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CRTC grills execs from HDTV
The wannabe high-definition network faced a tough crowd at its licence application in Gatineau, taking pointed questions about its plans to sidestep local markets
Solid second place for Mayerthorpe
Sunday night went to the Grammys and not the MOW about slain Mounties, which nonetheless stood up admirably; nets now look ahead with WGA strike over
Book deal closes for Derek
Shaftesbury Films has struck a deal to adapt Life with Derek into a series of kids novels, aiming for bookshelves this summer
Citytv moves its news
News, weather and sports arrive an hour earlier in Toronto market and stay an hour longer, as Rogers station jockeys for position with former sister CP24
Old media meets new in Paris 1919
NFB copro revisits and recreates post-war conference that redrew the world map
VisionTV, CBC push for multicultural audiences
Canada’s multi-faith broadcaster is set to reach out to South Asian viewers on Saturdays, while the country’s pubcaster made its latest installment of Hockey Day in Canada a multilingual affair
Survey gives top marks to TSN, Discovery
Canadian Media Research’s annual TV survey is out, giving high grades to the sports specialty for its HD programs, and to the science and history channel for overall viewer satisfaction
Fire Horse maker joins NFB
Yves Ma has stepped in as a producer at the board’s Pacific and Yukon Centre
Global pushes News Hour in Toronto
Local impact of supper-hour newscast touted in largest-ever ad campaign
Citytv slots My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad
Supermodel series and Pussycat Dolls bumped to make room for game show simulcast with NBC
Canada AM looks to boost ratings in B.C.
CTV has expanded its morning newsmagazine in a bid to close the gap with ahead-by-a-mile Global, and to prepare for coverage of the Winter Olympics in 2010
William Morris to rep Shaftesbury
Partnership with Beverly Hills-based agency sets the stage for further expansion into U.S. market, following this week’s deal for The Listener
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