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Sandra Oh, Alan Thicke to present at Canadian Screen Awards

Adding star power to the inaugural industry event on March 3, the Canadian actors join the roster of previously announced presenters including Jay Baruchel, Alan Hawco and Meg Tilly (Oh pictured).

Production begins on Terry’s Off digital pilot

The new travel series from Farmhouse Productions and Travel + Escape sees Nova Scotia native Terry Himmelman (pictured) venture for the first time out of his hometown to the best global travel destinations.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.