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Beverley Shenken appointed programming topper at ZoomerMedia
The former director of acquisitions will now head up the TV division for the Moses Znaimer-owned outlet.
Canada’s Smartest Person to quiz in real-time
Viewers will be able to test their smarts through social media in the lead-up to the March 18 premiere, and play along with the show challenges during the broadcast.
Phyllis Platt, Brian Dennis and Peter Moss form TV producer PDM Entertainment
The Canadian TV veterans are developing character-driven properties, including adapting the Louise Penny crime novels Three Pines/Inspector Gamache.
Super Channel pacts with Starz Media on Magic City
In a move to expand its programming slate to compete with entrenched Pay peers, the Edmonton-based pay TV service struck a multi-year deal that also includes feature films.
APTN greenlights Mohawk Girls from Rezolution Pictures
Also on the production front, OLN has pacted with BBC America and UK’s Channel Five to co-produce Wild Things, a travel series in search of wild insects.
CBC documentary confronts TV hypersexualizing young girls
Maureen Palmer, director of Sext up Kids, tells Playback Daily that mass media is creating unsavoury role models for young women.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs – Feb. 6 to Feb. 12, 2012
The 54th Grammy Awards topped TV in the week of Feb. 6 to Feb. 12, 2012.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, 2012
Treasure Buddies is the top-selling DVD for the week of Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, 2012.
Ladybird debuts Peppa Pig Me Books app
Young readers will be able to personalize titles from the eOne-owned brand, including recording their own narration and sound effects.
CBeebies greenlights Rastamouse second season
The UK pubcaster has picked up the stop-motion preschool series from DHX Media and Wildbrain Entertainment for another 26 11-minute episodes, to be produced and animated in the UK by Three Stones Media.
Oxygen greenlights Cineflix’s Teen Weddings pilot
The dramatic reality series is among several in contention for slots on the US net’s 2012 sked.
Canadians fly high at International Digital Emmys
Four Canadian projects are nominated across three categories, including Secret Location’s Endgame Interactive: Facebook Episode and the NFB and Arte France’s Bar Code.
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