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The other Jane show
Vancouver’s Insight Film Studios is hoping for a 24-sized hit with Painkiller Jane, a new sci-fi series that began shooting a 22-episode season in November.
Barna-Alper readies Céline, has Pickton in wings
First it was Shania, now Céline is getting a turn. Toronto’s Barna-Alper Productions is in preproduction on the MOW biopic Céline, based on the life of singer Céline Dion, to air on CBC.
CTF, CBC summoned to Ottawa
The long-awaited review of CBC by the Heritage committee will open with a look at the meltdown at CTF
$10 million for SODEC
Quebec unveils permanent boost to the annual budget of its troubled arts funder amid cheers from filmmakers
Showcase orders more Rent-A-Goalie
The hockey sitcom gets back to work with a slightly bigger order and an all-star guest lineup including Phil Esposito and Darryl Sittler
Super Bowl grabs 3.4 million
The Big Game, as expected, stomped other Sunday night programming, though audiences were down from last year and the numbers fell short of CTV’s CSI
First-timers at FilmExchange
The Winnipeg film festival is set to unspool the northern noir That Beautiful Somewhere and a behind-the-scenes doc about the making of Beowulf & Grendel
Lévesque leaves Teletoon
After 10 years of heading its original productions, Madeleine Lévesque has exited Teletoon to take a top post at 9 Story Entertainment
New look for Teletoon
Last summer, Teletoon started planning a multiplatform rebranding to go with its 10th anniversary. The bold new brand launched this week — four agencies, an online youth advisory panel and a cross-country focus group effort later
ACTRA, producers return to table
Federal labor minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn appoints mediator in latest bid to end month-long actors strike
TIFF breaks ground
After four years of planning and one archeological dig, construction on the new home of the Toronto film festival is underway
Daughters still a winner
The China-set tragic romance stayed atop the box office among Canadian-mades, though its numbers are cooling
More opera for Cineplex
Cineplex is expanding its Met at the Movies opera program due to high demand for the high-brow screenings.
Cogeco Fund doled out $1.7M
Last year, the cable giant supported programs including Little Mosque on the Prairie, Dragon Boys and Would Be Kings
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