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Smart Kids TV comes to iOs devices
Subscribers to Ameba, the Winnipeg-based multi-platform digital distribution service for kids entertainment, will be able to view content through their devices’ web browsers.
Deepa Mehta, Mary Walsh to receive GG awards in Ottawa
The awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, regarded as the ultimate recognition in Canada’s performing arts, were announced Tuesday morning in Calgary.
Cuppa Coffee Studios to produce The F’n Osbournes as primetime comedy
No live cameras this time: The animated comedy will see the Black Sabbath frontman and his family voice cartoon versions of themselves, after their MTV reality series The Osbournes ran from 2002 to 2005.
Noreen Halpern headed for the exit at Entertainment One Television
The former president of dramatic programming at the Canadian producer getting set to leave the company after a brief transition has prompted speculation about her successor.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – Feb. 13 to Feb. 19, 2012
Breaking Dawn: Part 1, the first part of the last installment of the Twilight Saga is the top-selling DVD for the week of Feb. 13 to Feb. 19, 2012.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs – Feb. 20 to Feb. 26, 2012
The 84th Academy Awards topped TV in the week of Feb. 20 to Feb. 26, 2012
GlassBox TV hires Vanessa Case as programming and scheduling topper
The ex-Shaw Media exec will oversee the cross-platform broadcaster’s specialty channels Travel+Escape, Bite TV and AUX TV as GlassBox expands under majority-owner Michael MacMillan.
CBC/Radio-Canada and Quebecor Media renew business ties
The Quebec TV market rivals are making nice, with the pubcaster indicating it will buy advertisements in publications run by Quebecor Media and the Videotron cable unit renewing distribution deals for CBC/Radio-Canada channels.
Picnicface to serve up an app
Breakthrough Entertainment’s digital media director, Dorothy Vreeker, tells Playback how a mobile playground can generate revenue while growing the comedy troupe’s fan base.
Telefilm Canada: Canadian indie film and TV producers can profit from hard times
Agency topper Carolle Brabant told the Prime Time conference in Ottawa that bad economic times globally offer opportunities for content producers that target consumers using tablets and other digital devices.
Diverse Screenwriters Program participants selected
In the program’s latest round in eastern Canada, eight screenwriters will participate in a week-long intensive workshop that runs April 16 to 20 in Toronto.
Kevin Crull: broadcasters need to mend fences with carriers to fend off Netflix
The Bell Media topper told the Prime Time conference in Ottawa that Canadian players need to collaborate to compete with the U.S. video streaming giant and other emerging digital platforms.
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