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Technicolor teams with Mexico
Montreal office looking to catch a wave of post work south of the border, building on its ties in South America
New content team in place at Canwest
Canwest Broadcasting late last month announced a new content team, with Christine Shipton and Karen Gelbart in charge of original programming.
Producers side with HD proposal
Second day of hearings into proposed national service brings a blessing from CFTPA, and more shots from potential competitors
CRTC grills execs from HDTV
The wannabe high-definition network faced a tough crowd at its licence application in Gatineau, taking pointed questions about its plans to sidestep local markets
Shaw reps argue for dismantling CTF
Cable execs tell CRTC the ‘subsidy’ model has failed the industry, shooting down an alternate proposal by Rogers. Péladeau stonewalls for his own fund
Rogers calls for market-driven fund
Cable giant breaks silence on CTF, telling CRTC that distributors need a separate fund to turn out shows that will click with audiences, while shooting down talk of money for new media
Canwest shuffles AA execs with its own
Canwest Broadcasting has named a new nine-member executive management team that will report to president Kathy Dore, bringing a few names from newly acquired Alliance Atlantis into its fold.
Creatives defend CTF, attack Shaw
Opening day of CRTC hearings brings high praise from actors, directors and producers for the fund, and harsh words for its most vocal critic
Indie Awards to fete producers
It is debatable whether the film and TV industry needs another awards show, but Canada’s producers will be feted at the new Indie Awards on the opening night of Prime Time in Ottawa on Feb. 20.
CFTPA green team shoots to reduce producers’ carbon footprint
A green initiative will be pitched to producers at the CFTPA Prime Time in Ottawa conference later this month, according to Minds Eye Pictures’ Kevin DeWalt, cochair of the CFTPA’s recently formed green committee.
New content team in place at Canwest
Alliance’s new owner has named the content execs for its networks and channels, including Showcase. But questions remain over who, exactly, is in charge of what
Networks try again with fee-for-carriage
And this time, the price has gone up. In a joint submission to Gatineau, CTVgm and Canwest are seeking as much as 70 cents per subscriber per channel from the cable companies
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