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(Still) intimate and interactive: MuchMusic at 30 – Part 2

From our print issue: Playback pays tribute to MuchMusic’s 30-year tradition of media innovation and reinvention.

March 17, 2014

(Still) intimate and interactive: MuchMusic at 30 – Part 1

From our print issue: Playback pays tribute to MuchMusic’s 30-year tradition of media innovation and reinvention. (Pictured: Taylor Swift at the 2013 MMVAs)

March 14, 2014

IPF publishes guide for web series producers

From raising money to meal catering, the Independent Production Fund’s Guide to Web Series Best Practices covers the ins and outs of online production. (Parked pictured)

March 13, 2014

JFL, IAWTV partner to expand pitch program

Just for Laughs is partnering with the International Academy of Web TV to expand “Pitch ‘Til Your Sides Split” for web comedies. (Save our Skins pictured)

March 12, 2014

Meet the programmer: Blue Ant Media’s Vanessa Case

From our print issue: Blue Ant’s EVP of programming and production tells Playback what the indie broadcaster is looking for as it expands its original programming slate.

March 11, 2014

Radio-Canada expands ICI Tou.tv

Premium service Extra will make 400 new titles available to Rogers and Telus customers for free, or to non-subscribers for a monthly fee.

March 10, 2014

How super fans help TV series go global

From our print issue: how a subset of highly engaged fans helps Canadian genre series’ earn international buzz and worldwide sales.

March 10, 2014

Partying and parenthood have playdate in Parked

Behind the scenes of the risque new web series from Siobhan McCarthy and Adam O. Thomas.

March 10, 2014

My Damn Channel picks up Bill & Sons Towing

Producers Charles Ketchabaw and Mark De Angelis discuss the importance of finding the right distribution partner for their critically acclaimed web series.

March 6, 2014

2014 CSAs: Night one sees a not-so-secret sweep and ‘Race’ to win

Toronto’s Secret Location sweeps the cross-platform category, The Amazing Race Canada takes three trophies and APTN’s We Were Children wins two.

March 5, 2014

Three ‘key’ ideas from Netflix Hack Day

Netflix engineers dream up UX solutions to help make search easier on the online streaming platform.

March 5, 2014

Blog: What if Aereo came to Canada?

Sheetal Jaitly (pictured), director of business development and media for Pivotal Labs, on how the platform could disrupt the current broadcast model in Canada.

March 4, 2014