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Videotron tricks technicians with new ad campaign
The Montreal-based telecom caught its technicians on hidden cameras to highlight their customer service skills.
CBC gets penalty from sports fans over WhiletheMenWatch
News that the public broadcaster would be teaming up with the “girl talk” sports webstream show from Lena Sutherland and Jules Mancuso during Hockey Night in Canada has led to an online backlash.
ITV Studios’ Come Date With Me headed to W Network
Proper Television will produce a local version of the cooking and romance reality series, to debut in winter 2013.
Astral Media shareholders approve BCE takeover deal
Investors holding each of Astral Media’s three classes of shares voted over 99% in favor of the takeover deal during a meeting in Montreal.
Property Brothers heads south for season three
The first seven episodes of the home reno series from Cineflix are shooting in Austin, Texas.
Ruby Skye P.I. expands user experience for second season
The passing around of real books among audience members is one of several strategies to both market the series and extend the story world.
Canadians fly the flag at Cannes with film buys and sales, and award-giving
Sarah Gadon and Emily Hampshire on Thursday received the inagural Birks Canadian Diamond trophies during a Telefilm Canada presser on the Croissette.
Cindy Holland and Jason Ropell promoted at Netflix
Holland becomes VP of original content and content acquisition and Canadian Ropell steps into Holland’s shoes to oversee TV content licensing for the U.S. market, as Netflix ramps up production on original series.
Finale Post Production acquires Vancouver digital intermediate finishing business from Technicolor
The Vancouver shop will relaunch its Finale Editworks division in June with a new DI theatre.
IATSE calls for refundable tax credit in Saskatchewan
“We are prepared to look at other measures to support the industry, but we remain committed to ending the tax grant program,” premier Brad Wall told the U.S. union in two-way correspondence.
Sportsnet steps into tonight
The Rogers Media-owned sports property now has its own branded content page in the Toronto free daily.
The 2012 Hot Docs Forum Report, part two
The Pleasures of the Scents and Inside Joke: How Humour Invented the Jews were pitched at the annual Hot Docs Forum, which took place earlier this month.
Liberia ’77 doc maker talks about healing a war-torn nation
“If I’d have known how hard that was going to be, I’m not sure I would have got so involved in the project,” Jeff Topham told Playback Daily.
Sanctuary cast, crew and fans react to cancellation
The sci-fi series about a doctor and her team of experts hunting powerful monsters, which aired on Space in Canada and Syfy stateside, could not be saved after 59 episodes.
Gabriel Byrne to star in Irish-Canadian copro Vikings
All post-production and VFX work for the drama series, which is co-produced by Toronto-based Take 5 Productions and Ireland’s World 2000, will be done in Canada.
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