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Canadian Social TV top 3 – week of Feb. 17
This week, Degrassi‘s episode that addressed suicide garnered a strong response on Twitter and Facebook.
Peace Point hires Fiorella Grossi as head of development
The U8TV co-founder and former Shaw Media executive (pictured) will oversee the indie producer’s North American TV development campaign.
Broadcasters: We must renegotiate terms of trade agreement
Rogers Media president Keith Pelley insists current rules for Canadian TV favour subsidy-backed producers exploiting multi-platform and international revenues, and not networks facing declining ad revenue.
Ella the Elephant picks up Turkish audience
DHX Media’s new preschool series Ella the Elephant has sold to Turkish children’s channel Yumurcak TV, which is already home to DHX evergreen properties like Caillou and Arthur.
9 Story on board new PBS Kids series Peg + Cat
The Toronto-based producer and distributor will launch sales of the math-based preschool series at MIPTV in Cannes.
CMF announces gross sales reportage tool
As part of guideline changes unveiled last April, producers must submit gross sale reports for CMF-funded projects, as part of the organization’s aim to promote project success.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Feb. 4 to Feb. 10, 2013
Hotel Transylvania is the top-selling DVD for the week of Feb. 4 to Feb. 10, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs Feb. 11 to Feb. 17, 2013
Big Bang tops TV, while Murdoch Mysteries and Motive both top a million viewers at #22 and #27 respectively.
AMC threatens Rogers Communications with blackout as carriage dispute goes public
The U.S. channel went online and to Facebook to warn subscribers they stand to lose access to new episodes of The Walking Dead, Mad Men and Breaking Bad.
Bell Media showrunner bootcamp underway in Toronto, L.A.
A group of three Canadian writer/producers are participating in the advanced professional program from the CFC and Bell Media designed to put experienced TV writers on track to becoming successful showrunners.
Tatiana Maslany, Shawn Doyle win at ACTRA Awards
Shannon Kook-Chun won for outstanding voice performance, while Shirley Douglas received ACTRA Toronto’s 2013 Award of Excellence at the Saturday awards event (Maslany pictured).
Factual TV DOP John Driftmier dies in Kenya location shoot accident
The Ottawa-based cameraman was filming the documentary series Dangerous Flights for Discovery Canada when the small plane he was in crashed Sunday morning, killing him and the pilot.
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