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TV
CBC’s doc channel gets a facelift
Independent documentary filmmakers are taking a wait-and-see approach to the redesigned Documentary digital channel, unveiled by CBC during a swanky press conference at its Toronto headquarters last month.
Post shops look for efficiencies
Faced with rising costs and revenue shortfalls, Canada’s leading post houses say diversification and finding new efficiencies is the key to maintaining profit margins.
Quebec shops rule at dinosaur FX
Quebec seems to have the market cornered on 3D dinosaurs.
The pros and cons of HD editing
Television series editors say that storage space problems have set the craft back a decade, but the quality is ultimately worth the hassle.
Canwest Global posts Q2 loss
Company executives blame a $34-million loss on the U.S. writers strike and the loss of the Super Bowl broadcast
CBC orders two new dramas
Building on its recent successes with drama series, the pubcaster has greenlit one show that touches on time travel, and the other about the oil biz
Canwest launches digital transmitters
Global and E! on Friday will start airing top dramas, comedies and sports events in high definition
Corus lauds increased broadcast revenues
The company’s second-quarter results are highlighted by continued growth from its broadcasting arm
Shaw attacks broadcaster protections
Making comments ahead of his scheduled appearance at the CRTC’s BDU hearings, cable boss Jim Shaw slams talk of the same or more regulation for Canadian broadcasting
Corner Gas looks to shut down
Star and creator Brent Butt says sixth season will be the last for CTV’s smash comedy series
Fan favorites drive Cup coverage
The Leafs and the Canucks didn’t make it this year, so CBC and TSN are pushing coverage of star players like Nova Scotia’s Sidney Crosby during the Stanley Cup playoffs
There will be Bloodletting
The Movie Network and Movie Central have greenlit Shaftesbury’s take on the Giller-winning novel
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