The new venture’s first project is producing the digital media extension of upcoming CHCH game show Spin Off (Dales and Sherman pictured).
Spin Off from Suddenly SeeMore Productions will debut on the indie broadcaster in fall 2013, before being shopped, along with the original format, to international broadcasters.
The pro-consumer regulator insisted securing approval for Montreal TV station deal was not “a matter of promising to invest a certain amount into the Canadian broadcasting system.”
The announcement came yesterday at the channel’s upfront, where it revealed another five additions to its fall primetime schedule.
It’s complicated: viewers are told the CHCH broadcast signal was over-ridden by a local cable network because of CRTC retransmission rules for distant signals.
Etan Vlessing breaks down the scene this week in Hollywood as Canadian indie nets and majors compete for new shows.
Move over Lance Armstrong. Channel Zero topper Cal Millar is bulking up to take on the cycling world with Team CHCH.
Looking to open the frontiers of personalized TV commercials, Cogeco Cable is to test-drive its new targeted advertising software from Invidi Technologies on the CHCH TV network in Ontario.
A question mark remains over CTV’s loss-making A Channel stations after the CRTC said no to reducing their Can-con requirements from 60% of the broadcast year to 55%, in line with the regulator’s new 2010 TV policy.
Throwing money into conventional Canadian TV these days often feels like rolling a giant pair of dice. But Canadian indie broadcaster Channel Zero looks to have come up big as its CHCH over-the-air channel gets back into the U.S. primetime series business.