Sanctuary - Trading Markets: Sanctuary on The Movie Network (Canada)

From Trading Markets:

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The Movie Network bring viewers a riveting fall season

TORONTO, Jul 14, 2008 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- ACM/B | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- This fall Astral Media's The Movie Network, Mpix and Viewers Choice bring viewers an exciting television line-up that includes exclusive new programming and returning favourites from HBO and Showtime, Hollywood hit movies, Canadian original series, classic movies and action-packed live events. Complete descriptions, premiere dates, high-resolution images and contact information for this programming are available at: http://tv.astral.com/highlights.



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Making its debut in October 2008 is the new Canadian original series Sanctuary that comes from some of the creative talents behind Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. Starring Amanda Tapping, Sanctuary is shot almost entirely on green screen and is the first television series in North America to use the RED camera system, a digital medium that offers more than double the resolution of a high definition camera.



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The Movie Network is a pay television service available in eastern Canada. With premiere access to Hollywood hit movies, critically-acclaimed HBO and Showtime series, and first-rate Canadian programming, this pay-television service presents Canadians with some of the best television entertainment available. The Movie Network service includes five 24-hour multiplex channels - M, MMore, MExcess, MFun! and MFest - which deliver diverse and entertaining programs in an uncut and commercial-free television environment. The Movie Network also offers The Movie Network HD and MMore HD, two dedicated high-definition channels providing hundreds of titles in HD; and The Movie Network OnDemand, a Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) service, available in select areas across eastern Canada. For more information, please visit www.themovienetwork.ca.




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From TV Astral:

Canadian Originals

THE MOVIE NETWORK ORIGINAL SERIES

Sanctuary (New Series)



Premieres October 2008 (13 x 60 min; drama)

Helmed by some of the innovative talents behind Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, Sanctuary is set in a mysterious and supernatural world and follows the adventures of Dr. Helen Magnus, her reluctant protégé Will Zimmerman and her fearless and somewhat reckless daughter Ashley, as they study and try to help the strange, terrifying and monstrous creatures that populate their world. Shot almost entirely on green screen using cutting-edge visual effects, Sanctuary is the first television series in North America to use the RED camera system, a digital medium that provides the latest in camera technology by capturing images at more than double the resolution of a high definition camera. Starring Amanda Tapping, Robin Dunne and Emilie Ullerup.