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Top prodcos have global clients, diversified slates
Alliance Atlantis Communications may be extinct, but its template for global expansion has become a priceless fossil for Canadian production companies.
Mid-level players obsessed with quality, not size
Mid-level players are more obsessed with quality than size. It seems they have learned valuable lessons from the rash of film and TV companies that went public in the 1990s, drawn by the allure of millions in new coin from the Toronto Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.
CTV sets dates for Mad Men, Flashpoint
Summer schedule — heavy as usual with reality and teen fare — offset by acclaimed AMC series and cop drama simulcast with CBS. Hills moves to main network, looking to ape Punk’d and Osbournes
CosmoTV voting goes mobile
The contest looking for hot guys is down to 12 finalists, and the channel is letting users vote online for free or by cell phone for a fee
Production spending down 8%
Exit of Alliance Atlantis sends numbers down for first time since 2004, while cartoons and kiddie live action hit growth spurt
MacLean joins Ceeb game show
Sports version of Test the Nation to be fronted by Hockey Night in Canada host and Wendy Mesley
Network bosses look at future of news
Newscasts might not draw young viewers, but they have deep ties to the community and don’t get PVR’d like other programming, say execs
Canwest scoops five for fall
Surprise deal with NBC Universal delivers new series to Global, getting the jump on both CTV and the L.A. screenings. New Knight Rider and Christian Slater starrer among the pickups
CTV slots offbeat docs
Short guys and slobs find spots on weekend schedule in May
Discovery to air Mars landing live
Two-hour special on Daily Planet will cover the arrival of the Phoenix Rover on the Red Planet
Canadiens out with a bang on RDS
Nearly every household in the country that gets the French sportscaster watched Montreal lose to Philadelphia on Saturday
Wood joins Bold; Degrassi sets cast
Windsor, ON-born actress Jacqueline MacInnes Wood starts work on CBS soap. Meanwhile, Epitome Pictures series welcomes new class for season eight
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