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Reel Canada launches Uniting the Nation Through Film
The travelling film festival has launched a new fundraising drive aimed at greatly expanding the number of students it reaches in schools.
Eggplant TV takes Hollywood Death Trip to U.S. E! channel
The Toronto-based media production company has sold the one-hour celeb death special to the entertainment channel.
Insight Productions rolls out web comedy for Shaw Media
TV wrestler Chris Jericho stars in the online-only comedy, But I’m Chris Jericho, as he struggles to become an actor.
Semi Chellas, Margaret O’Brien to receive Crystal Awards
The WIFT-T awards, which recognize achievements of Canadian women and men in film, TV and digital media, will be presented on Dec. 3 in Toronto.
Shaw Direct adds Hollywood Suite to channel lineup
The satellite TV service now offers the quartet of of HD, commercial-free movie channels – WarnerFilms, MGM Channel, Sony Movie Channel and AXN Movies.
Award winners named in imagineNATIVE media fest
The festival curates shorts, features, documentaries, radio projects and other content from local and indigenous artists.
Netflix: Q4 growth of Canadian subscribers will be ‘steady or up’
The U.S. video streaming giant, releasing its latest financial results, said customer growth here will continue as it rolls out more original content.
CBC’s Sally Catto on scripted division restructure
The executive director of commissioned and scripted programming (pictured) talks to Playback about how the division’s reorganization will affect indie producers.
Sean Cisterna’s 30 Ghosts doc spawns talks for U.S. reality series
UPDATED: Storage Wars producer Original Productions is in early talks with Kim Hadfield, an Ontario horse farmer (pictured, centre), for a ghost-chaser reality series.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, 2013
The Croods is the top-selling DVD for the week of Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs Oct. 7 to Oct. 13, 2013
The Big Bang Theory tops TV for another week, while the Hockey Night in Canada east coast broadcast is #3, west coast broadcast is #22 and Murdoch Mysteries is #26.
DHX, Henson’s Doozers arrive on Nick Jr. Australia
The animated kids’ series is based on the wee worker characters (pictured) in Henson’s Fraggle Rock.
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