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Canadian web series come out on top at Rockies

Guidestones (pictured) and Bear 71 took home best web series prizes at Banff’s international television and digital media awards.

Secret Location launches industry Facebook app

Fanviewr allows content creators, distributor and producers to more easily make show websites, company founder and exec producer James Milward tells Playback.

Photo gallery: On the set of Ruby Skye P.I.: The Haunted Library

The second season of the teen mystery web series was shot in Toronto in Little Italy and U of T’s Emmanuel College Library.

HBO doc Koran by Heart takes top jury prize in Banff

As the Banff Rockie Awards were handed out Tuesday, the best drama prize went to Five (pictured), a short film anthology for Lifetime in the U.S. market.

TV subscription, license spending to hit $13B by 2016: PwC report

According to the report, consumer spending in Canada is projected to increase at 5.3% compound annual growth to 2016, versus 3.7% in the U.S.

CRTC at Banff 2012: Netflix Canada a problem? It’s the solution

“Let’s take advantage of these great new digital media to promote and export our Canadian content to the world,” CRTC commissioner Peter Menzies (pictured) told delegates on Monday.

Banff 2012: Canada Media Fund unveils Canadaonscreen.ca website

The online initiative aims to showcase and celebrate Canadian TV programming and digital content consumed widely at home and abroad.

Produced By Conference: The Million Channel Universe

Marc Almon on creating, launching and monetizing web content, with insights from featured internet producers and the people behind Jimmy Kimmel Live and the YouTube Next Lab.

Produced by Conference: MGM, Christopher Nolan and Facebook

Blogging from L.A., Halifax-based producer Marc Almon (pictured) shares trends and insights from the conference for producers.

Saving Hope pulls over a million viewers for premiere

The new CTV drama brought in 1.52 million viewers for its launch on Thursday night.

Inside the Rockies with Matt Hornburg

The marblemedia co-CEO and exec producer of Whatsinaname talks to Playback about the cross-platform project and what’s on tap this year.

MuchMusic gets a social rewards program

The channel has posted results from the first month of its MuchCloser program that rewards viewers for visiting its site.