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How Beat Bugs helped Atomic Cartoons realize its expansion plans
The animation studio this week relocated its Vancouver headquarters as it increases its focus on original IP and capitalizes on the escalating demand for service work in B.C.
Maya Gallus’ The Heat to open Hot Docs 2018
The NFB also has 21 projects participating in the festival, which this year sees 50% of its titles led by women filmmakers.
The Future of Media: [Block] Chain reaction
Groupe Media TFO wants to reinvent the royalty model by using blockchain to provide more reliable real-time content consumption stats.
Playback’s 2018 Hall of Fame: Deepa Mehta
The Fire-y filmmaker’s subject matter is never easy. Neither was her rise to fame.
Insight’s Barbara Bowlby stepping down
Announced at the Canadian Screen Awards broadcast gala, Insight’s president and COO will move on after 38 years with the Amazing Race Canada prodco.
CSAs ’18: Maudie tops film awards with seven wins
On the TV side, CBC also had a big night with wins for Kim’s Convenience, Alias Grace and Anne.
From Collingwood to Carter: How Amaze built its new primetime show
At BanffConnectTO in Toronto, the team behind Carter, airing this spring on Bravo in Canada and AXN internationally, shared its origin story and how it landed in a sweet primetime slot.
CSAs ’18: Mayday, RISE, Wild Canadian Year nab non-fiction prizes
The opening gala of Canadian Screen Week also saw big wins for Property Brothers and Science Max.
CBC renews Schitt’s Creek for a fifth season
The pubcaster has made an expanded, 14-episode order for the half-hour comedy, which is set to return in winter 2019.
Playback’s 2018 Indie List: survey online now
It’s that time of year again. We want to hear how you allocated your spend in the 2017 calendar year. Playback‘s annual survey is open now.
Budget 2018 pledges $172M to CMF over five years
Announced Tuesday afternoon, the federal budget also includes money to modernize Statistics Canada and collect data on foreign OTT services operating in Canada.
General Purpose delves further into digital with The Succulent Six
Launching today on CBC digital, the factual series follows a group of plus-size models as they design and execute missions to champion body positivity.
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