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Discovery readies Canada’s Greatest Know-It-All for winter premiere
Programming VP Ken MacDonald talks to Playback Daily about developing the series’ original format and targeting Discovery’s smarty-pants audience.
THQ wins Quebec video game talent poaching court case
The Quebec appeals court sided with THQ and against Ubisoft in allowing Patrice Desilets to head up the U.S. game publisher’s new Montreal development studio.
Keyhole named to Berlinale Special lineup
The Guy Maddin film continues to garner kudos and attention from the film community.
TSN plans multi-platform coverage of 2012 World Juniors
TSN returns with comprehensive digital coverage of the Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 tournament from Calgary and Edmonton that gets the channel NHL-size TV audiences.
Linzi Knight named winner of Shortnonstop fest
The Gay Who Wasn’t Gay Enough, Knight’s winning made-for-mobile short, will play at the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival awards pre-show in June 2012.
MTV Canada rolls out homegrown Jersey Shore companion show
The Canadian channel will also debut MTV Creeps on Jan. 5, where social media judges critique new media addicts.
Best of the Year: Combat Hospital
UPDATED: It may not have earned a second season, but Global TV and Sienna Films’ medical drama still earns kudos for its well-executed, cleverly financed and highly popular first season.
Survivorman to return to OLN
Canadian specialty network OLN has begun production on four Survivorman specials, set to air in summer 2012.
Recipe to Riches caps Glo-ing season
The Temple Street reality goes into its finale episode as the sixth highest-rated show on Food Net Canada.
Wingin’ It flies to mobile
The mobile game for the Family Channel show is a spinoff of the Wingin’ It online arcade game, available for iOs and Android devices.
Showcase adds Rizzoli and Isles to winter sked
Lost Girl and new crime drama Rizzoli and Isles topline Showcase’s winter sked.
‘Mom-coms’ and breakup advice from Random Bench
Producer Elizabeth Levine talks to Playback about developing the prodco’s mother-daughter comedy, participating in the Telefilm/CFC Comedy Lab and why mom issues make great movies.
FX Canada acquires animated series Unsupervised from FX Productions
The deal marks the second major acquisition for the Canadian version of the FX channel stateside after The Ultimate Fighter reality series was picked up for a March 2012 debut.
OWN Canada to premiere Million Dollar Neighbourhood midseason
The Force Four Entertainment series challenges 100 families to collectively raise $1 million in 10 weeks to ease their financial problems.
iTunes selects CBC News app as best mobile news offering
The CBC’s mobile news offering faced competition from homegrown news apps from the Globe and Mail and National Post newspapers and CTV News.
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