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Arthur placed atop ad department
Insight Production is courting advertisers through a new division led by former CHUM exec…
Herbert Taylor 1928-2009
Veteran photographer, cinematographer and director Herbert Taylor, an early film pioneer with Crawley Films, the National Film Board…
Doug Frith dead at 64
The former politician who became Hollywood’s top emissary in Canada died on the weekend…
New publisher for Playback
Marketing and sales veteran Catherine Bridgman has been tapped as the…
The cat’s out of the bag
I might be fantasizing, but it seems to me that I’ve heard Canadians use the word ‘audience’ more often in the past three weeks than in the past 30 years. And not just with regards to TV ratings or eyeballs on mobile screens (most notably at the CFTPA confab last month), but in terms of bums-in-seats watching Canadian feature films as a part of the almighty distribution food chain that now runs the gamut from IMAX to BlackBerry in size and scope. It’s refreshing.
Moves & Signings
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Playback Barometer
Sun, turning to cloud
Letter
Re: ‘CRTC boss unmoved at hearings’ (Playback Daily, Feb. 17):The ongoing CRTC hearings on new media are a positive opportunity for Canada’s creative community to put forth concrete proposals to ensure a place online for Canadian content. Despite the characterization in [your] news article, commissioners were engaged and intrigued by ACTRA’s bold proposals.
Rogers said to have new CEO
Nadir Mohamed looks set to take over at Rogers Communications, according to a report in The Globe and Mail that says…
Heritage minister stumbles on talk show
James Moore’s campaign to prove he cares about Quebec hit a snag Sunday night after the federal heritage minister couldn’t answer some basic questions…
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