Special Post-L.A. Edition

+ E1 Entertainment closed a raft of international sales for Amreeka following Cannes. The copro between Winnipeg’s Buffalo Gal Pictures and U.S. and Kuwaiti partners has been sold to Sharmill Films (Australia), National Geographic (U.S.), WEG (India) and Cineart (Benelux). Elsewhere, it will be handled by Look Now! (Switzerland), Festival Films (Spain), Iguana (Italy) and Memento Films (France).

In the U.S., 110,000 SAG members recently received a ballot allowing them to ratify or reject the latest deal on offer from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers – and not a moment too soon. The dispute is getting even uglier, if that is possible.

Mobile video retailer MoboVivo has picked up The Tudors, adding the CBC’s historical drama to its catalogue of downloadable shows. The Calgary-based company – which also carries titles such as The Hour, Ed’s Up and This Is Daniel Cook – says it will start distributing the current, third season after it airs in Canada.

Production and airing of children’s programming has hit a ‘precipitous drop’ in the last two years…

The loss of the veteran actor has dealt a blow to the indie feature Portland, which was set to star the veteran actor and begin…

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The company has started production on a new season of the children’s reality program…

The network is increasing its online offerings as part of a new overall broadcast strategy…

Gatineau will stay away from new media for at least another five years, but has sided with the NFB in calling for a broader, national strategy to keep…

English services boss Richard Stursberg says he likes visiting Quebec because its people care about their home-grown TV…