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Bite TV launches comedy web series competition
Zeroing in on comedy pitches suitable for digital distribution, the competition winner will receive a development deal to produce a comedy web series pilot for Bite.ca.
Photo gallery: 2013 ACTRA Awards
This year’s awards, held on Feb. 23, recognized outstanding performances by Tatiana Maslany, Shawn Doyle and Shannon Kook-Chun, and honoured stage and screen vet Shirley Douglas with an award of excellence.
Copper adds new blood for second season shoot
Lee Tergesen (pictured), Eamonn Walker and Andrew Howard will guest star on the BBC America and Showcase drama, now shooting in Toronto.
9 Story sells Daniel Tiger to France Televisions
The CBC kids series will air on Zouzous, a programming block on France 5.
Less Than Kind, Flashpoint win, War Witch sweeps Screen Awards
Canadian industry execs, on- and off-screen talent gathered at Toronto’s Sony Centre for a glitzy gala celebrating the country’s achievements in film, TV and digital media.
Domestic TV production lifts Ontario to record activity in 2012
Local shoots like Rookie Blue and Bomb Girls to Lost Girl and Degrassi accounted for 68% of the $1.28 billion spent in the province on film and TV production.
Astral launches TMN Go
The video streaming service for subscribers will make more than 1,500 hours of TMN, HBO Canada and TMN Encore content available for viewing on iOS, desktop and, in the coming weeks, Android devices.
Lost Girl finds fourth season on Showcase, Syfy
The supernatural drama has been renewed for another season in Canada and the U.S.
Weekly roundup: Awards, distribution sales and TV premieres
Among this week’s briefs is news of Yung Chang’s doc The Fruit Hunters (pictured) winning a top honour at the annual International Environmental Film Festival in Paris and TV season premieres for Continuum, The Next Step, Wingin’ It and Life with Boys.
New CRTC application for Astral Media takeover goes public in weeks
Astral Media CEO Ian Greenberg (pictured) said the second go-around for BCE will include a “large” tangible benefits package to support Canadian content.
Slap Happy to produce animated shorts for Knowledge Network
The brand mascots based on the Luna, Chip and Inkie characters will help parents and kids navigate the daytime schedule.
Big Brother Canada premiere draws 1.4 million viewers
With a special presentation on both Slice and Global Television, the 15 homegrown houseguests reached a total of 3.3 million Canadians.
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