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Google to receive innovation tribute at Banff festival
The U.S. search engine company’s chief business officer Nikesh Arora (pictured) will be in Banff to receive the second annual award of excellence for innovation.
Slice renews Four Weddings Canada for second season
The reality series from Proper Television has received a ten-episode order from Shaw Media for a sophomore run.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs – Apr. 16 to Apr. 22, 2012
The Amazing Race wins the top TV spot for the week of Apr. 16 to Apr. 22, 2012.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – Apr. 9 to Apr. 15, 2012
War Horse maintains its spot at #1 for the week of Apr. 9 to Apr. 15, 2012.
CBC, Rogers and Shaw partner to launch online ad exchange
The real-time bidding Canadian Premium Audience Exchange will provide digital inventory from each of the three media companies.
Pick-and-pay model risky for sports programming: report
Analysis finds sports channels, which play key role in broadcasters’ revenue models, likely would be cut by many non-sports fans.
Hunger Games insider talks social media secrets
Marketing pros say that as consumers are increasingly empowered in the digital age, producers have to harness that power to promote their projects.
Awards round-up: Stag parties, mental illness and D-Day take top prizes
Canadian productions Stag, Passionflower, Wilderness and online interactive series D-Day to Victory all took home awards in the last week.
Renewals round-up: Bull riders, cops and singing Canadians
Hell on Hooves, Call Me Fitz, Rookie Blue, Canada Sings and Come Dine with Me Canada will return with new seasons.
Shaw does $20 million deal for TV stakes in Mystery and The Cave
The decision gives the broadcaster full control of the English-language specialty channels.
How to monetize digital content by pushing pleasure buttons
Innovation guru Alexander Manu told the Playback Summit that content producers need to encourage play in behavior spaces, much as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter already have.
Reality TV trend has legs: Playback Summit
Program decision makers say “ingredient x” – a hard-to-pin down variable – is key to achieving a format’s rating success.
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