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New Canadian International Television Festival launches in November


TORONTO – A new festival celebrating English and French-language Canadian programming is set to debut this fall. The Canadian International Television Festival (CITF) will open on November 16, 2013 at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, with Bell Media, the Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) as key supporters. As the first event of its kind in Canada, the not-for-profit CITF is open to the public, journalists, broadcasting students, advertisers, and the industry to discover and enjoy new and returning English and French-language Canadian programs.   The festival will also salute the diversity of the global television...