Crissandra Ayroso

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Sponsor opps on offer for ideaCity 2007

Out Of Home

For its eighth year, 50 members of the international influentsia will speak at the annual gathering of elite eggheads (MiC means that as a compliment).



Hockey Moms to score, thanks to MasterCard

Interactive

MasterCard is leveraging WOM for a contest to crown Hockey Mom of the Year, and Bobby Orr’s getting in on the action.



Two new Hollywood-themed series hit IFC

Television

The Independent Film Channel adds some Clooney reality.



Canadian edition of More debuts next week

Print

If our version of the mag for 40+ females matches the US edition’s success, it should be a honey pot for Canadian marketers.



Fine Living for the family on the go

Television

Alliance Atlantis is bringing nine new series to its Fine Living specialty net this month. The shows fit with the net’s goal of guiding the high earner towards becoming a smarter consumer.



Ford Fusion’s ‘vice’ is Slice

News

Ford is taking a Slice of women as the new net’s inaugural sponsor. The brand will drive on-air and online executions in a program that gives a sense of the net’s integration quotient.



Next Comedy Legend will go ‘beyond integration’ for advertisers

Television

Second City’s partnership with the CBC for an upcoming talent search show, Next Comedy Legend, promises some unique marketing opps for advertisers. This is more than a venue for telling jokes. This is a chance to put a brand to the test of ‘improv.’



New Top Models come to Canada from Australia and Britain

Television

CHUM Television is gearing up for more than the spring return of Canada’s Next Top Model on Citytv. The parentco is also importing the Oz and Brit versions of the marketer-friendly format for its FashionTelevision audiences.



Leslie Nielsen’s new medical series examines slapstick*ology

Television

Discovery is putting a bit of slapstick into its new medical genre show. Canadian screen icon Leslie Nielsen turns heads while he prods and probes behind the scenes of the medicine world.



Elevators getting TV makeover in Quebec

Out Of Home

Awkward elevator conversations are now avoidable thanks to high-def screens that will be pumping CTV news into the lifts of Montreal office towers.