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Getting ‘hands-on’ with Canadian shows
Disney fare such as Zoey 101 and Hannah Montana are staples on Family Channel, but Canada’s premium, commercial-free specialty service has also spent some $162 million on indigenous productions since its launch 20 years ago.
Decode series creating Buzz
The March 14, 2008 premiere of Canadian live-action kids series The Latest Buzz achieved the milestone of becoming the most-watched premiere in the 20-year history of Family Channel, and solidified its position as the number-one pay and specialty service in Canada.
‘Unique trust’ forged with Disney
‘Television You Can Trust’ – the original branding line for Family Channel – still resonates for Ian Greenberg, president and CEO of Astral Media, because ‘trust’ is the operative relationship he has cultivated with the legendary Walt Disney Company.
Distinct branding key to programming success
Joe Tedesco’s seven-year tenure as vice-president and general manager of Family Channel has been anything but dull.
Star power drives tweens online
Barbara Bailie, director interactive for Astral Television Networks, is the self-proclaimed ‘mother of Family.ca‘ who helped start Family Channel’s popular website in ’97 and crafted it into one of the top online kids destinations in the country.
Most-watched programs
Family Channel’s most-watched series in 2008
Doc digs into oil sands
Project for Global and Tele-Quebec raises questions about the environmental impact of the oil sands
True story underlies cop’s film
Drawn from his 10 years patrolling Toronto’s bad neighborhoods, Calum deHartog hopes to turn Urban Trenches into a series, with help from Brad Smith and John L’Ecuyer
CBC appoints two to science and history unit
Vets Caroline Underwood and F.M. Morrison assume new roles, as the venerable The Nature of Things with David Suzuki gears up for a new season
Dinosaurs stomping through Sinking Ship
Toronto prodco begins production on Dino Dan, a new CG/live-action kids series set to air in Canada, the U.S. and Australia in 2010
TSN loads up on Raptors
Sports cabler sends more than half of its 48 Raptors games to TSN2, putting added pressure on Rogers Cable
May, Bolch go Undercover
Duo at Heroic Film Company team with Shaftesbury on new teen series for Family
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