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Praise and scorn for Kids
Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town: With few exceptions, critics welcomed the return of the popular sketch comedy troupe to television, via their new eight-part mini, which also nabbed a promising one million viewers (2+) for its first episode on CBC.
Sinking Ship skips the one-sheet and puts its money where its mouth is
TV series come and go. But Sinking Ship Entertainment’s industry ascent as a young, multi-platform content maker signals a generational sea change as the Canadian production sector increasingly tests new platforms with unproven revenue models in stormy waters.
Humanitarian action provides ideal content for transmedia model
Natural disasters are as certain in life as death and taxes.
Hurt Locker lenser shot upcoming City series
If the gripping hand-held camerawork in The Hurt Locker kept you on the edge of your seat, then you’ve experienced the vision that Toronto-based Iraqi-Canadian Duraid Munajim brought to director Kathryn Bigelow’s remarkable film.
3 Things (plus 2) you may not know about… Debbie Travis
Debbie Travis, decorating diva and TV impressario
CFTPA 2010: Focus on content and consumer demand
A Cancon event that zeroes in on consumer demand – am I in the right country?
Overall production down 4.3% – but Canuck TV rises mysteriously
Preliminary figures for the CFTPA’s fiscal ’08/09 obtained exclusively by Playback indicate that overall production volume in Canada was down by 4.3% in fiscal ’08/09, largely due to an 18.2% drop in service shoots.
Keynotes focus on the bigger picture
Think macro-picture for keynote sessions because this year’s speakers invented things like the universal bar code.
Paperny and PBS to fight crime
Paperny Films is taking the lead on a new project aimed at uncovering and bringing to trial unsolved civil rights murders in the American South, in collaboration with California’s Center for Investigative Reporting and PBS.
CEP takes a swing at Rogers, CRTC
Rogers has come under fire from Canada’s largest media union for its cuts to Citytv.
E1 readies Faith Evans series
Hip-hop singer to chronicle return to limelight after five-year absence. Emily Rose to star in Syfy series
Super Bowl hits six million on CTV
Sunday’s bout between underdog New Orleans and favorite Indianapolis breaks television records for CTV, CBS
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