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Rofekamp honored by Hot Docs

Distributor named this year’s Doc Mogul winner, warns of ‘huge problem’ in industry

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No SexTV please, we’re Corus

Company says it will rejig its just-bought speciality as a movie channel, working in synch with W

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Telefilm defends lopsided spending

Quebec not getting preferential treatment, says financing chief. But, yes, it did get 48% of the feds’ movie cash over the past decade

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Kids hit one million on CBC

They’ve still got it. Beloved comedy troupe sees solid numbers upon return to TV, despite facing top-rated American Idol

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Earnings up at Astral

Quarterly report shows ad rebound. Profits up at Cogeco, down at rival Shaw

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Releases roundup: Alliance sends out Spy

Family-friendly comedy will see competition from Washington and Eli, while Lovely Bones courts female auds

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In other news…

Erin Karpluk finds other work, and a Thunder Bay affiliate looks to hang CTV with its own words

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O’Farrell sweetens plan for ads

New technology will put Canuck commercials into in non-simulcast U.S. shows, sending more money to broadcasters

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Profits jump 82% at Corus

Company posts positive first-quarter results. Cassaday sees rebound in advertising sales

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Force Four committed to Murder

Crime series and aspirational The Cupcake Girls ready for W. Factual series in prep for CBC

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Podz thriller goes to IFC

Sundance-bound revenge pic Seven Days set for U.S. market

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Canwest bidders weigh options

Corus eyeing lucrative specialty channels along with three other bidders, Shaw, Fairfax and Pattison

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CTV primetime series headed to A

Secondary channel will simulcast episodes of hit U.S. shows including American Idol and Lost during Winter Olympics

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Kids find No Equal

Canwest green-lights development deal for new comedy half-hour

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$1 million for Imaginarium

Canada/U.K. copro brings in $1 million at the box office after two weeks