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A71 takes Canadian rights to the Cocksure Lads Movie
The acquisition came as Murray Foster’s musical comedy opened the Canadian Film Festival in Toronto. (Foster pictured.)
Canadian cord-cutting rose sharply in 2014: Report
Major Canadian TV providers last year lost a record 65,000 TV subscribers, Boon Dog Professional Service’s latest research reveals.
Just For Laughs Gags clears syndication in 75% of U.S. market
The Canadian hidden camera gag series already airs in 135 countries worldwide.
Ricky Gervais’ Special Correspondents to shoot in Toronto
The movie for Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions will shoot in Toronto this spring.
BCE loses appeals court bid to retain mobile TV pricing
The Federal Court of Appeal in a March 23 decision said “Bell has not established that it will suffer irreparable harm” if the mobile TV service is banned until the case is heard.
Candy Factory takes U.S. rights to Cruel and Unusual
Merlin Dervisevic’s feature directorial debut was the 21st film to come out of the CFC Features program.
How the CRTC called the Americans’ bluff with cable pick-and-pay
The regulator is betting the Americans’ challenge against Canadian cable unbundling at the Let’s Talk TV hearings will dissipate and most U.S. services will remain in Canada.
Turbo Kid wins SXSW Midnighters audience award
The action comedy, directed by Montreal collective Roadkill Superstar, will be released in Canada in November 2015.
Quebec weighs changes to the province’s film tax credit
The Godbout Commission, examining Quebec’s overall tax regime, offered recommendations to provincial government that has sent chills through the indie production community.
Why CRTC told reluctant cablers to unbundle by 2016
“We told the industry in 2011 that we wanted to introduce pick and pay, and there was no movement,” CRTC senior exec Donna Gill told Playback Daily.
Jean-Pierre Blais: no doomsday scenario from cable unbundling
“We don’t have a choice. We had to make this change,” the CRTC chairman told reporters in Gatineau, Quebec after unveiling the latest Let’s Talk TV decision.
CRTC orders a la carte cable, $25 skinny basic
The landmark shift to pure pick and pay and build-your-own cable packages comes as the expected regulatory unbundling of Canadian TV gets underway.
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