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Matt Sylvain
Nickelodeon hops on Rocket Monkeys
The U.S.-based company has taken the Breakthrough Entertainment property for its worldwide network.
Canucks take top U.S. awards
Writer Semi Chellas shared a Writers Guild of America award for her work on Mad Men (pictured) while the Toronto-based duo Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern took a Cinema Audio Society prize for their work on Hatfields & McCoys.
Weekly roundup: Indie production news, awards and release dates
This week’s roundup includes the start of production on CFC alumni Audrey Cumming’s (pictured) directorial debut and details of the Women In Film and Television Vancouver’s 2013 Spotlight Award Winners.
Citizen Gangster team follows up with The Lion’s Share
Euclid 431 Pictures lands Jim Sturgess (Cloud Atlas) and Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond) in lead roles for the film to be lensed in Africa.
Canadian Social TV top 3 – Week of Feb. 3
This week we see how Degrassi landed at the top thanks to building hype in anticipation of the season premiere.
Wayne Levin locks in new Lionsgate contract
Levin (pictured), the Vancouver-based mini-studio’s general counsel and chief strategic officer, has been with the company for 17 years.
Weekly roundup: Apps, awards and premiere dates
Among this week’s briefs, the broadcast return of Degrassi (pictured) on MuchMusic and Videotron reports that its Illico.tv iPad app has been used for 100,000 TV program downloads.
Sue Milling named ACTRA Toronto exec director
Milling (pictured) takes over for Brian Topp, who is taking on a senior advisory position.
Canadian Social TV top 3 – Week of Jan. 27
This week, we see how Lost Girls’ marketing team was able to juice its social-media activity by capitalizing on a contest run by an entertainment news program, according to Seevibes.
Picture Box pacts with Ameba
AmebaTV.com and its portals are available on about five million Smart TVs and set top boxes in the U.S.
Camera-equipped drones fly into Toronto
Avrobotics Canada has two remotely-controlled aircraft (pictured), each of which can be flown into places traditional aircraft can’t, including indoors.
Resident Evil-makers take on Pompeii
The Roman-era disaster film is booked into Toronto’s Cinespace Film Studios (Resident Evil pictured).
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