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Op Ed: An anomaly caused by the writers strike
Alex Strachan is the national TV critic for Canwest News Service, based out of Vancouver
Pilots help producers score with U.S. nets
Canada’s chance may have come.
New content team in place at Canwest
Canwest Broadcasting late last month announced a new content team, with Christine Shipton and Karen Gelbart in charge of original programming.
Shaftesbury wraps ‘grueling’ Summit
Shaftesbury wraps ‘grueling’ Summit
Two-parter about a bio-terror attack for Global and CBC is in post after seven weeks in the U.K., Ecuador, northern Ontario and Jamaica
By Marise Strauss
Old media meets new in Paris 1919
Filmmaker Paul Cowan (Westray, The Peacekeepers) was in Paris this month with producers Gerry Flahive of the National Film Board and Paul Saadoun of France’s 13 Production, recreating history for the ambitious doc Paris 1919.
Girard pursues Happiness
Two Quebec producers hope to cash in on the centuries-old antagonism between the people of la belle province and their cousins across the Atlantic with their upcoming flick Le bonheur de Pierre (Pierre’s Happiness), which stars two of French-language cinema’s most beloved actors: Quebec’s Rémy Girard and France’s Pierre Richard.
Teletoon gets Stoked
Fresh TV has started production on its new 13-ep surfing series Stoked, along with another 13 eps of 6Teen and 26 eps of Total Drama Action, a sequel to Total Drama Island, following orders from Teletoon.
Network schedules still uncertain
There will still be sweeps, upfronts and some pilots this spring, but questions remain whether, post-strike, the U.S. nets will radically change how they make primetime shows
The Boys take new series to Showcase
Trailer Park Boys John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells and Mike Smith are working on a new series for the cable channel, but without Mike Clattenburg
Series return to B.C., movies still in doubt
Again staffed with writers, Smallville, Kyle XY, Psych and others are going back to B.C. But big-budget shoots will take longer, as schedules may clash with this summer’s SAG talks
Producers side with HD proposal
Second day of hearings into proposed national service brings a blessing from CFTPA, and more shots from potential competitors
Little word on French lifestyle channel
TVA says its digital Télé-Services will launch shortly, but won’t say what it will show
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