From WorldScreen.com:

• Fireworks International to Launch Blood Ties On Demand
  “Fireworks International will make its 22×1-hour vampire crime thriller series Blood Ties available for viewing on video on demand via Virgin Media Digital Television’s On Demand platform.” Read more.

Canadian TV writer Jill Golick at Running With My Eyes Closed dissects the structure of the pilot episode:

• Blood Ties
  “Blood Ties aired in Canada at long last: mystery, monsters and one very hot vampire who appears shirtless a lot of the time. Excellent.” Read more.

From Sun Media:

• Cox takes on the vampires
  “I was not a fan of vampire mythology. I don’t have all the Anne Rice books. I actually liked the series she did on witches more, because they were a little more grounded, as grounded as you can be when you‚re practising paganism or wicka.” Be that as it may, Cox is at the heart of the matter in the dark and sexy new Canadian TV series Blood Ties, which makes its home-country debut this week on City-TV stations (check local listings).” Read more.

From the Toronto Star:

• TV’s Blood Ties short on brains
  “Lesson Nos. 4, 5. and 6: Some vampires can’t be repelled with garlic or a silver cross. Photogenic vampires can see their reflection in a mirror, especially when working on TV shows with limited budgets for special effects. And even a seductive vampire with mind-control abilities is no match for an obstinate mortal woman.” Read more.

From Sun Media

• Schmid thirsty to make his mark
  “I pulled from my grandfather a little bit, because he’s kind of a James Bond-ish, suave gentleman who brings to mind the 1960s and 1970s, mysterious, very smooth and very controlled,” Schmid said. “That’s my mom’s dad. He’s a cool cat. But he’s not a vampire.” Read more.