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Aussie network not for sale, says Canwest
Canwest Global Communications on Tuesday denied an Australian media report that it has begun to informally shop its controlling stake…
Network quiet on new budget
CBC’s board has approved a new, leaner budget, but won’t confirm if layoffs are imminent…
Darling playing Mind games
WestWind Pictures is looking to convert skeptics into believers with its new reality GoldMind — showcasing the abilities of mentalist…
Spring cleaning at HGTV
HGTV is adding four home reno series to its spring schedule…
How BET got Soul
The number of Canadian dramas landing a U.S. broadcast deal these days has grown into a parade.
Reality check
LONDON — British TV may not be the best in world. But it does have a psychotic energy that stops you in your tracks. Only the Dutch, it seems, are able to outdo us when it comes to repackaging controversy and conflict as forms of mainstream entertainment.
NFB’s Simard out to change society
High-voltage. That’s how Montreal’s high-brow daily Le Devoir described Monique Simard shortly after she was appointed head of French-language production at the National Film Board last summer.
Kirstine Layfield: Battening down, upping the ante
CBC Television is on a roll, and Kirstine Layfield wants you to know about it.
3 Things you didn’t know about… Kip Spidell
Kip Spidell, executive producer at Kip Spidell Factual Inc.
How do you shut down a TV station?
Though doomsayers have long insisted that traditional TV stations are headed for a die-off, it’s surprising to see them sprinting towards the grave, and so suddenly. Just a few weeks after Leonard Asper told investors that Canwest might shut down its five-station E! network, came word that CTV is killing two of its A stations in southern Ontario and, possibly, CKX-TV in Manitoba.
Sci-fi flies to Vancouver
Alien landings are expected in B.C. this spring and summer as the province gears up for a busy slate of sci-fi productions, including a remake of the 1980s invasion series V, a movie sequel to Disney’s cult classic Tron, the Battlestar Galactica spin-off Caprica, and the latest series in the Stargate franchise.
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