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Funding
Two streams for CTF? We’ve been down this road before
Canadian Television Fund week in Gatineau produced its own share of quality domestic drama.
Infinity scores quarter million from Telefilm
Feds hand hefty cheque to the company behind Capote and Heath Ledger’s last picture
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
Quebecor and Shaw take the stand
Cable companies behind the squabble over CTF make their case Thursday before the CRTC, but face stiff opposition from creatives in Quebec
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
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
B.C. tax breaks to match Ontario
Projects from within the province will get a 35% credit, with 18% for everyone else, under new tax breaks put forth by the B.C. Liberals
More eyeballs mean more original programs
Specialty television has often been thought of as conventional’s brassy little sister – with bad skin and a training bra – so its original programming wasn’t always taken seriously.
Hockey, aliens cash in at Telefilm
The feds took a shine to sci-fi and shinny in their latest round of feature funding, but there were still a few bucks left for Gary Yates and his producers to shoot the stunt-heavy crime story High Life
Mentor and producer Gulkin bows out
Harry Gulkin made his mark as a producer of hit films, and then spent the next 20 years helping to develop young talent at SODEC
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