In the news: Entertainment’s digital future

Jim Slotek of the Winnipeg Sun touches on the Canadian TV and movie market’s digital future:

A strong future
“The age of “New Media” is dawning as we embrace movies-on-demand and TV shows downloaded onto iPods.” Read more.

In the news: The Cancon debate

Rita Trichur of the Toronto Star delves into the continuing controversy over Cancon:

Struggle over Can-con control
“For-profit broadcasters say they should be in charge, while Canadian nationalists stake their own claim. Who’s right?” Read more.

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Justin Podur of ZNet analyses the politics of CBC’s upcoming The Border – though he doesn’t appear to have seen the show:

Defend the Border: The CBC’s new show can only help â€œthe bad guysâ€
“For all its seeming moral complexity, â€œThe Borderâ€ thinks it knows who the bad guys are and thinks it knows that they aren’t us.” Read more.

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Kate Taylor of the Globe and Mail interviews Graham Abbey of The Border:

From the Bard to Border guard
“Abbey plays agent Gray Jackson, the action man at Immigration and Customs Security, and can be seen wrestling suspected terrorists to the ground and threatening peddlers of fake passports when the show makes its debut Monday night.” Read more.

Detective Sergeant Gray Jackson (Graham Abbey) in The Border

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John Doyle of the Globe and Mail lists what’s worthy on TV:

There’s good news this month (just watch out for the fall)
“The Border, CBC, starts Monday: Worth your attention not because it’s brilliant – it isn’t – but because it is anchored in highly charged, headline-grabbing Canadian issues. Outrageously melodramatic at times, it deals with big, big political and social matters in a big, broad manner. MVP, CBC, starts Friday: CBC’s new soap isn’t so much about professional hockey as it is about the bedrooms of the players and the boardrooms of the teams. Sexy, funny and fresh, it’s a gloriously entertaining series.” Read more.

The Mustangs of MVP