April 30th, 2012
By Sean Davidson for C21 Media
Canadian TV has room for only two or three new specialty channels from the US, and only those with must-watch original programming need apply, according to distributors and broadcasters north of the border.
Outside of news, sports and certain niche genres, the four-person panel convened in Toronto yesterday by organisers of the Banff World Media Festival agreed there was little room in Canada for channels that don’t offer original series and multi-platform rights.
“The need to have original, tent-pole series is really, really important,” said David Purdy, ...
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April 27th, 2012
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April 20th, 2012
By Stephen Cole for The Globe and Mail
A surprisingly tender look at San Diego Comic-Con, an annual pop-culture love-in that attracts 125,000 comic book and sci-fi fanatics, Supersize Medirector Morgan Spurlock’s new documentary is crowded with all the usual freaks and geeks.
There’s Chuck, a sixtysomething collector with a steel grey, 30-year-old ponytail. The comic-book store owner arrives at the convention with a mint edition of Red Raven, a 1940 Marvel comic he hopes to sell for $500,000. Probably won’t happen though. Actor Nicolas Cage, the only enthusiast who might be able ...
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April 12th, 2012
The Walking Dead finale set off a flurry of conversation across the most popular social networks in the month of March.
According to Trendrr.TV's report on social activity for cable television shows, the finale was the most talked about cable show on GetGlue, generating the highest number of social interactions on the check-in service.
This was also the case on Facebook where The Walking Dead topped SpongeBob Squarepants, considered to be the "reigning champion of Facebook conversations."
The Walking Dead almost made a clean sweep of the social networks, but came second to Pretty Little Liars on Twitter.
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April 5th, 2012
By Jill Reilly
A crowd of strangers will make 'life-changing decisions' for volunteers in a new Channel 4 show.
The Audience will feature a group of 50 ordinary men and women who will answer important questions such as 'Should I leave my job,' 'Should I start again and move abroad?' and 'Should we get married or split up?'
The jury will follow the person posing the problem around for a week in a bid to get to know them – including at work, at home and when they are socialising, before making a decision.
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