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Groupe V Media completes takeover of music channels
New Quebec financial partners have boarded the media company as it completes its acquisition of MusiquePlus and MusiMax.
Stratford Festival to stage Shakespeare-to-screen adaptations
The Ontario festival will bring three upcoming productions by the Bard to the big screen for international release and broadcast. (King Lear‘s Colm Feore pictured.)
Mongrel Media to receive tribute at VIFF
In recognition of the distributor’s 20th anniversary, founder and president Hussain Amarshi will be a guest of honour at the Vancouver Film Festival.
CMF pacts to develop Brazilian-Canadian coproductions
The agreement with the Sao Paulo-based film and TV fund SP Cine will see producers from both countries collaborate on projects.
The Editor directors look for first payday after TIFF debut
Directors Matthew Kennedy and Adam Brooks on building a fan base and kicking off a festival circuit run at TIFF’s Midnight Madness.
Irrfan Khan to star in WWII drama from Don Carmody TV
The Life of Pi actor will star in the miniseries coproduction. (Khan pictured, second from left.)
Walt Disney warns CRTC against unbundling, ending simsub
“Although the consumer might benefit in the short term…in the long term the consumer will lose,” Disney exec Susan Fox told the regulator.
Felix and Meira named best Canadian feature at TIFF
Maxime Giroux’s romancer about strangers in Montreal earned $30,000 and the top Canadian jury film award in Toronto.
Maxime Giroux’s Felix and Meira inks U.S. deal
Oscilloscope Laboratories has picked up the Canadian director’s third feature for a 2015 theatrical release.
Telus backs a la carte, targets shomi at CRTC hearings
The telco said vertically integrated carriers were using programming services to show undue preference for their distribution platforms.
Why Rogers told CRTC to keep the kid gloves on for U.S. channels
“…I don’t want to lose these folks from the ecosystem,” Rogers’ SVP David Purdy (pictured) told regulators during Thursday’s Let’s Talk TV hearing.
Raven Banner launches Northern Banner distribution label
The genre distributor is getting into prestige movie titles, starting with Sean Garrity’s Borealis.
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