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WGC screenwriting awards nominees unveiled
The writers behind Bomb Girls, Less Than Kind, My Babysitter’s a Vampire, Still (pictured) and Picture Day are nominated for the Writers Guild of Canada’s awards on Apr. 22.
Canadian Social TV top 3 – Week of Feb. 3
This week we see how Degrassi landed at the top thanks to building hype in anticipation of the season premiere.
Canucks win at 2013 Kidscreen Awards
DHX Media’s Yo Gabba Gabba! (pictured), Muse Entertainment’s Cyberbully and others took home awards for their work in kids programming during 2013.
Canadian Social TV top 3 – Week of Jan. 27
This week, we see how Lost Girls’ marketing team was able to juice its social-media activity by capitalizing on a contest run by an entertainment news program, according to Seevibes.
Picture Box pacts with Ameba
AmebaTV.com and its portals are available on about five million Smart TVs and set top boxes in the U.S.
Canadian screen industry boosts production volume to $5.9 billion: report
Profile 2012: An Economic Report on the Screen-based Production Industry in Canada reported a drop in foreign location shoots, but an increase in both Canadian TV and theatrical production.
Canadian Social TV top 3 – week of Jan. 20
The third installment of the top Canadian-made programs based on Seevibes’ social media index shows that Lost Girl managed to stay on top thanks to Twitter.
Adweek: Jamie Byrne on YouTube’s digital content evolution
The company’s director of content strategy discusses how its digital content ecosystem is changing for creators, advertisers and viewers.
CTV announces Super Bowl broadcast plans
The network will broadcast live and in HD seven hours of pre-game programming, and live-stream the game in Canada on CTV.ca.
New Sony online store available in Canada
Purchases from the store (pictured) can include films and TV shows that can be played on Sony Media Go-equipped PCs and Sony Xperia smartphones and tablets.
City Seeds a digital preview
In advance of Feb. 4 premiere of the homegrown series produced by Force Four Entertainment, City is launching an interactive app that lets users make a baby, and an online sneak peek of the first episode.
Weekly roundup: Conferences, indie distribution and VFX news
Among the briefs included this week are news on Heidi Tao Yang (pictured) being named producer of the Toronto Screenwriting Conference, Pacific Northwest Pictures’ theatrical releases and Canadian Press distributing video content.
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