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Calls for action on new media at Prime Time

‘Cross platform’ is the new buzzword for ‘multiple windows’ or maximum distribution of any moving picture, from the silver screen to…

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Brandon station could fade to black

CTV is putting Manitoba’s CKX-TV on the auction block, with plans to shut down the long-running Brandon station…

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New rules must reflect Internet, says CRTC chief

‘Snowbama’ may have put the nation’s capital in lockdown on Thursday, but that’s not why Konrad von Finckenstein shut down…

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CBS building The Bridge with CTV

The Tiffany network this week signed a coproduction deal with CTV to co-finance and air 11 one-hours of the procedural drama…

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Citytv picks up new Leno

Jay Leno may have stayed with NBC, but in Canada he has crossed the aisle…

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Arab network to try again with CRTC

Al-Jazeera’s English service has launched a bid to air in Canada and will seek approval…

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Undead doc staggers into U.S.

Sorcery Films has inked a deal with U.S. entertainment giant Starz to air and distribute Zombiemania

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Booming B.C. propped up industry, says CFTPA

A whopping 37% increase in service production in British Columbia led to a small gain of 4% in overall production volume across Canada…

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Pigs, puppets come to TVO

Treehouse TV has added four new preschool shows this month as part of a new spring lineup…

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Three years to Doomsday

The challenges for Canadian TV advertisers in 2009 are mounting. Never mind the recession. In a recent NATPE keynote speech, TiVo president Tom Rogers warned of another game-changer with far more catastrophic potential: the digital video recorder.

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An audience with TSN’s King

Phil King does not fit the mold of a typical president at TSN, currently ranked Canada’s top specialty channel. He finessed his way to the senior role in 2004 from a finance background, and not the television production side, as was the norm with the previous four executives atop the sportscaster.

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Red Hot Camera

French new wave master Jean-Luc Godard once pointed out that there’s nothing like ‘a girl and a gun’ to grab your attention, although a girl and a camera run a close second in Red One boot camps.