Banff World Media Festival adds CBS execs to network lineup

CBC Entertainment president Nina Tassler (pictured) will deliver the opening keynote at the June event.

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NSI aboriginal doc program students head to Hot Docs

A total of four producer-director teams will attend screenings and participate in the doc accelerator program at the Toronto festival, which kicks off Thursday.

Canadian social TV top 3 – week of April 14

This week we see that The Borgias’ third season debut and Lost Girl‘s third season end both caused social media spikes but Big Brother Canada remained the one to beat.

CHCH buys Mark Burnett game show

Spin Off from Suddenly SeeMore Productions will debut on the indie broadcaster in fall 2013, before being shopped, along with the original format, to international broadcasters.

Muse confirms Bomb Girls not renewed

A two-hour TV movie concluding the series from Muse and Back Alley Film will be broadcast in winter 2014 on Global.

Rainmaker Entertainment partners on Ratchet and Clank film

The Vancouver animation studio and Blockade Entertainment say their animated feature film, based on a video game franchise, will be released in 2015.

Junos outdo 2012 performance

Sunday’s airing of the Canadian music awards, which was broadcast on CTV, bested last year’s audience results by 24%.

U.S. cable net Style asks Cineflix to Keep the Party Moving

The NBCUniversal cable network is adding the “progressive dinner” competition series, to be produced by Cineflix Productions, to its development slate.

Toronto sees 2012 total production spending rise

The city’s film and TV production is booming, according to a presentation Monday to the economic development committee at City Hall.

Proper serves up more Come Dine With Me Canada

The Toronto-based indie will produce 80 episodes for the fourth season of the W Network food series, which will travel across Canada and include themed blocks.

Rogers Q1 revenue and earnings rise

Cable and wireless phone revenue offset weakness in the media division as the conglomerate completed the rebranding of City Montreal.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Apr. 12 to Apr. 18, 2013

Rob Stewart’s Revolution tops the box office for the week of Apr. 12 to Apr. 18, 2013.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Apr. 5 to Apr. 11, 2013

Sudz Sutherland’s Home Again is the top Canadian film for the week of Apr. 5 to Apr. 11, 2013.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Apr. 12 to Apr. 18, 2013

The Croods tops the box office for the week of Apr. 12 to Apr. 18, 2013.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Apr. 5 to Apr. 11, 2013

Evil Dead tops the box office for the week of Apr. 5 to Apr. 11, 2013.