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Articles for 2011
Entertainment One pacting on TV treatment for The Firm
Entertainment One is bringing the popular John Grisham novel The Firm to the small screen, which will be filmed in Canada.
Hot Docs Forum promises Burmese pop stars and crowd-funded pirates
Hot Docs Forum and market director Elizabeth Radshaw discusses the projects she’s excited about and how one pitch team was wooed after being found on a crowdfunding site.
Rebranded Fight Network comes out swinging
Looking to lure Canadian advertisers with a new and expanded audience, Leonard Asper has rebranded The Fight Network, reintroducing it as FN.
Telus calls for regulatory safeguards against self-dealing content carriers
An advantage of being the only major Canadian content carrier to not own and run a conventional TV network is you get to raise the alarm over potential anti-competitive practices by major Canadian broadcasters.
Anthony Sayers a free man
Crown prosecutors have dropped all remaining criminal charges against Anthony Sayers, co-host of HGTV Canada’s The Unsellables from Cineflix Productions.
Shaw Media, Mobio team to link TV and mobile via QR code
Shaw Media can now turn TVs into interactive payment machines using Mobio’s mobile e-commerce platform.
Michelle Sklar named Digital Alberta president
The director of marketing and PR for Poynt Corporation, Europe, takes over for former president Larry Jacques, who will stay on as past president.
Rogers shows increased revenues despite higher operating costs
Rogers, which secures the bulk of its revenue and earnings from wireless phones, posted first quarter earnings of $335 million, against a profit of $368 million in 2010, despite an increase in operating costs.
Hot Docs pumps up the star power
Hot Docs programming chief Sean Farnel said the star wattage is one element of a 2011 festival that aims to lift Hot Docs from being a big regional documentary festival to a big international film festival.
Incendo kicks-off Look Again MOW
While the prodco will mark its 50th made-for-TV movie this year, company co-founder Jean Bureau suggests that this year will also see the company diversify further: “2011 will also mark the expansion of our development activities in the television series and mini-series business.”
CFC names Reel Challenge contest winners
Timed to coincide with World Intellectual Property Day, the Canadian Film Centre on Tuesday awarded Toronto filmmaker Ace Billet a $10,000 cheque as its Reel Challenge content winner for his short film Big Gulp.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 Programs (April 11 – April 17, 2011)
Hot Sheet: Top 20 Programs (April 11 – April 17, 2011)
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