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Edmonton-bound Lionsgate series nets $9 million
Deal brokered by Edmonton and Alberta officials has banked nearly half of the budget for an unnamed, ongoing series from the U.S. giant
Sports cablers strike three-way deal for Super Series
Upcoming eight-game series between Canada and Russia will be shared among TSN, RDS and rival Rogers Sportsnet
Nurses see Sicko for free
Alliance Atlantis is letting nurses into the health-care documentary free of charge this week, following a ticket giveaway in Alberta and the blessing of director Michael Moore
Jean wraps Last feature
French-language Last Song stars chanteuse Suzie LeBlanc as a woman stricken with post-natal depression
Brightlight gets the Girl
New college-set series About a Girl underway at Vancouver shop for this fall on Global and The N
CanWest keeps Alliance under wraps
Asper puts off details on its takeover deal with Goldman Sachs until next month, as third-quarter profits take a hit. Analysts told recovery of Canadian TV operations ‘still on track’
Egoyan readying Adoration
Atom Egoyan and Robert Lantos are re-teaming for Adoration, the Oscar-nominated director’s 11th feature film and his seventh collaboration with the head of Serendipity Point Films
Strong quarter for Corus
Television sector still the big earner at Toronto broadcaster, with sales up 9% over 2006
Maple, Seville release Captivity
Torture title arrives in wide release — with less explicit ads than those seen south of the border — against the first full week of the new Harry Potter
JPod extras in the works
The makers of the Douglas Coupland book-turned-series JPod hope to expand the game-themed title onto the web
Dealmakers scouting Fantasia
Sale of the controversial doc Your Mommy Kills Animals is the latest sign that the Montreal fest is a hot spot for fantasy, horror and other genre deals
More Stone for Selleck
The Jesse Stone franchise is back in Halifax, preparing to shoot a fifth MOW for CBS with star and executive producer Tom Selleck
Cable and satellite still growing, says CRTC
Revenues for cable operators crossed the $6-billion line last year, according to the feds, but DTH and MDS are growing faster
Anderson goes Frantic
The former head of development at Cream has been handed the live-action lineup at the Winnipeg production house
Little deal for VisionTV
The multi-faith cable channel has picked up the first season of Little Mosque on the Prairie, set to rerun next month shortly before the second season on CBC
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