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Acquisitions create powerhouse post shops

A wave of consolidation has changed Canada’s post-production landscape, creating bigger players that are better able to compete, both nationally and around the world.

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Post delays meant drama for Arcand’s Days of Darkness

Oscar-winning producer Denise Robert tells new filmmakers to schedule plenty of time for post-production – advice she wishes she’d taken herself when scheduling Days of Darkness.

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Post Modern sends a message to Hollywood

Despite increased consolidation in Canada’s post-production industry and fluctuating North American currencies, Vancouver’s Post Modern Sound is vocally optimistic about the future.

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Specialty turns hard-hat TV to gold

Canadian homeowners have made a pretty penny in recent years on the nationwide property boom, and so too has Canada’s HGTV.

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Decorating diva’s glad there aren’t too many cooks

Decorating diva Debbie Travis’ brand is synonymous with home decor, and her shows have been analogous with HGTV for nearly a decade.

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More eyeballs mean more original programs

Specialty television has often been thought of as conventional’s brassy little sister – with bad skin and a training bra – so its original programming wasn’t always taken seriously.

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Green TV in January

With environmental issues making front-page news and Al Gore winning the Nobel Prize, does the ‘G’ in HGTV now stand for green?

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Holmes on Homes is HGTV’s number one

Google Mike Holmes and the first thing that pops up is a paid advert for a plumber tagged ‘Contractor of Mike Holmes.’

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HGTV’s top-rated shows

TOP 10 SHOWS ON HGTV

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Deluxe moving into Filmport

Toronto megastudio signs its first permanent tenant, and will move the post house into a new facility, taking up 80,000 square feet right by the front gates

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Coolroom to carry Nelvana titles

U.K. digicaster will put some 650 hours online for download, including Babar and Rupert

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They’re here, they’re Queer…

…they’re online. Showcase is putting the first three seasons of Queer as Folk and the new run of The L Word on its site for free