Half-hour entertainment show will make a good ‘companion piece’ to eTalk Daily, says Susanne Boyce, and comes with on-demand content for online

Newly minted CEO George Burger looking to build the brand of the two-fisted digichannel

Pay-TV startup secures exclusive rights to theatrical releases and series including Saw III and Death of a President

Holocaust picture opens 32nd edition of festival, marking the fourth entry by director Jeremy Podeswa and the tenth from producer Robert Lantos

Opening talk on new media portals agrees that, despite hurdles, there are more democratic and varied means to make money online than via traditional venues

Silk producer takes second annual win and $10,000, cites prize as sign that the domestic industry is ‘starting to come of age’

Murder by undertakers, fortune from tragedy and the psychological craziness that occurs after a first kiss are just a few of the plotlines that reinvigorate movie genres in this year’s Canada First! section

‘We never expected to shoot or make a movie with this title,’ says Aaron Abrams. ‘I still can’t believe we have.’

Anne Michaels’ novel ‘one of the most beautiful and poetic things I’d ever read,’ says Fugitive Pieces director

Two-year deal will see Lantos’ startup handle Fortissimo titles in Canada, including TIFF gala presentation Blood Brothers, Australia’s Unfinished Sky and Germany’s Love Comes Lately

Industry sideshow of the 22nd annual film festival to include Emmy winner and The Office writer Paul Lieberstein, and Little Miss Sunshine producer Ron Yerxa

Maple’s western starring Russell Crowe takes on Alliance actioner among wide releases, while Anchor Bay debuts old-school horror Hatchet on 12 screens