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TV
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
Shuffle at CIS Vancouver
Dennis Hoffman upped to SVP and GM post at Vancouver effects shop, while Marianne O’Reilly will consult on new ventures
Vision brings back Murder, She Wrote
Entire run of ’80s whodunit joins schedule alongside reruns of Quantum Leap and a new season of Aussie’s McLeod’s Daughters
Blueprint gets a little blue
‘Quirky and dark’ story about well-endowed male escort in development for HBO, while Sci Fi eyes series joint effort with Howie Mandel
Kids go Barenaked
Barenaked Ladies team up with Yamma Mamma for appearance on Ceeb’s preschool block
Citytv picks up Pangea Day
Latest global broadcast-with-a-cause to run online and in all Citytv markets
Square deals for Portfolio
Trio of deals in France, U.S. and Finland expand reach of tween-aimed Carl Squared
New look for History
The past has never looked so…modern. Canadian-made Final 24 and U.S. crime series NCIS added to schedule
Peace Arch seeks new CEO
Live in Toronto? Seen The Tudors? Peace Arch Entertainment is looking to put a new chief exec in place this summer, as it looks to expand its lifestyle and scripted TV shows
Whistler ends its run
CTV pulls the plug on soapy ski drama after weak second season.’It’s disappointing,’ says exec producer Noreen Halpern
The next step in audience measurement
The nation-wide arrival of Portable People Meters through BBM Canada will change the way eyeballs are counted in this country, explains media buyer and insider Rob Young
The Small Screen: The smoke screen of ‘what the consumer wants’
Going into the recently completed hearings in Ottawa, the CRTC and the cable and satellite companies seemed to have a nudge-nudge wink-wink agreement that the raison d’etre behind all this BDU business is the consumer.
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