CANNES – Marriage and TV are very different, except when it comes to keeping both new and exciting. So when a trio of industry heavy-hitters gathered Tuesday at MIPCOM to... Continue Reading
CANNES – With CTV giving Shaftesbury's The Listener a 13-hour fifth season order, the homegrown drama will now get to 65 episodes. You'd think that would be enough for Shaftesbury... Continue Reading
CANNES – Abbie Cornish doesn't take kindly to be called a gold-digger. "She sets up services in Dawson City," the Australian Robocop star said of the female lead, Belinda Mulroney,... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Cineflix Media on July 25 surprised the production industry by saying it was restructuring as it pulls back from Canada to focus on the U.S. and U.K. markets.... Continue Reading
TORONTO – It will be a new era at Citytv when parent Rogers Media shortly completes a revamp of the network's creative brain trust. Malcolm Dunlop, executive vice-president of TV... Continue Reading
TORONTO - In hockey-mad Canada, the continuing NHL lockout has turned the pro league toxic with fed-up hockey fans. But what about broadcasters and NHL sponsors now facing cancelled TV... Continue Reading
SEED, THE NEW CITYV SITCOM now shooting in Halifax, will debut in Atlantic Canada, as across the country, early in 2013. Citytv just won’t simsub the sperm donor comedy in... Continue Reading
CANNES - As Kevin Spacey descended on MIPCOM this week to promote Netflix's ballyhooed original series The House of Cards, onlookers were asking whether the video streaming giant and other... Continue Reading
CANNES - No need to fret about Hulu not being available in Canada, Wade Oosterman, chief brand officer at Bell Canada, told MIPCOM delegates on Tuesday in Cannes. “We’re a... Continue Reading
CANNES – Pierre Karl Péladeau went off script on Monday at MIPCOM to urge Ottawa and the CRTC to curb online regulations for broadcasters up against competition from Netflix and... Continue Reading