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Astral Media on Canadian film acquisition: ‘Our business model has not changed’
The broadcaster responds to CAFDE’s assertion that its pay TV licence fees have declined in recent years, and refutes Alliance’s claim that it was not interested in carrying Breakaway.
Bell Media targets Beliebers
CTV and MuchMusic will air Justin Bieber: Home for the Holidays later this month.
TVO, APTN order half-hour drama Hard Rock Medical
The 13-parter will portray young medical students in northern Ontario as they learn to become doctors.
Best of the Year: marblemedia
The Toronto-based prodco is Playback‘s Transmedia producer of the year. Read on to find out how they are innovating in media’s newest storytelling space.
Lost Girl gets third season greenlight
Shaw’s Christine Shipton tells Playback that renewing the top-performing Showcase series is a “no brainer.”
Astral licence changes could ‘profoundly’ affect Canadian film: CAFDE
A charged atmosphere surrounds the CRTC’s hearings into a group-based approach to French television licencing.
Distribution360 sells Olive to Australia and N.Z.
Nick Jr. down under is to air the CGI animated pre-school series Olive the Ostrich after a successful launch on Nick Jr. in the UK.
Keri Levinsky joins MGM
Effective Monday, Levinsky is director, Canada television distribution at MGM.
Rogers and BCE unwrap $1.32 billion deal for MLSE
The blockbuster deal is expected to add Canada’s top pro TV sport properties to the schedules of The Sports Network and Sportsnet, Canada’s biggest cable sports channels.
CRTC accepts Bell Media’s ‘Confession’
The Category 2 digital channel will focus on TV shows about “people and organizations that uphold law and order in our society.”
CTV to double-debut The L.A. Complex in January
Formerly known as Highland Gardens, the new Canadian series will debut in simulcast on both CTV and MuchMusic.
Citytv launches live programming mobile app
The new product from the Rogers Media network will offer live streaming of morning and daytime fare such as Breakfast Television.
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