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Calgary takes Corner Gas over Barbara Walters
No doubt the Oscars shook up the country. Take a closer look, though, and you’ll see that Calgary likes Corner Gas more than Barbara Walters’ Oscar special. And, in Calgary, more people watched Hockey Night in Canada than American Idol.
Feds okay CHUM buyout
The federal Competition Bureau says despite ‘concerns,’ it has no legal grounds to challenge the buyout of CHUM by CTVglobemedia, and has passed the matter to the CRTC
IATSE wins Quebec coin toss
Luck of the draw hands five out of six big-budget movies to IATSE following its short-term cease-fire with cross-town rival, the AQTIS
Moore takes top spot at CBC Sports
Former Rogers Sportsnet exec Scott Moore has taken over the sports wing at the Ceeb, replacing Nancy Lee
Real to Reel spotlights Rape author
The Toronto shop is at work in China and across Asia recounting the grim work and short life of Iris Chang, author of the bestseller investigation The Rape of Nanking
CTV preps Mayerthorpe MOW
Henry Czerny will star in the retelling of the standoff in a small Alberta town that left four RCMP officers dead
Mongrel boosts Lives of Others
High on the Sunday night Oscar win for the German-made spy drama, distrib Mongrel Media is expanding the film in its current markets and charging into Alberta ahead of schedule
Heritage chair defends Shaw, Videotron
Stopping payments to CTF was a last-ditch effort to be heard in Ottawa, says MP Gary Schellenberger, as Tories on the heritage committee prepare a minority report on the recent crisis
To Beeb or not to Beeb?
The heritage committee opens its review of CBC with questions about new media and whether to follow the lead of its tech-heavy British cousin
Muse preps comedy with Macy, Ryan
Production on the Hollywood send-up The Deal is set to start later this month in South Africa, with William H. Macy as a suicidal producer alongside Meg Ryan as a studio exec
Sci-Fi buys more Battlestar
The U.S. cable outfit is bringing the Vancouver-shot series back for a fourth season, set to shoot this summer
Shaw gives $10,000 to NSI
No, the other Shaw. Kirk. The contribution from the head of Insight Film Studios will go to start a fund for his fellow NSI alums
CTF is not broken, so don’t fix it, say MPs
A report from the heritage committee, drafted after days of hearings into the workings of the Canadian Television Fund, recommends keeping the battered fund intact
Lantos buys into Blueprint
Together with former Tri-Star president Jeff Sagansky, the top man at Serendipity Point has put a multi-million-dollar bundle into the border-straddling production house
More Bride from Buck
Alliance Atlantis has not only renewed its vows with Rich Bride Poor Bride, it bumped the wedding reality by Buck Productions to a full hour
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