Responding to Canada's multicultural reality big time, Canwest has launched electronic versions of all 11 of its chain's newspapers in a dozen languages as well as English. And not only can subscribers read stories in their preferred language - plus see the day's ads - some can also hear the news read aloud in their native tongue. Read More

CTV's C.S.I. is back at the top, while the net's Criminal Minds fell from #1 to #8 in BBM/Nielsen's peak AMA rankings for Dec. 4-10. Global's House dropped from #2 to #7, but the rival net kept second place with Survivor: Cook Island. While Global's hold on second place still lags far behind CTV's numbers for C.S.I., it finally has two shows in the top five.

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Stephen Green is Astral Television Networks' new VP sales & affiliate marketing. He will oversee the newly integrated departments, effectively taking the reins for affiliate marketing and sales plans for The Movie Network, Family Channel, Mpix, Viewer's Choice and GSN (the Game Show Network).

Green most recently served as VP video game sales for Entertainment One (formerly Standard Broadcasting Corporation/Video One Canada). He previously held senior positions at Direct Source Special Products and Saturn Distributing, after starting in CPG in marketing and sales for Hershey Canada and Nabisco.

I Pity the Fool - anybody who remembers this trademark line will know that Mr. T is the star of the show. The '80s pop cult icon is back, and he's putting his brand of motivation into a reality series whose name echoes his own most famous four words. Read More

Discovery Civilization is putting all kinds of wings on a seasoned Snowbird pilot and a weekend Cessna flier in Air Dogs, an appeal to aviation nuts in the 8 pm ET/9 pm PT time slot, starting Jan. 29.

The six half-hour episodes show the test pilot and the filmmaker sweet-talking their way into the cockpits of aircraft ranging from a vintage World War II bomber to a CF-18. They fly loops and perform other air-show-worthy stunts, and the two hosts - Mark Miller and Captain Robert J. Reichert, a.k.a. "Rooster" - will likely appeal to both aviation experts and amateurs.

Air Dogs is an original Canadian production commissioned by Discovery Civilization Channel and Discovery HD.