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Cameras roll on CBC TV movie Still Life

The adaptation of the Louise Penny crime novel series is the first project from PDM Entertainment, the production vehicle for Phyllis Platt, Brian Dennis and Peter Moss.

Breakthrough Entertainment to produce CBC preschool series

The indie producer is co-producing with Little Airplane Productions The Adventures of Napkin Man as a hybrid animation and live action series.

Factual spotlight: CBC Doc Zone

In the first installment in a series of profiles with leading Canadian factual commissioners, Michael Claydon gives the lowdown on pitching to CBC’s Doc Zone.

Halifax hosts shoots for The Khouris and Seed comedy pilots

Rizwan Manji (pictured) is taking the lead as Dr. Bob Khouri in the CBC pilot from Los Angeles-based Tim McAuliffe.

DHX’s Pirates heads to Super RTL in Germany

Germany’s Super RTL has snapped up CGI-animated series Pirates, Adventures in Art from Canada’s DHX Media.

CBC’s search for Dorothy goes social

The pubcaster has taken its second-screen apps up a notch for Over the Rainbow, using audio cues and live events as ways viewers can vote for their favourite contestant.

Tom Hastings moves to Bell Media as drama production exec

The former CBC exec will develop drama series and movies for the company’s conventional and specialty channels.

CBC/Radio-Canada win rights to 2015 Pan Am Games

The deal includes TV, radio, online and mobile rights for the upcoming amateur sports event to be held in Toronto.

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CRTC relaunches CBC/Radio-Canada licence renewals

The move follows a delay since July 2011 on public hearings into renewing the licences for the English and French language public broadcast services.

Blue Ant Media enters agreement to buy Bold

The deal to purchase the CBC digital channel follows the company’s recent acquisition of High Fidelity HDTV.

CRTC sides with CBC in online music dispute with Stingray

The regulator ruled the pubcaster does not enjoy a market advantage after launching the 40 online music services last February.

Yahoo! Canada launches Screen

The company has kicked off a new video platform, which includes international and homegrown content from partners including the CBC, Morgan Spurlock and ET Canada.