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CMF unveils recipients of $12.9 million experimental stream
It looks like games were top of mind for the Canada Media Fund, as it releases the results of the first round in its Experimental Stream.
Peace Point to launch iPad/phone app for Olson recipes
Peace Point Entertainment continues to push new media components, with the latest a recipe generator app that features TV chefs Anna and Michael Olson.
Teletoon kicks off new A18-34 block Sunday
Teletoon is getting ready to add some personality – and its very first personality – as Teletoon at Night launches this Sunday evening at 10 p.m.
Online video consumption to trump primetime TV
With Canadians increasingly viewing free online video, the day when web-surfing surpasses primetime TV viewership is nearer than you think, according to first-ever study on Canadian online viewing habits by pollster Ipsos Reid and M Consulting.
Rookie Blue in second season production
Global Television’s Rookie Blue is shooting a second season in Toronto through to Christmas.
The new promise of TV: Atomic 2010
“Unbridled attention – the premise media was built on – no longer exists.” So said Atomic’s morning keynote speaker, Kevin Slavin, at the strategy magazine-hosted event Wednesday in Toronto.
The Non-Fiction Pitch Guide: Discovery and Food Network
Thinking about pitching your factual content to Discovery Canada or Food Network Canada? Find out how they prefer to hear from you.
U of T creates Norman Jewison Stream of social study
The University of Toronto’s Victoria University has created the Norman Jewison Stream for Imagination and the Arts, a new offering for first-year students which examines how the arts can play an integral role in confronting social problems.
Nerdscreen: Warren Spector looks to rejected Disney film for inspiration
Join Playback’s staff writer and proud resident nerd Emily Claire Afan as she explores the latest and greatest from the gaming and digital worlds.
Canadian New Media Awards announce 2010 nominees
A raft of new categories have been introduced to the upcoming 10th edition of the Canadian New Media Awards.
Lionsgate pitches MGM merger while fighting Icahn in B.C. Court
Lionsgate Entertainment on Wednesday pitched a merger with the debt-laden Hollywood studio MGM supported by Carl Icahn, even as its lawyers fought a lawsuit in the British Columbia Supreme Court brought by its largest shareholder.
Watchdog: Broadcasters need to fact check election ads
Canadian TV censor has reminded broadcasters they need to fact-check paid political campaign commercials after a Nova Scotia election attack ad was found to be incorrect.
The Non-Fiction Pitch Guide: The CBC
The amount of factual programming on the CBC continues to grow every year.
Nelson to anchor Calgary’s CTV News at Six
Stepping down from her role as Global National’s European Bureau Chief, Tara Nelson will soon be taking over the anchor chair at CTV Calgary’s CTV News at Six.
eOne names Kot SVP factual
eOne has named Michael Kot as the new senior vice president of factual entertainment in the company’s television division.
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