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AMC renews The Walking Dead for third season
That’s good news for Entertainment One, which distributes the zombie drama worldwide, excluding North America.
BBC taps Soumya Sriraman as EVP, home ent and licensing
The former Palisades Tartan exec will be responsible for BBC Worldwide Americas’ DVD and licensing business in the US and Canada.
X-Summit: What Canadian ‘casters are saying about digi-media behind closed doors
Canadian network execs, including Corus’ Maria Hale, talk about their evolving digital strategies at the Interactive Ontario-hosted conference in Toronto.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films
Breakaway stays in #1 to claim the top of the Canadian box office charts for the week of Oct. 14 to Oct. 20, 2011.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films
Real Steel tops the overall box office for the week of Oct. 14 to 20, 2011, as Breakaway slides to #11.
Proper’s Red Hot History goes into production
The new series for History Television gives historical figures the tabloid treatment and is being shot on location around the world.
Astral, Corus ink multi-year deals with NBCUniversal TV Canada
The deal includes multi-platform rights to over 600 Universal titles for the mediaco’s pay TV library.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs
Fast Five is #1 on the Nielsen Company DVD sales charts for the week of Oct. 3 to Oct. 9, 2011
Gary Howsam and Bill Marks reteam on The Truth
The action thriller, starring Andy Garcia, Kim Coates and Deborah Kara Unger, is shooting in Ontario and the Dominican Republic.
The Phantoms starts production in New Brunswick
The CBC telefilm stars Tyler Johnston, Kyle Mac, Holly Deveaux, Greg Bryk and Wendel Meldrum.
Rob Sheridan sells two comedy projects to ABC
The veteran Canadian screenwriter has a single-camera comedy set up at ABC Studios and another comedy with Warner Bros. TV.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs
The Big Bang Theory continues its hot streak, while The Amazing Race and Grey’s round out the top three.
Tracey Forbes and Calum deHartog to adapt Dennis Lehane story
The duo are planning a feature film adaptation of the Vietnam war-era short story Running Out of Dog.
Citytv posting ‘pretty good batting average’ for fall 2011, says Moore
Playback catches up with Rogers Broadcasting president Scott Moore, who says rookie Citytv hits like New Girl and 2 Broke Girls are laying the groundwork for the network’s success in primetime.
B.C. film industry production dips by $300 million in 2010: report
The B.C. film industry’s annual report shows an overall decline in production, attributed to increased Ontario and Quebec tax credits, a high dollar and a slowdown around the Olympics.
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