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Canadian shows among Banff Festival award winners

From a media release:

Chosen from over 800 entries, the 130 category nominees represented 29 countries. The 2009 Banff World Television Festival Category Winners from Canada:

Animation Programs
I Met The Walrus
Entrant: Bravo!

History & Biography Programs
Paris 1919
Entrant: National Film Board of Canada

Lifestyle & Information Programs
Family Restaurant: The Quons (Be Bold)
Entrant: Anaid Productions Inc.
For: Food Network Canada

Popular Science & Technology Programs
Inuit Odyssey
Entrant: Clearwater Media
For: CBC Television and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

Sports Entertainment Programs
CBC’s Hockey Day in Canada
Entrant: CBC Television

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Movie Central/Movie Network producing 7 new originals

From a media release:

MOVIE CENTRAL AND THE MOVIE NETWORK GREENLIGHT SEVEN NEW ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS

Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) and Astral Media’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) today announced that seven new Canadian original projects have been greenlit for production. Featuring some of Canada’s top creative talent, this new slate includes original series Bloodletting, Phantom, The Pillars of the Earth, Living In Your Car, Meet Phil Fitz, Durham County and the made for television movie Fakers.

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In the news: Canadian shows – along with Canadian mailboxes – on US TV

From Katrina Onstad in the New York Times:

  • Funny, You Don’t Look Canadian
    “Soon television audiences will be seeing a lot more red mailboxes, as shows created in Canada infiltrate the American broadcast networks. NBC just introduced “The Listener,” about a telepathic paramedic; ABC has picked up “Copper,” described as “Grey’s Anatomy” with rookie officers; CBS has scheduled another police procedural, “The Bridge,” as a midseason replacement next winter. All three programs are shot in Toronto.” Read more.
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