Articles Tagged ‘OMDC’
Producers Lab Toronto to host Aussie and Kiwi film producers
FILMTimed to coincide with the Toronto International Film Festival, the co-production forum uses global players gathered at the prestigious event to forge relationships and possible co-productions between producer partners.
Guidestones’ Jay Ferguson on brand integration to fund web series
WEB“I want to create a genuine business model that creates a profit. There isn’t enough (fund) money to make it sustainable,” the Toronto filmmaker tells Playback about lining up sponsors for next-generation storytelling.
Domestic TV production lifts Ontario to record activity in 2012
FILMTVLocal shoots like Rookie Blue and Bomb Girls to Lost Girl and Degrassi accounted for 68% of the $1.28 billion spent in the province on film and TV production.
Report: ‘Discoverability’ tactics essential to online content success
INTERACTIVEWEBAudience engagement throughout a project’s development, production and distribution is crucial, according to a new report from the Canadian Media Production Association.
TIFF12: OMDC unveils Canadian projects for festival financing forum
FILMCanadian producers Mary Young Leckie, Kevin De Walt and Trish Dolman will attend the International Financing Forum to fill out budgets for films in development.
Ontario tech cluster points to tax credits as key to burgeoning biz
FUNDINGGAMINGINTERACTIVEWEBThe Ontario International Marketing Centre, on site at Gamescom2012, and the Ontario Technology Corridor say that government incentives are attracting gaming cos from outside the province.
CMPA partners with Ryerson’s RTA for transmedia training
FILMGAMINGINTERACTIVETVWEBThe program will offer 18 producers the opportunity to complete five-month job placements at Ontario-based transmedia prodcos.
Ruby Skye P.I. expands user experience for second season
INTERACTIVEWEBThe passing around of real books among audience members is one of several strategies to both market the series and extend the story world.
McGuinty talks up film/TV industry during VFX studio visit
FILMFUNDINGTVThe premier stopped by Toronto’s Mr. X to trumpet the advantages of film tax credits, after Saskatchewan last month cancelled its own.
Picnicface to serve up an app
INTERACTIVEMOBILETVBreakthrough Entertainment’s digital media director, Dorothy Vreeker, tells Playback how a mobile playground can generate revenue while growing the comedy troupe’s fan base.
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ACTRA Awards 2013 - Rick Mercer presents the Award of Excellence to Shirley Douglas at the 2013 ACTRA Awards in Toronto (photo: Jag Gundu)