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DHX buys Bulldog
Ownership of high-tech gyms for kids provides outlet for properties from Decode, Halifax and Studio B
Lionsgate kids around with HIT
New deal hands home entertainment rights for Thomas & Friends, Bob the Builder and others to distrib, edging out Fox
Global renews three series
The Guard, The Best Years and ‘da Kink in My Hair picked up for second seasons. About a Girl axed
Alliance loses Yari deal
L.A. company behind The Illusionist and Crash crosses the floor to Entertainment One, signs three-year all-rights deal
Playback founder bids farewell
Twenty-two years atop Playback parent company Brunico Communications started with a failed bid for a radio licence in 1985, recalls founder and out-going chairman Jim Shenkman
Quarter million for Anagram
Makers of Fido and Delicate Art of Parking score with Telefilm’s slate program, sign output deal with Maple
Weather Network blows into Facebook
Channel and its French-language counterpart launch an application on the social networking site
Watchdog applauds disclosure of CBC expenses
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting says the publication of spending by former Ceeb head Robert Rabinovitch is healthy. ‘This will not escape the notice of the Auditor General’
Darkness descends on English Canada
Odeon Films hopes an ‘entirely new’ campaign and friendlier press will pay off at the box office for Denys Arcand’s latest
Cineflix re-dresses celebrities
Panel show Naked Fashion set to air on E!, pitting critics against the poorly dressed
W Network books with Air Canada
Dedicated in-flight channel to include Style by Jury, Maxed Out and The Smart Woman Survival Guide
Cookie Jar signs GoFish
In-game advertiser to work on game version of Magi-Nation series
Peace Arch looks to boost production
Troubled company reports higher revenues in delayed report, eyes making higher-end theatrical releases and more of The Tudors
Broadcasters split $275M from CTF
Drama grabs the lion’s share of the money, with $88 million going towards English and $36 million allocated for French productions
Anvil lands on Hot Docs
Festival to open with first-timer Sacha Gervasi’s look at the aging heavy metal band. Gunnarsson to debut his take on the Air India attack
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