.
Baruchel and Tierney share stage at Hall of Fame
Two new awards will be handed out at this year’s Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame: the Audi Performance Award and the Panavision Award.
Breakthrough inks raft from Pyramid
Indie distributor Breakthrough Entertainment has inked a distribution agreement with Pyramid Productions for over 400 half-hours of lifestyle, factual and documentary programming.
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