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Inside the Digis: Mapping an Olympian’s journey
The first in a series leading up the awards on Dec. 4, Playback checks in with Moosestash Films to break down their nominated non-fiction project The Sticking Place.
Sudz Sutherland’s Mu$ic Biz app: the power of hip hop and gaming
Is this the cross-promotion boost the Canadian music and gaming industries need? The Canada Media Fund is betting as much, having invested $585,000 in the veteran film and TV director’s mobile app for hip hop lovers.
100th Grey Cup sets record numbers
An average audience of 5.8 million viewers watched the CFL event on TSN and RDS, up 28% versus last year.
Netflix Canada adds studio titles with Warner Bros. supply deal
The Vampire Dairies, Pretty Little Liars and Fringe (pictured) will be available on the U.S. streaming giant’s Canadian service as it looks to maintain momentum signing up new subscribers.
Canamedia takes Canadian distribution rights to Cableready catalogue
The Toronto-based production and distribution company will distribute Cableready’s more than 1,100 hours of programming.
D Films takes Canadian rights to TIFF title Blancanieves
The indie distributor will release Spain’s contender for the best foreign language film category at the upcoming Academy Awards.
Toronto Film Critics’ best Canadian film award upped to $100,000
The winner will be announced at the Toronto awards gala in January, with two runners-up each receiving $5,000.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Nov. 16 to Nov. 22, 2012
Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children tops the box office for the week of Nov. 16 to Nov. 22, 2012.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Nov. 16 to Nov. 22, 2012
The final installment of the Twilight Saga tops the box office for the week of Nov. 16 to Nov. 22, 2012.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs Nov. 12 to Nov. 18, 2012
The Big Bang Theory tops TV for the week of Nov. 12 to Nov. 18, 2012.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Oct. 29 to Nov. 4, 2012
Tinker Bell tale Secret of the Wings tops DVD, while vampire-hunting Abe Lincoln slides into #5.
W Network goes heavy with homegrown for winter
Corus is banking on new series with homegrown star power, like Majumder Manor, Love It or List It Vancouver and Buying & Selling With the Property Brothers (pictured), to grab audience eyeballs for winter 2013.
Brightlight Pictures co-founders agree on amicable split
Shawn Williamson (pictured) has bought out long-time partner Stephen Hegyes, who will now pursue his own indie film and TV projects without the burden of corporate shackles.
CFC unveils first Comedy Exchange teams
Don’t Talk to Irene, Preggoland and True Patriot Love have been selected for the program that provides script feedback and marketplace expertise from comedy and business execs.
CBC’s Caroline Underwood talks programming science on-screen
With the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP) kicking off in Washington D.C. tomorrow, the senior producer at CBC (pictured) discusses the pubcaster’s approach to science programming.
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