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SILVER SPRING/TORONTO: SCIENCE in the U.S. has picked up season one of Shaftesbury’s drama series ReGenesis, starring Peter Outerbridge and Ellen Page. The 13-episode hour-long Canadian series, which premiered on SCIENCE last month, features a team of scientists charged with investigating the global use and abuse of advanced biotechnology. Season …

TORONTO: Hollywood Suite, Canada’s new 24/7 multiplatform HD movie service, is kicking off with a two-month “freeview.” Hollywood Suite recently launched on EastLink, TELUS Optik TV, SaskTel MAX and MTS TV, with a free preview that ends February 19. The service features 450 commercial-free HD movies per month, uncut and …

TORONTO: Showcase has renewed the hit original series Lost Girl for a third season, which will begin production in spring 2012. Lost Girl, which launched in September 2010, is Showcase’s highest rated drama series. Season two will continue with all-new episodes on January 22 starring Anna Silk (Being Erica, Billable …

TORONTO: Rogers Communications and Bell Canada have come together to jointly acquire a 75-percent stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) from the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. The deal splits the radio and television rights for MLSE’s NHL franchise of the Maple Leafs. Rogers’ Sportsnet and Bell’s TSN cable …

TORONTO: Global Television has unveiled its midseason lineup, featuring new dramas, including The Firm, as well as returning favorites. Global’s new six-part series Bomb Girls, starring Meg Tilly, will launch January 4 and profiles the experiences of five brave Canadian women who risk their lives working in a munitions factory …

MOUNT PEARL: Canada’s Best Boy Entertainment is seeking commercial, high-concept genre scripts in the low-budget arena, to produce and finance a series of films. The Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador production company is looking for scripts for horror, action and psychological thriller films. The company will produce with Peter Wetherell …

TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) has decided to abandon plans for a potential sale, after receiving offers that "do not adequately reflect the company’s value." A statement from the company said the board is no longer considering the outright sale of the business, though it "continues to evaluate a number of …

TORONTO: Cuppa Coffee Studios, the Canadian animation outfit that is celebrating its 20th anniversary, will be at MIPTV looking to complete the financing on a new 20-episode prime-time animated series about rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his family. Adam Shaheen, the founder and president of Cuppa Coffee Studios, says the show …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has a number of new titles to offer up for the international market, among them the new medical drama Saving Hope. The series, which has been picked up by NBC, stars Erica Durance and Michael Shanks. eOne is also offering Femme Fatales, an anthology series …

CANNES: Best Boy Entertainment has firmed up deals from its documentary and children’s slates, including shows such as Pet ER and Mickey’s Farm.  Animal Planet Canada took the second window for the docudrama Pet ER, which features families dealing with life-threatening pet medical emergencies. The Smile of a Child 24-hour …