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CBC shuffles MVP, jPod

Looking to regain lost ground with key viewers, CBC has swapped the sporty soap with its oddball office comedy

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Sci Fi finds Sanctuary

The CG-heavy web series has found a home on the U.S. cable channel after being commissioned by The Movie Network and Movie Central, which have ordered 13 hours from its makers at Stage 3 Media

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Global feels the Love

HBO’s take on Mormon marriage joins schedule, with revived Knight Rider and a Dr. Phil spinoff set for fall

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Border trumps Kings

CTV’s two-part crime mini posted middling numbers despite strong reviews, while CBC’s The Border is on the up and up

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CTV, advertisers ponder the possibility of no Oscars

A media buyer says that none of her clients have bought ads for the show, while the network plans for contingencies

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Shaftesbury posting The Summit

Busy Toronto prodco set to deliver the ‘ambitious’ four-hour mini in April, and is two weeks into production on the teen comedy Overruled! for Family and Disney

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Super Bowl sold out – who’s bought in?

Super Bowl Sunday in Canada is poised to be bigger than ever. CTV sold out of its in-game inventory yesterday, and Playback Daily has some thoughts from those who’ve bought in for the big game

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Iggy spreads to France, Asia

Blueprint’s popular kids comedy series will have a presence in several more territories following new deals closed by Oasis International

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CBS snaps up CTV series Flashpoint

Thirteen episodes of strike-proof CTV series set to air on both nets this summer

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Super Channel lands Fox films

Titles including Oscar-nominated Juno and The Simpsons Movie will be available on the pay-TV upstart following a multi-year output deal with Twentieth Century Fox

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Corus launches infomercial channel

It slices! It dices! It’s EyesOnTV, now beaming half-hour product demos into more than half a million households in Alberta and B.C.

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CTV sets dates for Jericho, Oprah’s The Big Give

The post-apocalyptic series fans refused to give up returns on Feb. 16, followed by the Big O’s first primetime reality show in March