From a media release:

Astral Media’s The Movie Network (eastern Canada) and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (western Canada) have commissioned 13-episodes of one of the first television series ever to be conceived from an Internet-based concept. Initially developed as eight broadcast-quality webisodes from the creative talent behind Stargate: SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis, Sanctuary is an original drama series that is also the first to be shot entirely on green screen.

Commissioned by and airing on The Movie Network and Movie Central, the series has also been green lit by the SCI FI Channel in the U.S. which will broadcast the series day and date with the Canadian broadcasters in fall 2008.

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From the Hollywood Reporter:

• Sanctuary in Sci Fi’s world
  “Sci Fi Channel has greenlighted “Sanctuary,” the first television series to use live-action actors against virtual sets in the style of the features “300” and “Sin City.” Sci Fi has ordered a full 13-episode season of the new scripted drama series, which originated online as the first high-definition sci-fi Web series.” Read more.

From a media release:

Executive producers of This is Daniel Cook and This is Emily Yeung, marblemedia, today announced that production has begun on an exciting new food adventure series for children entitled Taste Buds. Produced in association with TVO, the show will debut air this fall on TVOKids after school block in addition to Knowledge Network, Access Alberta and SCN.

Created by marblemedia partners Mark Bishop and Matt Hornburg Taste Buds is a hands-on television and interactive experience that invites kids to be part of the entire process of food preparation – shopping, cooking, eating and even cleaning up.

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From Judy Gerstel of the Toronto Star:

• Nothing’s certain but student loans
  “‘Little Mosque, Corner Gas, people my age are just not tuned into that. The quickest way to get things to our generation is with mobile phones, video iPods – it’s the way our generation watches.’ Speerin is delighted that Bite TV (targeting 18- to 25-year-old males and showcasing a Miss Multi-Platform of the Month) ‘was nice enough to give us a platform.’ He calls Bite ‘the last independently owned channel, the last independent hope of Canada, which is sad,’ and wants it known that Bite won the Emmy award for interactive television.” Read more.

From Alex Strachan of Canwest News Service:

• Would Be Kings is gripping drama
  “Would Be Kings (CTV – 9 p.m.; concludes tomorrow), a new two-night, four-hour miniseries from The Eleventh Hour co-creator Ilana Frank and occasional Eleventh Hour director David Wellington, has a weary air of familiarity about it at the beginning. But stay the course. About half an hour in, it’s as gripping and intense as Intelligence and Da Vinci’s Inquest were in their day.” Read more.