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The Borgias adds Chriqui
Emmanuelle Chriqui is to do a star turn in the period drama The Borgias from indie producer Take 5 Productions and its British partners.
Tuesday night goes to Global’s Glee
OMG! Fox’s camp dramedy Glee won Tuesday night for Global Television as the opening week for Canada’s fall TV season kicked into gear.
Netflix Canada to compete with on-demand content
The trumpets are sounded. The battle is on. Netflix has launched a Canadian movie and TV series subscription service at $7.99 a month, in competition with Canuck broadcaster and cable websites lately ramping up their free on-demand content.
Planet in Focus kicks off with Ron Mann Atwood doc
Ron Mann’s Margaret Atwood book tour documentary, In the Wake of the Flood, is to open the Planet in Focus film festival at Bell Lightbox on October 13, organizers said Wednesday.
The Listener adds to cast
Lauren Lee Smith and Tara Spencer Nairn (Corner Gas) have joined the ensemble cast for the second season shoot of The Listener from Shaftesbury Films.
Unions and Guilds weigh in on Shaw deal
Don’t let Shaw Communications off lightly when it comes to a benefits package required for approval to acquire Canwest Global Communications Corp’s TV assets. That was the message to the CRTC Wednesday from Canadian indie producers, guilds and unions.
Netflix here for $8 a month
In a move likely to strike fear among Canadian broadcasters, Netflix Canada launched Wednesday with an Internet movie and TV series subscription service priced at $7.99 a month.
Fall TV season kicks off with strong performances
And we’re off… The first night of Canada’s fall TV season Monday handed each of the major broadcasters some good news.
Don Shebib is Down the Road Again
Kathleen Robertson, Anthony Lemke and Tedde Moore have joined the cast for Down the Road Again, the sequel to Don Shebib’s classic 1970s film Goin’ Down the Road from indie producer Union Pictures.
$30 million bid for social media translator
Interactive content producer Intertainment Media has received an unsolicited US$30 million bid for its upstart social media translator division Ortsbo.
AMC zombie drama rights to eOne
Entertainment One has acquired the international distribution rights to the AMC zombie drama The Walking Dead from Fox International Channels.
TVA Group gets funny with QuebeComm
Quebec broadcaster TVA Group has acquired a non-verbal TV series made up of around 1000 comic mini-clips, or 39 half-hours of content, to be produced over three years.
Webb resigns from Corus Entertainment
Joanna Webb has resigned from Canadian media giant Corus Entertainment. Promoted in late July to VP and head of programming and production to oversee the entire Corus TV group, including kidnets YTV and Treehouse, Webb is set to depart the company on October 1.
CRTC weighs in on Shaw-Canwest deal
CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein called it a “pleasant” conversation and told top Shaw Communications executives to re-file a sweetened tangible benefits package. Otherwise, Shaw Communications looks on track for a quick approval of its $2 billion takeover of Canwest Global Communications’ TV assets once they emerge from creditor protection.
McEnery joins CBC sales team
CBC has brought on a sales vet to head up a new biz dev position. MIchele McEnery has been appointed to the newly created role of director, CBC/Radio-Canada Multicultural Business Development.
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