Last year, the Festival attracted 1,800 industry and community delegates and over 27,000 attendees.
The GLBT media portal has launched the second phase of its Hot Pink Shorts initiative, and will be picking four pitches to each receive $2,500 in funding.
In Tora, the 75-year-old scientist and host of The Nature of Things signed up to play a former WWII internment camp inmate looking to uncover what happened to his 9-year-old daughter.
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The Disney outlet will be offered free of charge for three months, with Disney programs also made available on illico on Demand, illico web and illico mobile.
TVO has launched its digital Public Archive, the free online resource for surfers looking to plumb 40 years of the pubcaster’s extensive original programming.
LA’s Independent Film & Television Alliance has announced the worldwide box office grosses for the top-50 Independent films of 2010, and Canada has cast a long shadow.
Frantic Films’ series Pitchin’ In (13 x30′) has been picked up for a third installment on Food Network Canada. Season two recently kicked off January 3 in the Monday 10 p.m. slot.