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Fall TV: Content evolution – Stealing the spotlight from network TV
With a lot of buzz-generating content coming from subscription-based and untraditional channels, conventional broadcasters have to fire back with a double-dose of content.
Greg Foster promoted at Imax Corp.
The long-time exec becomes CEO of Imax Entertainment and senior executive vice president of Toronto-based Imax Corp.
Tiny Plastic Men begins season two production
The comedy show for adult action figure-lovers returns to pay TV network Super Channel in 2014.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films June 28 to July 4, 2013
Guillaume Sylvestre’s 1er Amour (First Love) is the top Canadian film for another week.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films June 28 to July 4, 2013
Monsters University tops the box office for the week of June 28 to July 4, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs June 17 to June 23, 2013
Jack the Giant Slayer tops DVD for the week of June 17 to June 23, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs June 24 to June 30, 2013
The Stanley Cup Finals top TV for another week, while Rookie Blue is #17 and The Listener is #20.
Fall TV: Canadian networks talk up daytime TV
The daytime viewer demographic is expanding, and a new brand of talk TV is stepping in to create social media-friendly water-cooler fodder for the wider, changing audience.
No Heart Feelings gets multiplatform release
The indie feature, which first had a domestic theatre run in 2010, is being released on iTunes and south of the border on the inDemand VOD service.
Tricon sells scripted series abroad
The Toronto-based producer and distributor sold multiple seasons of sci-fi drama Sanctuary (pictured) to Italy, Romania and Qatar.
Canadian doc The Manor earns special mention in Karlovy Vary
Shawney Cohen’s film (pictured) about a family running a Guelph strip club had its world premiere at this year’s Hot Docs film festival.
CMF invests $4.4 million in Aboriginal TV series
Nine of the 12 projects to receive industry funding are for APTN, the aboriginal TV network that languishes high up the TV dial.
Discovery Canada gets set to Shred!
Discovery Canada is lining up a reality show (pictured) about the world of industrial shredders, commissioning Toronto’s Yap Films to make a 13-part series, featuring “shred whisperer” Lee Sage.
Call goes out for Canadian TV dramas for U.S. network pitchfest
The application deadline for the three-day pitch session in Hollywood is July 15.
Fall TV: The next big thing in specialty
The expected hits and momentum-builders for the new specialty TV viewing season (Love it or List it pictured).
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