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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs July 15 to July 21, 2013
42 is the top-selling DVD for the week of July 15 to July 22, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs July 22 to July 28, 2013
Amazing Race Canada tops TV for another week, while Rookie Blue is #11, Saving Hope is #19 and The Listener is #20.
Tatiana Maslany triumphs at TCAs
The Canadian actor wins the award for Individual Achievement in Drama at the Television Critics Association (TCA) awards in Beverly Hills on Aug. 3.
VANAS recognized by B.C. accrediting body
The online-only Vancouver Animation School joins the ranks of other B.C. institutions recognized by the province’s Private Career Training Institutions Agency (PCTIA).
Keanu Reeves, Niv Fichman topline Asian Film Summit lineup
The second annual east-west bridge-building conference will take place on Sept. 2 at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Katie Boland’s Long Story, Short web series to bow on KoldCast TV
The web series, written and co-created by the Canadian actor, will premiere Aug. 19 on the international indie television network.
Montreal World Film Fest to close with Anne Fontaine’s Adore
The Sundance title (pictured) to be released in Canada by Remstar Films will screen on Sept. 2, ahead of its U.S. release.
Syfy renews Continuum for third season
The U.S. cable channel has ordered another 13 episodes and will air the Showcase time-traveling series in 2014.
New Syfy series Helix begins production in Montreal
The 13-episode series, which stars several Canuck actors, follows a team of CDC scientists investigating a potential “hot zone” in a remote Arctic research facility.
CFC announces Actors Conservatory participants
Actors named to the professional development program include Giacomo Gianiotti (Murdoch Mysteries), Dan Jeannotte (Red 2) and Kimberly Laferriere (Being Human).
DHX Media inks Canadian content deals
The Halifax-based kids producer and distributor has secured deals for series like Johnny Test (pictured) and Angela Anaconda across TV and digital platforms.
eOne inks first-look deal with The Cartel
The Canadian mini-studio expands its creative talent network as it plans a slew of TV projects for development with the California-based management and production co.
Update: Transporter adds new showrunner
After HBO/Cinemax bows out, the Canada-France copro is back to the drawing board developing a second cycle with X-Files exec producer Frank Spotnitz for HBO Canada and France’s M6 network.
Just For Laughs festival to produce 40 hours of TV programming
The Comedy Network, Corus, City and the CBC have ordered one-hour and half-hour stand-up comedy specials from the Montreal-based chuckles factory.
Bringing Toronto’s ethnic enclaves to Bell Lightbox: Cameron Bailey at TEDx
“That is the promise of Toronto, that our ethnic enclaves will rise and fall as they must. But what moves faster is the rivers of culture that flow around them and change their shape,” the TIFF artistic director (pictured) told a TEDxToronto salon audience.
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