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TORONTO: Less Than Kind, produced by Breakthrough Entertainment and Buffalo Gal Pictures for Astral’s The Movie Network and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central, is currently in production for its fourth and final season. Principal photography is currently under way in Winnipeg, from now until July 10. The new season will premiere …

VANCOUVER: CBC has appointed Sally Catto as the executive director of commissioned and scripted programming, covering genres such as drama, comedy, children’s and factual. Catto will report to Kirstine Stewart, the executive VP of CBC English Services. Catto’s initial focus will be to reorganize the department to streamline the administration …

TORONTO: Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium is set to deliver more than 5,500 hours of coverage during the 17 days of the London 2012 Games. The plans are to deliver more than 2,000 hours of TV coverage in 11 different languages. English-language coverage on TV will include CTV, TSN, Sportsnet and OLN. …

TORONTO: Neil Court, who co-founded DECODE Entertainment, and Carrie Mudd, a former development executive at Tricon Films & Television, are behind the new production company, Peacock Alley Entertainment. Peacock Alley creates, develops and produces across factual and scripted programming as well as digital content. It will also serve as a …

BANFF: A number of new original series, mini-series, specials and documentaries have been greenlit for the 2012-13 season by Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central and Astral’s The Movie Network. The lineup includes a fourth season of Call Me Fitz, produced by Entertainment One, Amaze Film + Television and Big Motion Pictures. …

MONTREAL: Principal photography is under way for Incendo’s latest TV movie, The Perfect Surrogate, which will air in Canada in 2013 on The Movie Network, Movie Central and Super Écran. The Perfect Surrogate stars Mia Kirshner (The L Word, The Vampire Diaries), Rachel Blanchard (7th Heaven, Where the Truth Lies) and …

TORONTO: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is backing Bell Media’s final offer to a group of independent pay-TV platforms, following a dispute over the terms of a carriage deal for a portfolio of specialty channels. The Canadian Independent Distributors Group (CIDG) represents the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance, Cogeco …

TORONTO: CTV has given the greenlight to a fourth season of The Listener, following a 14-percent audience gain in season three, and a second season of Saving Hope, Canada’s number one new series this summer. The broadcaster has given 13-episode orders for both shows. Shaftesbury’s The Listener is averaging 1.14 …

TORONTO: An expanding television business has been a key driver for Entertainment One this year, which reported a 16-percent gain in total revenues for the first quarter. In its interim management statement, eOne reported a 200-percent gain in television revenues. In Q1, the company delivered 67 half-hours of programming, with …

TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) has entered into an agreement to acquire Alliance Films from affiliates of GS Capital Partners and Investissement Québec for C$225 million ($229 million). The move is intended to strengthen eOne’s existing film distribution business and also help drive growth. The Alliance slate includes Looper, as well …