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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Oct. 29 to Nov. 4, 2012
Tinker Bell tale Secret of the Wings tops DVD, while vampire-hunting Abe Lincoln slides into #5.
W Network goes heavy with homegrown for winter
Corus is banking on new series with homegrown star power, like Majumder Manor, Love It or List It Vancouver and Buying & Selling With the Property Brothers (pictured), to grab audience eyeballs for winter 2013.
CBC’s Caroline Underwood talks programming science on-screen
With the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP) kicking off in Washington D.C. tomorrow, the senior producer at CBC (pictured) discusses the pubcaster’s approach to science programming.
Weekly roundup: New four-screen offering, Grey Cup and screen SOCAN
Eastlink’s rollout of its Eastlink to Go offering includes access to Hollywood Suite’s VOD movie channels on four screens.
CMF invests $8.9M in 31 projects
The Canada Media Fund invested $1.3 million in Aboriginal program projects, $2 million in the diverse languages program, and $5.6 million in 18 Francophone minority projects.
TSN appoints two new execs
Both joining TSN after roles at Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, Mark Silver is appointed senior director, digital, while Nathalie Cook will take on the newly-created role of VP integrated marketing and partnerships.
Halifax ani company releases first pop-up eBooks
Huminah Huminah Animation’s new Funibooks division has launched the first pop-up eBooks for the Barnes & Noble Nook tablet based on its popular animated kids TV series I’m A Dinosaur.
Omnifilm launches Primeval apps
Primeval: dFX – Dino Movie Maker (pictured) lets users insert dinosaurs from the series into their own video clips, while Primeval: New World lets users play missions as series characters, both with in-app purchase options.
New Nelvana titles to kick off KidsCo 2013 sked
Series including Grossology, Jacob Two-Two and Babar will premiere on the channel, a joint venture owned by NBCUniversal and Toronto-based Corus Entertainment.
Nat Geo picks up Highway Thru Hell
The U.S. cable network has picked up Vancouver-based Great Pacific Media’s unscripted series about a Canadian highway rescue team (pictured) from Beyond Distribution.
Diane Rankin leaving DRG
The Canadian exec, currently SVP of acquisitions for the U.K.-based distributor, will remain until the end of the year to ensure a smooth transition, with ex-Target Entertainment exec Ali Hill appointed as head of acquisitions .
Shaw Media two years later
SVP of content Barb Williams talks about changes, challenges and new-found strengths on the company’s second anniversary.
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