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 Topic: The Movie Network & Movie Central
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| Fall Highlights: The Movie Network Announces Fall 2010 Programming Lineup |
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on Tuesday, August 03, 2010 - 06:08 PM |
With premiere access to Hollywood hit movies, new and exclusive HBO content, critically acclaimed Showtime series and first-rate Canadian programming, The Movie Network offers uncut and commercial-free programming 24-hours a day on five multiplex channels: M, HBO Canada, MExcess, MFun! and MFest. The Movie Network also offers The Movie Network HD, HBO Canada HD, MExcess HD and MFun! HD, and The Movie Network OnDemand and TMN OnLine.
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| Production news: TMN and MC Announce Upcoming Production Slate |
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on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 08:39 PM |
Astral’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) announced that eight Canadian original projects have been greenlit for production. Showcasing some of this country’s best talent both in front of and behind the camera, titles include: new seasons of the comedy series Call Me Fitz, Less Than Kind and Living In Your Car; the six-part stand-up comedy series Just For Laughs: Funny As Hell (working title); Skins, a new Canadian content series based on the popular UK version; the mockumentary series The Yard; and original films Sleepyhead and Scaredycat.
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| General News: The Movie Network and HBO Canada Appoint Director of Original Programming |
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on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 05:48 PM |
Kevin Wright, Senior Vice President, Programming, Astral Television Networks, is pleased to announce the appointment of Aubie Greenberg to the position of Director, Original Programming, Movie Services, effective May 10, 2010.
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| Programming Highlights: TMN and MC Premieres New Dark Comedy GRAVITY |
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on Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 04:35 PM |
Unlikely relationships are forged when a group of strangers enter a court ordered program for suicide survivors in the new offbeat Starz series, Gravity. Weaving together the sometimes comic and other times tragic stories that brought each character to the out-patient program, Gravity premieres Monday, April 26 at 9:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) and Astral Media’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada).
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| Programming Highlights: TMN and MC's February Programming Highlights |
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on Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - 04:05 PM |
Movie Central helps fight the winter blues with a great line up of films and new episodes in February. On February 28, Movie Central premieres Atom Egoyan’s Adoration, made with support from the Corus Made with Pay Fund. Also premiering this month action-star Vin Diesel returns to his career-making role in Fast & Furious on February 5 and the story of the "demi-gods of Canadian metal” is told in the award-winning documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil on February 7.
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| Programming Highlights: MOVIE CENTRAL's January Programming Highlights |
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on Sunday, January 03, 2010 - 04:22 PM |
January is the start of a new year and with it comes an electrifying new series Spartacus: Blood and Sand on Movie Central, plus new series La La Land and new seasons of Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union. Movie Central is also premiering the autobiographical films Che Part 1 and Che Part 2 directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Oscar®-winning actor Benicio Del Toro.
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| General News: The Movie Network Adds Two HD Channels |
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on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 07:40 PM |
Astral Media’s The Movie Network today announced the launch of two additional high-definition channels – MExcess HD and MFun! HD – available free of charge to subscribers of The Movie Network. Launching today, the two new 24-hour dedicated HD channels join The Movie Network’s host of premium offerings that consist of five uncut and commercial-free multiplex channels including HBO Canada, two existing HD channels, The Movie Network OnDemand and TMN OnLine.
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| Production news: CALL ME FITZ Starts Production |
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on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 06:47 PM |
E1 Entertainment, Amaze Film + Television and Big Motion Pictures in association with Astral Media’s The Movie Network and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central announced today that principal photography is underway on the Canadian original television series Call Me Fitz (working title). The series stars actor/director Jason Priestley (The Day of the Triffids, My Name is Earl, Beverly Hills 90210) as the charismatic used car salesman known as Fitz. Created and written by producer/writer Sheri Elwood (Defying Gravity), the 13‐part, half‐hour comedy series is filming an hour outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia in the Annapolis Valley region until mid‐January. The series is scheduled to air on The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) and Movie Central (Western Canada) in 2010.
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| Production news: Principal Photography Begins on the Third Season of DURHAM COUNTY |
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on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 01:33 PM |
Principal photography on the third season of the award-winning series Durham County has begun in Montreal. Nominated for 13 Gemini awards, winner of 5, and praised by the New York Times as “entirely addictive,” this six-part, one-hour drama series features returning stars Hugh Dillon (Flashpoint), Hélčne Joy (Murdoch Mysteries), Laurence Leboeuf (Human Trafficking) and Greyston Holt (Smallville) and new cast member Michael Nardone (Rome) as Detective Ivan Sujic.
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| Programming Highlights: TMN Rocks You Living Room With Special 3D Concert Event |
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on Saturday, October 03, 2009 - 08:33 PM |
Astral Media’s The Movie Network presents its first-ever 3D offering with a concert event featuring the network premieres of Disney’s Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds 3D on Saturday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m. ET and Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience on Saturday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m. Presented in conjunction with Walmart, The Movie Network will give families front- row seats in the comfort of their living room to see Disney’s hottest stars, both on stage and backstage. Exclusive to Walmart, viewers can get the complete 3D experience by picking up a pair of 3D glasses free of charge in the girls’ apparel section at select Walmart locations in eastern Canada beginning today.
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