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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs Aug. 12 to Aug. 18, 2013
Cancon in the top 30: Amazing Race Canada maintains the top spot, while Rookie Blue, Saving Hope, The Listener and Motive also make the top 30.
Blue Ant’s Cottage Life announces fall sked
The digital specialty channel launches Sept. 4 with series like The Fabulous Beekman Boys (pictured) and Buying Alaska.
CMF invests $3.4 million in 11 doc projects
Eye Steel Film, Rhombus Media and Real to Reel Productions are among the funding recipients in the Canada Media Fund’s convergent stream point-of-view documentary program.
TV programming and production spend up 8.2% in 2012: StatsCan
Overall industry spend in the category increased to $4.7 billion in 2012, with private conventional’s spend up by $84 million.
Lionsgate, Germany’s Tandem pact on TV co-venture
As it continues to expand its TV business, the Vancouver mini-studio will develop and produce scripted dramas with the Munich-based entertainment company, the first of which is crime series Sex, Lies and Handwriting.
Dallaire doc to open Muskoka’s Film North
Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children (pictured), directed by Patrick Reed, opens the three-day fest on Sept. 19. In all, the vacation destination will host 35 films, with a focus on shorts.
Midnight Sun finishes shooting in northern Ontario
Roger Spottiswoode directed the $17 million indie that stars Goran Visnjic, Bridget Moynahan and Dakota Goyo.
Discovery launches $500,000 global development fund
Discovery Channel U.S. and Discovery Networks International are teaming to launch the Global Landmark Development Fund, designed to back “ground-breaking epic series and landmark events.” (Pictured: North America)
Valuable second-screen apps are functional, fun: report
The third report in a series of white papers from Groupe Evolumedia and the CMF explores innovation in development of second-screen apps and pinpoints the impacts of successful strategies.
OLN announces fall sked premiere dates
In advance of the premiere Aug. 29, the specialty channel is hosting a sneak peek of Storage Wars Canada (pictured) at Fan Expo this weekend.
Harold Greenberg Fund goes short with $120,000 for calling card films
The pay TV fund is backing three director/producer teams with the potential to turn shorts into possible features.
The Best Laid Plans starts production in Ottawa
Jonas Chernick (pictured), Kenneth Welsh and Jodi Balfour lead the CBC series due for a winter 2014 launch.
CMPA announces $10,000 feature film prize shortlist
Five producers, including Nicholas Tabarrok and Roger Frappier, are vying for the cash prize, to be presented on Sept. 5, marking the opening of TIFF.
Broadcasters woo fanboys and girls at Fan Expo
Canadian broadcasters are seeking to build core audiences for their genre fare at the annual culture fest, which continues to expand in scope and ticket sales.
Arcadia, Sky Vision line up Middle Ages docudrama
History U.K. has commissioned the Halifax prodco Arcadia Content and the U.K. distribution service to make a graphic-novel style docudrama, with the working title of Bannockburn.
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