Katie Bailey

Degrassi premiere up 11%
The Emmy-nominated series reprises its telenovela format, earning top marks with young specialty viewers.

Food Network to air Family Cook Off
The Shaw Media channel is bringing the Australian import to Canada.

Prime-time battlegrounds
We called in the experts to weigh the odds on the upcoming Fall TV season.

Fall TV special report
From addressability to social to mobile, down the changing nature of TV, and assesses the fates of new shows in the battle for timeslots.

Rookie graduates with winning night
The Global drama avoids the sophomore slump with a timeslot-topping premiere.

Lafrance to depart CBC
The longtime CBC/Radio-Canada executive is set to leave after 33 years.

Combat Hospital rallies troops, ahem, viewers
The Canada-UK coproduction’s Tuesday premiere wins the night.

CBC scoring with hockey ratings
The net continues to rake in the ratings as the series heads into Game Six tonight.

Global goes for a 10 this fall
Shaw SVP Barb Williams talks about the net’s programming strategy and its 10 new shows for fall.

Citytv’s fall sked revealed
The net’s new prime-time schedule is accompanied by the announcement of a new 24-hour news channel.

Canadians consuming more media overall: Deloitte
TV is still king, but our attention wanders across multiple devices while viewing it, says the latest State of the Media Democracy from Deloitte.

It’s Do or Die time for Windows
Microsoft Windows Canada is getting the word out about its latest national marketing effort with a series of immersive TSAs in Toronto.

Marcovici moves to the Globe
The former head of digital at CTV is now VP, marketing and audience intelligence, for the national newspaper.

Sharp and Peroni dress up in 3D
The Italian beer takes brand integration into the third dimension with a 3D fashion spread.

Elections Canada wins on radio: Media Monitors, April 25 to May 1
In the radio rankings this week, elections and wireless top the charts in Montreal and Toronto.