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eOne’s Peppa Pig top-selling pre-school toy license in UK market

Entertainment One has in Peppa Pig the biggest-selling pre-school toy license in the UK market.

Kardashian reality series opens strong on E! Canada

E! Canada’s Kourtney & Kim Take New York debut was the highest-rated premiere for the Canadian cable channel since parent-CTV brought E! Entertainment Television back to Canada last fall.

Villeneuve makes the final Oscar cut – Updated

It’s official: Denis Villeneuve is going for his Oscar.

Flashpoint wins post-Superbowl slot

With the ratings CTV has been garnering for NFL of late, there’s little surprise one of the net’s biggest homegrown series has won the coveted post-Superbowl slot on Sunday, February 6.

Nerdscreen: Explore game creation with LittleBigPlanet 2

Film influence in games are slowly but surely becoming the norm and LittleBigPlanet 2 is no exception. Level designer Christophe Velledieu from Media Molecule stopped off in Toronto to discuss the new title’s inspirations as well as its potential for folks interested in making games.

Maple Pictures picks up Sundance pic My Idiot Brother

Maple Pictures has acquired the Canadian rights to My Idiot Brother after the Weinstein Company earlier snapped up the Paul Rudd-starrer from Big Beach Films at Sundance.

Dino Dan gets Latin America representation at NATPE

Spanish distributor Imira Entertainment is representing Breakthrough Entertainment’s Dino Dan in Latin America.

Shaftesbury sells shows to Starz Entertainment

In the first Canadian deal-making at NATPE, Shaftesbury Sales Company has sold the film Vacation With Derek and Baxter TV series to Starz Entertainment.

eOne shooting reality show pilot starring Antoine Dodson

Entertainment One is producing a reality show pilot that stars Internet sensation Antoine Dodson, a.k.a. The Bed Intruder Guy.

Ratings: Golden Globes win the week

Ricky Gervais’ controversial performance during the Jan. 16 broadcast helps CTV capture number one spot.

TVOntario launches Boxee and Yahoo! TV apps

TVOntario has connected with Boxee and Yahoo! TV to get its shows onto the online TV platforms.

CMF over-subscribed on increased digital media applications

Canadian TV producers continue to go overboard in pursuing production subsidies from the Canada Media Fund after the industry fund completed its first year in a familiar position: over-subscribed.

Dolan up for Cesar for Les Amours imaginaires

Montreal filmmaker Xavier Dolan, who will start shooting his third feature, Laurence Anyways, at the end of February, has been nominated for a Cesar Award, the French Oscar, for Les Amours imaginaires (Heartbeats).

GameON: Keynote Dino Patti talks funding on first project

Seeking VC investors can be quite the challenge, but that wasn’t the case for Dino Patti and Playdead Games, as the keynote speaker revealed on the final day of GameON: Finance.

eOne picks up Foreverland rights

Entertainment One has grabbed the Canadian distribution rights to Foreverland, Maxwell McGuire’s feature about a young man stricken with cystic fibrosis who goes on a road trip to Mexico.