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Hot Sheet
The Hot Sheet tracks Canadian box-office results for the week of Feb. 11-17 and television ratings for the week of Feb. 14-20.
Corner Gas nears 2 million viewers
CTV’S Corner Gas passed another ratings record on Feb. 21 when its audience approached two million.
Maman Last Call opens strong, Childstar closes
One week into its release by Christal Films, Francois Bouvier’s Maman Last Call has jumped into the number-one spot on the Canadian box-office chart.
Monday nights up for grabs
Mid-season changes to the schedules of Radio-Canada, TVA and TQS have set the stage for ratings showdowns among the top broadcasters in Quebec, with the French half of CBC looking to hang on to Monday night while also staking new territory on Sundays.
B.C. mediator to finalize Tysoe recommendations
Vancouver: Veteran mediator Vince Ready has been named by the B.C. government’s Ministry of Labour to hammer out the final and outstanding details on the Tysoe Report, first presented a year ago. Ready’s industrial inquiry, which was announced Feb. 7, will present its findings April 1.
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CHUM reorganizes in west
Broadcaster revenues climb to $2.1 billion: CRTC
Broadcasters brought in more money in 2004 but they couldn’t hang on to it, according to stats released this month by the CRTC. Canadian private broadcasters saw revenues climb 1% last year, to $2.1 billion, while costs took a 22.7% bite out of the year’s overall earnings.
Khanjian, Walsh headline Winnipeg fest
You know you’re a ‘real Canadian’ when instead of curling up on the couch with a blanket to watch a flick on a cold winter night, you’d rather put on a parka, head outside into the -20C night air and watch films projected onto ice.
People
* John Flock is now president of Peace Arch Entertainment Group, overseeing all operations of the Toronto production house. Flock is also head of its subsidiary Peace Arch L.A.
Bob McAdorey 1935-2005
Broadcaster Bob McAdorey died Feb. 5 in Toronto after a long illness. He was 69.
Canada far behind in HD transition
Michael McEwen is president of Canadian Digital Television. Following is an edited version of the speech McEwen delivered at the Canadian Satellite Users Association’s annual conference, held Feb. 1-2 in Toronto.
Talk is cheap
Maybe certain broadcasters saw the writing on the wall. Maybe certain broadcasters realized that if they continue to let English-Canadian drama deteriorate as they had for the last five years, the federal authorities would wake up one day and ask what the hell is going on around here?
Tapestry rebrands, opens Screen Door
Toronto: It’s a strange move – to rename one’s company just as it’s hitting a high point. If business has been bad or, say, if there’d been PR trouble, it makes sense. (Case in point: SkyDome is now called Rogers Centre.) But Tapestry Pictures has been on something of a winning streak for the past couple of years, thanks to its multi-Gemini-winning Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and the well-received MOW Prom Queen. Why would co-owners Mary Young Leckie and Heather Haldane rebrand? The pair unveiled their new name, Screen Door, at this month’s CFTPA Prime Time in Ottawa conference.
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