Place your bets for the Sunday 9 pm hour. Family Guy vs. The Simpsons – which of Global’s animated hits got more viewers, one week to the next?

New broadband players will launch for major Alliance Atlantis specialty nets, and they’ll come with lots of analytics for advertisers.

Le Réseau des sports has a new deal for coverage of the Montreal Canadiens’ and other NHL games.

Global’s Friday night has undergone a shuffle since the upfronts, and the specialty channels are getting reruns of Family Guy, Las Vegas and Bones, plus a long list of other shows.

The tooncaster has some nifty plans for its fall sked, from viewer-voted programming to 15-minute series and a channel devoted to retro shows.

CanWest MediaWorks has redesigned its crime and suspense specialty for digital TV viewers in time for the fall season.

The affected Canadian nets are mulling their options.

The pubcaster’s adding figure skating to its winter sports programming.

Only a short time ago, CTV’s day-long Princess Diana special hit #30 on the Top 30, averaging about a half a million viewers. Not bad – but more people tuned in for Victoria Beckham…

Online video from Heavy.com will get prime-time exposure on specialty television.

Drew Carey’s new game show is coming to prime time earlier than expected.

Mark Burnett’s high-seas reality series is walking the plank.

A US channel thinks Canucks are ready for interactive and on-demand content for babies and toddlers.