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The Best Laid Plans starts production in Ottawa
Jonas Chernick (pictured), Kenneth Welsh and Jodi Balfour lead the CBC series due for a winter 2014 launch.
TSN to air 150 NHL games during 2013-14 season
Rival Sportsnet, which will unveil its complete upcoming NHL season schedule on Thursday, plans to air around 250 live games.
Cameras roll on third season of CBC’s Mr. D
The homegrown comedy is shooting in and around Halifax, with Gerry Dee, Jonathan Torrens, Kassidy Mattera and Mark Forward starring.
How Canadian TV nets covered the royal birth
The supper-hour coverage featured visits by correspondents to local hospitals to interview mothers who also gave birth Monday (pictured, The Lindo Wing at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington).
Canadian screenwriters, CBC agree new labour deal
The Writers Guild of Canada and the public broadcaster agreed on terms for separate new collective agreements for radio and TV English-language screenwriting.
DHX inks deal with Canal+ for Monster Math Squad
The French premium pay TV channel will air the CG-animated series in territories including France and Switzerland.
Over the Rainbow, Big Brother Canada snag Social TV Award nods
The Shaw Media reality show (pictured) will challenge in the best TV show and best TV everywhere competitions.
Alberta film and TV productions assess flood impact
Overflowing rivers in southern Alberta have interrupted the production of CBC’s Heartland, AMC’s Hell on Wheels (photo from actor Anson Mount pictured) and Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar.
Carlo Rota named new Recipe to Riches host
Rota (pictured) replaces former host Jesse Palmer as the reality competition format moves from Shaw Media to become a tentpole of the CBC’s winter 2014 lineup.
BetaFilm closing in on European deals for Cracked cop drama
White Pine Pictures says the international distributor of the CBC drama is in final negotiations on a German pay TV deal.
Second season shoot for Cracked gets new showrunner
Bruce Smith will stickhandle the sophomore season for the CBC drama, which also sees Brooke Nevin (pictured) replace Stefanie von Pfetten in the lead role opposite David Sutcliffe.
Weekly roundup: TV premieres and new CMPA board members
Today’s package of briefs includes news of the premiere of SHRED!, yap films’ new factual series for Discovery (pictured).
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