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This Hour takes on the Internet

This Hour Has 22 Minutes producer Geoff D’Eon says the long-running, satirical Salter Street Films program is beginning to become one with the Internet. With a pair of successful initiatives under its belt already – one involving an online petition calling…

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Dreamsmith links with L.A. co.

Moncton-based Dreamsmith Entertainment and Cahoots Productions of Los Angeles have struck a coproduction deal which will see the two companies shoot at least four low-budget ($2.5 million) feature films in New Brunswick over the next two years….

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Sigismondi choreographs Eatons’ epic comeback spot

‘I want everybody in this two-bit town itchin’ to shop here,’ bellows the fictional Harry Carmichael in the first of three new Eatons spots – ‘Dilemma’, ‘Discovery’ and ‘Big Finish.’ To say there are three spots is a little misleading, as…

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WWF wrestles specialty deal

Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Federation Entertainment has bought into Headline Media Group and inked a broadcast deal with hmgi’s specialty sports channel The Score….

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Baddeck addresses new media concerns

Baddeck, N.S.: The small town of Baddeck, n.s. might seem an unlikely locale for a high-tech conference, but from Oct. 19-21 its quaint Inverary Inn was the site of some very cutting-edge discussion as part of the Baddeck International New Media…

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The potential of online content and why producers had better Snap to it

Roma and Raja Khanna, who head up Toronto-based Snap Media, were on the main stage every day at last month’s Baddeck International New Media Festival discussing the plight of online content providers such as their company….

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Nielsen hosts Creative Atlantic spoof Liography

Production on the Creative Atlantic Communications series Liography has commenced in Halifax at the Electropolis Studios. Executive produced by Greg Jones and Janice Evans, the 13 half-hours are set to air on The Comedy Network….

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Top Spots: Bud does it again

For the second year in a row, a Budweiser spot with creative from DDB Needham in Chicago has sailed into the number one spot in Playback’s annual Top Spots competition. This year’s victor is ‘Raft’ from director Eddy Chu through u.s….

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Riding the waves with the ladies of ZiG

The focus of this regular section is on agencies in Canada. Looking for agency business strategies and creative teams’ secret weapons? We tell all in Ad Missions….

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On set: Starhunter

Described as the new ‘anti-Star Trek,’ Starhunter, a $22-million sci-fi series shot in the remote locale of Minto, n.b. makes its world premiere on TMN-The Movie Network on Nov. 1. The 22-episode series has been a long time coming, and cocreators/producers…

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New media fest sparks debate

Baddeck, N.S.: The fourth Baddeck New Media Festival is in the books and, according to organizers, it was a great success….

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Lewis effects win for ‘Machine’

For the second consecutive year, Toronto’s Spin Productions’ special effects work has caught the collective eye of the Top Spots judges….