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Amy Haggar
Mad Men takes a pass on TV
Deal between Maple Pictures and iTunes makes season three available only through online store
Israeli films come into focus
TIFF lays out details for new urban-minded program. Yodeling concert, roller derby set for outdoor site
Fifty is nifty, but can’t catch Père
Skogland’s IRA drama makes promising bow, though Alliance still leads box office with French titles
Gamer series set for Showcase
Ron Mann, Catherine Tait shepherd web series Pure Pwnage onto television, following chance meeting at comic book convention. Derek Harvey to showrun
‘Serious concerns’ over Canwest ownership
Union calls on Ottawa to again look into influence of U.S. partners
Temple signs with CAA
Toronto shop to be represented in U.S. by mega-agency
Story takes indie approach
Richard Story has been a filmmaker since he picked up a black-and-white camera back in 1980. But when APTN put out a call for submissions to create a pilot for potential development into a series, he decided to make the leap to TV and created a script called The Time Traveler.
Cancellations ‘a disaster,’ says doc group
CBC’s cancellation of both The Lens and Wild Docs is ‘a disaster for independent documentary filmmakers,’ according to John Christou, the co-chair of the Documentary Organization of Canada.
New player buys Brandon station
Bluepoint Investment Corporation has bought CKX, taking the Brandon, MB station from CTV for the modest price of $1. The company plans to reprogram it with ‘extremely local’ and what it calls ‘wow television,’ says founder and owner Bruce Claassen.
Reitman, Clooney added to TIFF
Young director and leading man return to festival with comedy Up in the Air
Cogeco sticks with drama
Support of series and pre-development funds extended for another year
Nightingale teams with Degrassi duo
Comedy in early development with actor/rapper Aubrey Graham and Mazin Elsadig
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