Alliance Atlantis announces fall line-up
And it’s a potpourri of programming with some surprise star turns.
HBC leveraging auspicious date
In the approach of once-in-our-lifetime 7-7-7, the venerable department store chain spied an opportunity to make like Cupid.
Canoe Network re-launches with video content
Quebecor Media’s online Canoe network has a new look, new partners and new features, including ad opps.
Olive grabs healthy eating community
The Olive Canada Network’s latest acquisition in Quebec helps users put together healthy meal plans.
CTV plays catch-up with Instant Star
You almost need a playbook to follow the teen drama’s slot-jumping.
Cheeky 3D board brings down-home touch from down east
In a novel use for the common clothesline, a message from Newfoundland & Labrador is meant to evoke air quality envy in Toronto drivers.
Rising Young Media Star: Initiative’s Haveman
This is the fifth installment in MiC‘s series profiling next-gen media minds. Curious as to who these new thinkers are, and what they’re thinking, strategy and MiC canvassed the industry, asking media shops to single out their top innovative and strategic recruits.
G4techTV targets gamers
Code Monkeys should get some nostalgia points from gamers. The new show, one of eight coming to G4techTV Canada, makes TV look like an old-school video game.
Canadian families increasingly ‘living on the Internet’
And their use of social media sites is skyrocketing.
CBC buys chunk of Doc Channel from Corus
CRTC accepts assurances that digichannel will remain independent from the Ceeb, quelling fears of a docu-monopoly.
Some parting thoughts on Cannes 2007
Now that the 54th Cannes Lions Advertising festival has come and gone, a Canadian media leader tells MiC about the continued advancement of media creativity evident at Cannes, and in her industry overall.
Cannes Lions winners – in case you missed ’em
Throughout last week’s Cannes Lions Festival, MiC reported all the Canadian, and other, winners. But just in case these stories got buried in your in-box, here are links that will take you right to them.
Bell bids for social media’s athletic side
Somebody at Bell must’ve been paying attention to the social media headlines – it’s launched an interactive community to draw users in with athletes and interactivity.
Canadian Idol hits the roof
BBM/Nielsen Top 30 – June 11-17, 2007
CTV’s Tuesday night got better with a chart-topping homegrown juggernaut, while House is officially gone from the Top 10.
New ‘hybrid’ energy drink arriving from Montreal
Clad in branded gear to match cans of GURU, zippy sampling teams will roam streets, parks and events demonstrating the beverage’s purported power.
