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Matt Sylvain
Canadian Communications Foundation in funding pinch
The news came to light after the charity’s annual meeting last week when it also named former broadcaster Pip Wedge as its president.
$1 million on table in Cineplex-backed indie-film program
The CineCoup Film Accelerator, a social media-powered initiative, offers up production financing and a guaranteed Cineplex theatre release.
Haven gets season four greenlight
The sci-fi thriller is based on a Stephen King novella and is shot in Nova Scotia.
Round up: indie box office success, U.S retransmission fracas
Midnight’s Children (pictured) grosses $90,000 on its opening weekend; Zoink’d! season two and Wild Obsession TV premieres set and U.S. stations want Canadian compensation.
Sask industry social media blitz praised
The organizers of the Wednesday attention-raising event say it topped Twitter’s Canada trend and was backed by numerous industry organizations.
Imax expands China revenue sharing deal
The deal sees Imax boosting its China presence by 15 new giant-screen theatres.
Argo Blu-ray to include Partners in Motion’s Iran doc
Escape from Iran: The Hollywood Option recounts the true-life tale on which Ben Affleck’s theatrical feature is based.
Lionsgate locks in vice-chairman Michael Burns to 2017
Burns (pictured), who played a key role in the company’s acquisition of Summit Entertainment earlier this year, has held the post since 2000.
Kim Cattrall and Don McKellar take on Sensitive Skin
Cattrall (pictured) will star and exec produce, while McKellar will direct the half-hour comedy based on a U.K. series.
Deluxe Toronto moving across town
It will relocate to a new post-production and digital media facility in February 2014, after the existing building undergoes extensive preparations.
FX Canada now carried in Quebec on Videotron
With the extension of the Rogers’ property that airs programs like Sons of Anarchy (pictured) into Quebec, the channel is now available in about 3.3 million homes.
Lionsgate locks in Benelux output deal
The agreement with Belgium’s Belga Films is the latest in a string of international output deals for Lionsgate.
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