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Strong Q1 wireless results help Quebecor Inc. offset soft TV ad market
The diversified Quebec media giant posted sharply higher first quarter earnings, due mainly to a favourable settlement of financial instruments.
Lionsgate and Simon Fuller partner on musical drama TV series
Continuing to expand its TV business, the Vancouver-based prodco will work with the Idol creator on a drama about a rock and roll band targeted at young audiences.
Gillette Drafted gets social for season four
The branded entertainment series is adding in layers of audience engagement and a Drafted Boot Camp for the new season, which airs on The Score.
Jim Pattison Broadcast Group ups two execs
President Rick Arnish becomes company chairman, making way for Rod Schween (pictured) as his replacement, effective July 1.
bpm:tv hits the beach with Grand Benders
Producer Peter Gentile talks to Playback about making the new party town docu-soap, which premieres Tuesday on bpm:tv.
Thunderbird Films takes Canadian rights to 3D Maya the Bee kids series
The Canadian distributor will also help the Flemish producer secure U.S. sales of the CGI animated series about a a bee finding adventure with other insect friends in the outside world.
Incendo shooting Willed to Kill, prepping The Perfect Surrogate in Montreal
Jean Bureau and Stephen Greenberg’s production shop is shooting its 50th TV movie, starring Sarah Jane Morris, ahead of a Lifetime telefilm to be directed by Adrian Wills shooting in June.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs – Apr. 23 to Apr. 29, 2012
The Big Bang Theory tops TV for the week of Apr. 23 to Apr. 29, 2012
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – Apr. 16 to Apr. 22, 2012
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is the top-selling DVD for the week of Apr. 16 to Apr. 22, 2012.
Local producers criticize Saskatchewan’s replacement tax credit
The industry argues that the new non-refundable tax credit, a total 43 percent incentive with all bonuses included, is not a profitable business model.
Toronto protestors decry cutbacks to documentary funding
Filmmakers, festival reps and documentary fans stopped traffic on Bloor Street Friday to raise awarenesss during Hot Docs.
No more feature-length docs on Canadian TV? Here’s a surprise
TSN was at the Hot Docs fest Friday to tub-thump for an upcoming eight-part series of original docs by award-winning directors like Barry Greenwald, John Walker, Shelley Saywell and Larry Weinstein about the CFL and Grey Cup.
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