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In the news: jPod goes to Spain

From Marta Alonso of Vayatele (it’s in Spanish, so it either says JPod is coming to Spain in March, or tells you how to get to the library):

jPod llegarÃ¡ a EspaÃ±a en marzo
“Apenas dos meses y medio despuÃ©s de su estreno en la televisiÃ³n canadiense, la serie de Douglas Coupland se podrÃ¡ ver en las plataformas de televisiÃ³n por cable y ADSL, a travÃ©s del canal Buzz.” Translation: Just 2 1/2 months after premiering on Canadian television, the Douglas Coupland series will be seen on cable and ADSL through the Buzz channel. Read more (lea mÃ¡s).

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From Rob Salem of the Toronto Star:

Hot Box, TV worth talking about
“A recent survey says that awareness is at an all-time high for the new, more viewer-friendly CBC prime-time lineup. One in three people polled late last month by The Canadian Press and Harris-Decima had actually heard of The Border, jPod, MVP and Sophie. Mind you, that’s heard of â€“ not actually watched. Indeed, the most seen of all the new shows, The Border, came in at only 10 per cent. And that’s also heard of as opposed to liked. While jPod got the most positive reviews of the bunch, it also got the most negative responses. Could this be more quintessentially Canadian? … 9 p.m. Let’s try to up those viewership numbers (see above) for The Border on CBC, shall we?” Read more.

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From Lee-Anne Goodman of the Canadian Press:

Canadians taking notice of CBC shows
“As of Jan. 28th, one in three people polled had heard about four of the CBC’s heavily promoted winter shows: “The Border,” “JPod,” “Sophie” and “MVP.” All of the shows launched in early January.” Read more.

Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family has last week’s ratings for many shows (click the links below for more than are mentioned in the blurbs):

Global Doesn’t Have a Prairie
“Wednesday’s CBC numbers: Little Mosque 776,000, new ABC Family pickup Sophie 545,000, fifth estate 671,000.” Read more.
MVP Held Off Score Sheet
“In its new day and date premiere, the sexy prime time soap about the “secret lives of hockey wives” netted only 249,000 viewers. That’s almost exactly what it was getting on Fridays before CBC flipped it with lower rated rookie jPod.” Read more.
Cross Border Election Win
“The bad news for The Border is that it sank to its lowest audience level ever Monday night, an estimated 567,000 viewers–down nearly 200,000 viewers from the Monday before. It was also the week the viewers went away from The Week The Women Went, with the CBC reality series down to 548,000 viewers.” Read more.

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From Alex Strachan of Canwest News Service:

Reality shows that suck reap the benefit of strike
“jPod, the homegrown drama that tries so very, very hard to show that a TV show about Gen Yers surfing the net can be every bit as compelling as, well, surfing the net, moves to a new night. In tonight’s outing, doofus dad Jim (Alan Thicke) tries to make it onto White Ghost, a Hong Kong TV show that shows North Americans doing dumb things — like, say, competing on 1 vs. 100. 9 p.m., CBC.” Read more.