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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs June 24 to June 30, 2013
The Stanley Cup Finals top TV for another week, while Rookie Blue is #17 and The Listener is #20.
Fall TV: Canadian networks talk up daytime TV
The daytime viewer demographic is expanding, and a new brand of talk TV is stepping in to create social media-friendly water-cooler fodder for the wider, changing audience.
Tricon sells scripted series abroad
The Toronto-based producer and distributor sold multiple seasons of sci-fi drama Sanctuary (pictured) to Italy, Romania and Qatar.
CMF invests $4.4 million in Aboriginal TV series
Nine of the 12 projects to receive industry funding are for APTN, the aboriginal TV network that languishes high up the TV dial.
Discovery Canada gets set to Shred!
Discovery Canada is lining up a reality show (pictured) about the world of industrial shredders, commissioning Toronto’s Yap Films to make a 13-part series, featuring “shred whisperer” Lee Sage.
Call goes out for Canadian TV dramas for U.S. network pitchfest
The application deadline for the three-day pitch session in Hollywood is July 15.
Fall TV: The next big thing in specialty
The expected hits and momentum-builders for the new specialty TV viewing season (Love it or List it pictured).
Mario Cecchini joins Corus
The former Astral Radio sales and marketing SVP will oversee Corus’ Eastern Ontario radio stations, and the company’s Quebec specialty TV and radio assets being acquired from Bell-Astral.
Bell Media adds Astral execs to leadership team
Jacques Parisien, currently Astral Media EVP and COO and president of Astral Radio, becomes Bell Media president, national specialty and pay TV, radio and OOH as the BCE-Astral transaction closes July 5.
Fall TV: Primetime battlegrounds 2013
With the battle lines drawn, a panel of media industry experts predicts the winners and losers for the upcoming season.
TC Media launches digital product development lab
The TC Media Incubator will be led by Bruno Leclaire (pictured), who has been promoted to chief digital officer at the company.
Media agency execs on the BCE-Astral deal
Sunni Boot, Bruce Neve, Shelley Smit and Michael Neale weigh in on the implications of the $3.4 billion deal getting the green light from the CRTC.
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