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In the news: Task force on Canadian Television Fund

From Antonia Zerbisias of the Toronto Star:

  • Task force set up to study TV fund raises alarm bells
    “Just where does the CRTC have the authority under the law to hold a closed-door, one-member-only task force whose purpose is to achieve a resolution among a limited number of parties with commercial interests? According to the Broadcasting Act, a panel must consist of no fewer than three full-time commissioners. This task force has only one, plus three bureaucrats.”
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In the news: Canadian coproductions picked up by Fremantle

From C21 Media:

  • Fremantle picks Blueprint dramas
    “Love You To Death (13×30′) stars John Waters (director of Pink Flamingos, Hairspray and Cry-Baby) in his TV series debut as the ‘Groom Reaper,’ and tells the tales of spouses who have killed their other halves. … Also new to the FME slate in Cannes this April will be The Best Years (13×60′), another drama from Blueprint, coproduced with Global Television and The N, the Viacom-owned US teen night-time network.”
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In the news: Robson Arms’ post-American Idol episode

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From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail, includes mentions of the Rick Mercer Report and This Hour Has 22 Minutes:

  • A quality show that deserves an after-Idol glow
    “As this season progresses, its strengths emerge again. It’s still light, but skittish and crisp, asking a little more of the viewer. Tonight’s episode underlines all those merits. With any luck, enough Idol fans will see it and be charmed, as they should be.”
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