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| Production news: marblemedia Brings Skatoony Across the Pond |
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on Sunday, February 08, 2009 - 07:11 PM |
marblemedia announced today that it has acquired the North American format rights to produce a version of the popular Cartoon Network U.K. series Skatoony. Currently in its third season on Cartoon Network, the successful television program pits real kids against cartoon characters in an animated quiz game show format. The first season enters production this spring and will shoot 13 half-hour English and 13 half-hour French episodes. The series, aimed at kids aged 8 to 12, has been commissioned for TELETOON Canada and is set to premiere in Spring 2010.
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| New Programs: Saturday Night’s Alright for Laughing with All-New Series SATURDAY NIGHT STAND - UP |
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on Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 09:19 AM |
This February, get ready to get schooled as The Comedy Network presents a brand new curriculum of Saturday night stand-up specials with SATURDAY NIGHT STAND-UP, premiering Saturday, Feb. 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. From Steven Wright to Larry the Cable Guy, SATURDAY NIGHT STAND-UP showcases the biggest names, from the most critically acclaimed, to up-and-coming comedic trail-blazers, with all-new, uncut, and totally uncensored stand-up specials.
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| Ratings: SUPER BOWL XLIII Delivers Super Audience: 4.3 Million Viewers in Canada |
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on Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 04:10 PM |
SUPER BOWL XLIII attracted a super audience in Canada on CTV and RDS, with a combined 4.293 million viewers watching the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 27-23 victory over the Arizona Cardinals.* With 9.5 million viewers– or nearly one-in-three English-speaking Canadians – tuning in to some or all of the broadcast on CTV, preliminary overnight data from BBM Nielsen Media Research confirms that SUPER BOWL XLIII is the most-watched telecast of the year in Canada.
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| Programming Highlights: TSN and TSN2 Hit the Links with Impressive Golf Coverage in 2009 |
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on Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 04:08 PM |
Fore! TSN has teed up another impressive slate of golf coverage for 2009, beginning this weekend with the PGA TOUR’s FBR OPEN. Once again, TSN is the home of all four majors with exclusive live Canadian coverage of each round from the U.S. OPEN, BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP and PGA CHAMPIONSHIP and all four rounds of THE MASTERS including live weekday-round coverage. Other highlights include the 100th RBC CANADIAN OPEN and the biennial PRESIDENTS CUP.
In addition to the extensive coverage on the main network, TSN2 complements TSN’s golf schedule with exclusive live Canadian coverage of the final round of each of the PEBBLE BEACH NATIONAL PRO-AM, SENIOR BRITISH OPEN, RICOH WOMEN’S BRITISH OPEN, U.S. SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP, and THE BARCLAYS CLASSIC.
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| New Channels: CTV Goes High Definition in Calgary |
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on Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 04:06 PM |
Last wednesday, CTV Inc. announced it has completed installation of an over-the-air (OTA) High Definition transmitter in Canada’s third-largest English language television market. “CTV HD Calgary” is now transmitting from CTV Calgary’s Patina Rise headquarters. CTV becomes the only broadcaster now transmitting over-the-air in High Definition in Calgary and, with similar operations in Vancouver and Toronto, CTV also now becomes Canada’s only broadcaster to have HD transmitters in all three markets metered by BBM Nielsen Media Research.
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