– The CAB will lose 14 positions to restructuring in the marketing, regulatory and policy, communications and legal depts. Also gone is November’s CAB convention in Vancouver.

+ U.S. lawmakers voted down a provision in the bail out that would have handed American studios a 50% write-off on projects started in 2009 ¨C an offer that would have threatened Canada’s lucrative service industry.

+ The new Cogeco Program Development Fund makes money available for dramatic series, miniseries and MOWs in the pre-development stage ¨C for up to $10,000 per production per year. Details are available at www.ipf.ca.

+ The new federal budget will pump $200 million into the Canadian Television Fund and $28.6 million into the Canada New Media Fund over the next two years. The CNMF will receive $14.3 million annually beyond that.

– That’s all the CTF gets.

+ Filmport Studios is humming along with Atom Egoyan’s Chloe (Julianne Moore and Liam Neeson through the Montecito Picture Company). Up next is Warehouse 13, the NBC/Universal TV series which shot its pilot in Toronto.