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Shaw launches rebranded specialty channel, Twitter partnership
Barbara Williams on the broadcaster’s fall offerings, with Global adding 18 new shows, including more comedy, to its 2013-14 lineup.
Quebec’s TVA eliminating 90 positions
The cuts, totalling about 4.5% of the Quebecor subsidiary’s staff, was due to the challenging media market, TVA said.
Buck Productions, Buried Life partner on reality TV format
Break the Pack will follow four teams as they race across the country to win a debt-free education.
Canadian OTT market to be worth $614 million by 2017: PWC
The consulting firm projects the North American electronic home video market will be $14.8 billion in 2017, bigger than the theatrical film market’s $13.5 billion.
Women underrepresented across Canadian film, TV industries: report
The finding comes from the Focus on Women 2013 report on the state of industry gender equity, released by the Canadian Unions for Equality on Screen on Tuesday.
Rogers execs on why they’re serious about comedy
Jack Tomik and Malcolm Dunlop talk building brands and going after comedy-loving younger demos (new laugher Mom pictured).
Stream wrap-up: The online content strategies that shined
The question of whether content creators should diversify or put themselves at the mercy of YouTube dominated debate at the world’s first internet TV market and conference in Santa Monica.
Brenda Greenberg named Frantic Films script development chief
An industry veteran, Greenberg’s (pictured) credits include series Kenny vs. Spenny, Being Erica and Street Legal.
The Academy launches all-digital CSA application process
The new process, which eliminates the need to send in hard copies of audio-visual materials like films and TV programs, is the result of a deal with digital media management company Yangaroo.
Why originated brand content is your best bet for Cannes Lions glory
Digitas exec John McCarus (pictured) told a Stream panel on online branded entertainment that premium content made, rather than sponsored, by a brand, has the best chance to win industry kudos.
Online series creators urged to embrace video syndication model
To secure as broad an audience as possible, producers should go global and publish video on hundreds of web sites, rather than rely on one destination site (Chill’s Marc Hustvedt pictured).
Case study: Yahoo!’s Burning Love as breakout online drama
The spoof of TV dating competition shows grabbed over 11 million views during its first season before jumping to the E! network.
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