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Cookie Jar deal blocked by Ohio court

Makers of Strawberry Shortcake win temporary order blocking US$87.6 million buyout of DIC Entertainment, with talk of ‘irreparable damage’ to brand

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Court okays BCE deal

Rights of shareholders written into law with landmark ruling on $52 billion buyout

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NSI puts up promotion dollars

New bursary in honor of Jim Murphy to help students push film projects

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More names join Just Comedy

Ask a Ninja creators on roster with Shaun of the Dead director and Fremantle exec Rob Clark

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Search begins for new HNIC theme

Timeline gives Canadians until end of August to submit hockey tunes to CBC, leading to a network special in October

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TVO jumps in with Joost

Educational documentaries from TVO are the latest Canadian offerings to join Joost

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Frappier, Vannelli tapped for Olympics

French-language coverage for Vancouver and London to be led by RDS execs

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Harkness exiting Banff

Festival boss leaving for U.S. after three years

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Families moved by Air India

Sturla Gunnarsson’s take on the terrorist bombing plays commercial free on Sunday on CBC, but has already made its mark in Vancouver’s Indian community

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Small doc crew spanned the world

Traveling light helped the Global Metal gang shoot their sequel doc in Israel, Dubai and Tiananmen Square, though they were turned away from Iran

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Reeb upped at Canwest

Newsman takes over for retiring Steve Wyatt as SVP

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CBC bets on viral success with SeenThis?

Pubcaster hopes more content will get shared through social networking and Facebook tool

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Liberals propose amendments to Bill C-10

Opposition party asks that Heritage minister be stripped of powers to deny tax credits to films and TV shows and government not issue content guidelines

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Cable and satellite still making gains

CRTC figures show further increases in revenue for broadcast distribution companies

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Red Rover’s fine and D.A.N.D.Y.

The Toronto animation shop is underway on scripts and backdrops for its new CGI series about an army robot on the Moon, which it expects to have ready next year