Tag Archives: The Border

Dragons' Den, Heartland, Little Mosque on the Prairie

In the news: Advertisers optimistic about CBC

November 23, 2007 Diane Wild 1 Comment

Marise Strauss of Playback reports on the CBC’s winter season and its appeal to advertisers:

Buyers upbeat on CBC
“The longer U.S. writers remain on the picket lines, the better for CBC, according to media buyers, who are optimistic about the new offerings on the pubcaster’s winter slate, which were unveiled last week.” Read more.

Photo courtesy CBC. Natalie Brown as Sophie.

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In the news: CBC’s new show websites

November 23, 2007 Diane Wild 1 Comment

Tod Maffin of Inside the CBC chats up the new websites for CBC’s new winter shows (complete with URLs!):

New sites for new shows
“It should have been no surprise, but the shows I mentioned in yesterday’s item on the 2008 winter preview also have websites – you just haven’t seen them yet. And some of them are rather spiffy!” Read more.

Heartland, Industry News, Little Mosque on the Prairie

In the news: Canadian producers unlikely to benefit from strke

November 21, 2007 Diane Wild

Guy Dixon and Kate Taylor of the Globe and Mail contradict the theory that US networks are looking north:

Windfall unlikely for Canadian shows: producers
“In other words, shows that already have deals in the works, such as Intelligence or CBC’s Little Mosque on the Prairie, will see continued interest Stateside. But there isn’t a sudden demand.” Read more.

Degrassi, Heartland

In the news: CBC may benefit from strike

November 21, 2007 Diane Wild

From Bruce DeMara of the Toronto Star:

Writers’ strike may help the CBC
“‘Who’d have thought that we would have benefited from a strike â€“ someone else’s strike?’ Kirstine Layfield, the CBC’s executive director of network programming, said yesterday at the public broadcaster’s first winter season launch event.” Read more.

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The Border online

November 21, 2007 Diane Wild 1 Comment

From a media release:

Jam3Media Delivers the Border Site for CBC â€“ Sets Standard for Immersive Reality Games

Selected from among an elite group of interactive designers, Toronto’s Jam3media is proud to announce the release of their online offering to complement The Border, a new tv crime drama by Canadian broadcaster CBC.

(The media release doesn’t give the URL – stay tuned)

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