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TVO turns 40
Ontario pubcaster TVO is celebrating the big 4-0 this year, and it’s doing so with a host of activities along with the launch of an online public archive.
USA Networks renews Psych for sixth season
USA Network’s longest-running original series Psych is returning for a sixth season shoot in Vancouver.
Canadian Pickers picked by History Television
After making American Pickers a hit south of the border on History, Cineflex Productions has sold Canwest Global’s History Television the format to make a local junkyard scavenger series Canadian Pickers.
Marblemedia and 9 Story get Gnasty
MIPCOM is just a week away and two Toronto prodcos are heading to the market with a new animated comedy series based on the book by Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine.
Citytv launches iPad app
Rogers Media has launched an iPad video app for Citytv.com, the first by a Canadian broadcaster.
A&E’s Breakout Kings shoots at Pinewood
20th Century Fox TV has set up shop at Pinewood Toronto Studios to shoot the A&E procedural drama Breakout Kings through to the end of January 2011.
In Production: Nova Scotia (Sept. 27, 2010)
In Production: Nova Scotia (Sept. 27, 2010)
In Production: Ontario (Sept. 25, 2010)
In Production: Ontario (Sept. 25, 2010)
Allder out, Culbert in as EP of CBC’s Nature of Things
The CBC has made a major change to its long-running series The Nature of Things with David Suzuki, with news that Bob Culbert is coming on board as area executive producer, replacing Michael Allder.
DHX Media swings to full-year loss
Fewer and less lucrative series orders from struggling Canadian broadcasters led indie producer DHX Media to swing to a full-year loss of $813,000 in fiscal 2010, against a year-earlier profit of $385,000.
Cat in the hat sells into Israel
Portfolio Entertainment has sold its marquee kids TV series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! to Zebra TV Channels’ HOP! Channel, the Israeli preschool kids channel.
CTV back for more So You Think You Can Dance
As the third season of So You Think You Can Dance Canada nears an October climax, CTV has ordered a fourth cycle.
XIII adds to cast and begins shooting
Jay Firestone’s latest project has lined up foreign and Canadian star wattage for his XIII drama for Showcase.
DGC hands top prizes to Leslie, Cairo Time
It was a mixed bag of winners at the Directors Guild of Canada awards on Saturday, where Reginald Harkema nabbed the best feature director prize for Leslie, My Name is Evil, while Ruba Nadda’s Cairo Time was named best feature film.
CTV edges Wednesday ratings race with Criminal Minds
CTV took Wednesday night with CBS’s Criminal Minds returning at 9 p.m. with 2.64 million total viewers; a handy lead-in for the CBS freshman legal drama The Defenders at 10 p.m. with 1.9 million viewers, according to BBM Canada PPM data.
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