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More opera for Empire
Deal to put five shows from London’s Royal Opera House on its screens extends highbrow fare at the theater chain into the summer
Ledger film shooting again
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus starts at Bridge Studios with Depp, Law and Farrell in for the late star
Kubota crosses to CTV
Former Canwest exec steps in as VP of sales
Will Alliance lose New Line?
The gobbling up of the minimajor by Warner and the coming together of rivals Seville and Maximum make for an uncertain future at Alliance
Remstar moves to buy TQS
Deal revealed Monday will make producer-distributor the latest owner of troubled Quebec network
Englishman weathers Oprah
Despite tough competition from Oprah’s Big Give, the two-part CBC miniseries held its own, beating recent minis including St. Urbain’s Horseman and CTV’s Would Be Kings
Conference looks at games
The rise of gaming on social media sites — Scrabulous, for one — will be the focus of this month’s ICE08
New training program at Banff
Festival calling for applications from digital content creators for new fellowship
CBC axes jPod, MVP, Intelligence
Series failed to draw ‘mass audience’ despite record-breaking season, says CBC. jPod producer blames lack of promotion by network
Continental tops with four Jutras
Director Stéphane Lafleur and micro_scope take best film, directing and screenplay, finishing ahead of heavies Les 3 p’tits cochons and L’âge des ténèbres
Seville joins with Maximum
Joint venture unveiled Monday will see distributors share marketing, sales and other efforts
Bloc MP stands by his bill
Stiffer penalties needed to stem rise of violence seen on TV by children, insists Bernard Bigras, citing study at Laval University
Corus buys CLT
Former CHUM channel changes hands again, for $73 million
New CFO at CTV
Former Rogers exec John Gossling taking over for retiring Robin Fillingham
New bill looks to limit TV violence
Bloc MP wants to curb on-screen violence seen by children, but his plan is playing to mixed reviews in policy circles
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