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Articles for 2011
The High Cost of Living lands commercial theatrical rollout
Deborah Chow’s film heads into theaters on April 22 in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary, with more cities to follow.
Alliance Films sells The Bay to Lionsgate for US market
Vancouver-based Lionsgate is taking the US distribution rights to Barry Levinson’s The Bay.
Titanic’s ensemble cast adds Canadians
Titanic, the UK-Canada-Hungary co-produced mini-series, has added Canadian actors Noah Reid, Linda Kash and David Eisner to its cast.
New Brunswick to develop digital media tax credit to save industy
Throwing a life preserver to its drowning film industry, New Brunswick is developing a digital media tax credit while it scraps the province’s film tax credit.
Omni Film, Windfall to recreate WWII bomb raid
The Return of The Dambusters, a copro between Omni Film Productions and Windfall Films, has been commissioned by History Canada, WGBH Nova and Channel 4.
Coalition targets Netflix in Canada
Now that the streaming service is in the content game, a working group of Canadian industry stakeholders is asking the CRTC to reconsider how it categorizes the company.
SMPIA launches AR game for Multi-Platforum event
The Saskatchewan Motion Picture Industry Association is kicking off its digital Multi-Platforum conference in Regina today with the launch of Multi-Platforum – The Game.
Mudpit secures record deal from Universal Music Canada
Cookie Jar has signed a record deal for its live-action/animated hybrid series Mudpit, set to bow on Teletoon next fall.
Astral and Corus see ad and subscriber growth
An improving economy continues to lift advertising and subscriber growth at Canadian specialty and pay TV operators.
Mark Burnett scoops distribution to Canadian reality property series
Mountain Road Productions sells worldwide distribution and format rights for its All for Nothing? property to the reality king.
Top Chef tops for Food Network
The series premiered on Monday to 317,000 total viewers (BBM, 2+), with 212,000 adults watching (A25-54) – the highest-rated Canadian original premiere in the channel’s history.
Skywriter writes up doc deals
Toronto-based indie Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group has concluded a number of deals for its lifestyle and documentary programming, following MIPTV in Cannes earlier this month.
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