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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs – March 19 to March 25, 2012

The Amazing Race tops TV for the week of March 19 to 25, 2012.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – March 12 to March 18, 2012

Great snakes! Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn is the top-selling DVD for the week of March 12 to March 18, 2012.

MIPTV 2012: Cineflix shows off Copper in Cannes

Cineflix Studios presented the scripted series – a first for both the Toronto-based prodco and for BBC America – at Cannes today.

MIPTV 2012: Canadians in the thick of deal-making in Cannes

Breakthrough Entertainment, Shaftesbury Films and Sienna Films unveil major development and distribution deals as the global TV market gets underway.

Entertainment One hops back on the acquisition trail

The latest UK trading update from the Toronto-based producer and distributor reports a strong fourth quarter to March 31,and full-year results in line with management expectations.

Secret Location, Thunderbird Films win Digital Emmy

The transmedia episode Endgame Interactive, a digital extension of the former Showcase drama, earned the award in the fiction category.

MIPTV 2012: Force Four hires heads of production, creative

The Vancouver-based prodco has named Dana Johl as head of production and Deborah Wainwright as head of creative, following the prodco’s Million Dollar Neighbourhood yesterday being picked up by the U.S. OWN network.

Film reels (Photo: Lisa Eglinton, Flickr Creative Commons)

Saskatchewan – what is to be done?

Canada Media Fund CEO Valerie Creighton says premier Brad Wall fully understands and supports the Saskatchewan film and TV industry. He just wants to do what’s right for his province.

Is Little Mosque on the Prairie headed to America?

WestWind Pictures’ Mary Darling and Clark Donnelly talk to Playback about teaming up with U.S. distributor PPI Releasing, and why the time is right for the show to hit the States.

Playback Summit: Who are Canada’s next Mad Men?

Senior media and digital agency execs will lend their expertise in the marketing pitch contest during the inaugural Playback Summit on April 25.

Radical Sheep strikes development deal with Teletoon Canada

The Toronto-based preschool and youth TV producer will develop The Bagel and Becky Show, for kids ages 8 to 11, based on a book by fine artist Dave Cooper.

Ottawa imposes escalating cuts on CBC, Telefilm and NFB

As the feds took a knife to the Canadian Heritage portfolio, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. will see gradual cuts that grow to $115 million in 2014-15.