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Gray heads up A-Channel news
CTVgm has installed Baton veteran Richard Gray atop the newsrooms of its six-channel station group and Manitoba’s CKX
CRTC weighs new CAB code
The federal regulator is looking for feedback on the CAB’s new policy on the portrayal of the sexes, minorities and other groups, looking to update a 15-year-old set of guidelines
CBC signs Skate Canada
Four-year deal for figure skating includes multimedia and championship seen earlier this year on CTV and TSN
Western Canada to shine at TIFF
New titles now set for the Toronto festival include the Alberta-shot The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and the Insight/Remstar corpo Battle in Seattle
Heavy lifting at Alliance
Online video from Heavy.com will get primetime exposure on specialty outlets IFC and Showcase Action
More screens for Sunshine
Fox Searchlight and Groupe Popcorn are expanding the Danny Boyle sci-fi to 28 screens, despite the ultra-wide release of The Simpsons Movie
Global feels the Power
Drew Carey’s new game show Power of 10 is coming to primetime earlier than expected on CBS and Global
Losique makes peace with Telefilm, SODEC
The Montreal festival boss has dropped his lawsuits and made nice with the Quebec and federal agencies, ending two years of legal and policy fireworks
Pool put to work on Hairdresser
Rural Quebec shoot underway for coming-of-age story My Mother Is at the Hairdresser’s, with producers Lyse Lafontaine and Michael Mosca at Equinoxe
Greenberg supports Fitzgerald, McDonald
Latest round of funding puts cash into an adaptation of the play Consecrated Ground and the follow-up to Hard Core Logo
Pirate Master sinks
CBS has pulled the plug on Mark Burnett’s reality series of the high seas. CTV to fill gap with Law & Order: SVU
BabyFirstTV launches in Canada
A U.S. channel thinks Canucks are ready for interactive and on-demand content for babies and toddlers
Score keeping options open
On the make for a suitor, boss John Levy says Score Media might find a match in the world of broadband. But the door still isn’t closed on Alliance, he says
Feds reject Canada One
Proposed multicultural channel would not stand out from Canada’s already diverse pack, says CRTC
Bounty offered for seal footage
An American activist is offering $5,000 for footage or stills of the most recent seal hunt in Canada, alleging that the media were banned. Not so, says Ottawa
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