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Way Off Broadway to debut in February

Formerly titled Broadway Bootcamp, the 13-ep series will premiere Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. on Bravo!

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CRTC licenses Bell Media ‘Movies’ channel

The Category 2 specialty service is the latest movie-themed TV offering in the Canadian TV landscape as broadcasters face new challenges from OTT services like Netflix.

The Firm, Bomb Girls topline Global’s winter sked

Canadian shows shine on the Shaw Media channel’s mid-season schedule.

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NSI announces shortlists for Features First and Drama Prize programs

Twenty-one films make the cut for the National Screen Institute’s features and shorts development programs.

Prom Night at the White House

Director/producer Paul Saltzman talks about the film’s continuing impact, screening this week at the White House and his upcoming Mississippi-based project.

Cineflix Rights sells 200-plus hours to Discovery

Force Four Entertainment’s Cupcake Girls and Frantic Films’ Rags to Red Carpet are amongst the programming sold to Discovery Communications channels.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films – Dec. 2 to Dec. 8, 2011

Monsieur Lazhar tops the Canadian box office again this week. (Free content)

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films – Dec. 2 to Dec. 8, 2011

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn tops the list again in its third week of theatrical release. (Free content)

Telefilm and Rogers Group of Funds award $1.35 million for docs

A total of eight films are being supported through the Theatrical Documentary Program, including Patrick Reed’s Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children.

DHX Media posts lower Q1 earnings, despite higher revenues

The Canadian producer bolstered its revenue line with higher producer fees and service production business.

Best of the Year: Christine Shipton

Shaw Media’s VP of original content talks about her approach to commissioning great shows and programming highlights of 2011.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – Nov. 21 to Nov. 27, 2011

Deathly Hallows: Part II from the series about “the boy who lived” takes the top-selling DVD spot again this week. (Free content)

How Bell Media landed the Canadian rights to Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management

The former Two and a Half Men star appeared on CTV Monday night to tell Canadians he was returning to TV with a new sitcom from Lionsgate Television.

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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs – Nov. 28 to Dec. 4, 2011

The Big Bang Theory is on top this week, with Survivor: South Pacific at #3 and Russell Peters’ Christmas at #6. (Free content)

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CRTC hands Bell a penalty over mobile sports programming

Ruling on a January 2011 complaint filed by Telus, the regulator says Bell’s exclusive mobile-content deals with the NHL and NFL run contrary to its new media policy, a claim Bell refutes.