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$310 million fund to replace CTF

Federal heritage minister James Moore is scrapping the Canadian Television Fund, looking to replace it and the Canada New Media Fund…

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Watch-woman joins Iron’s latest

Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch and Watchmen’s Malin Akerman have joined the cast of The Bang Bang Club, Daniel Iron’s copro about…

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TSN leads trade day coverage

The busiest day on the sports television calendar paid off for TSN and Rogers Sportsnet, which both noted a jump…

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‘Use it or lose it’ says minister

Ontario Culture minister Aileen Carroll and the OMDC, sided with the creative community on Monday, calling for internet and wireless…

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Magazine dropped by Canwest

Canwest Global Communications has sold The New Republic…

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E1 to handle home video Sanctuary

The little series that could continues to sell overseas, following pickups and renewals of Sanctuary…

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Brits buying more E1

Marwyn Neptune Fund is looking to raise its stake in Entertainment One, and has proposed a partial cash offer that would raise its share…

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Canwest can’t get enough Holmes

TV handyman Mike Holmes will write a new weekly column for Canwest’s major newspapers — expanding on…

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Wal-Mart booted from former studio

A question mark hangs over the padlocked Toronto Film Studios complex after a plan to convert the former soundstages into a retail mall…

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Meirelles readies his take on Slings

Brazil’s TV Globo is set to air its own version of Slings & Arrows, from Fernando Meirelles…

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Peter Leitch: B.C.’s Mr. Nice Guy

In the B.C. film community, Peter Leitch has a reputation for being a savvy businessman, an articulate spokesperson for the local industry, and super nice guy. In his mind, these attributes aren’t dichotomies; they go hand-in-hand with success.

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Dollars and sense

Mercifully, not all Canadian media stocks deserve to be covered in a black shroud during the current market gloom. A surprising number of steady-as-she-goes Canadian companies have survived the recent market debris.