Partnership with Telefilm earmarks nearly $2 million for Aboriginal filmmakers

Numbers for the video awards were up — way up — on air and online, following a months-long campaign by a faux hacker

Rights of shareholders written into law with landmark ruling on $52 billion buyout

Ask a Ninja creators on roster with Shaun of the Dead director and Fremantle exec Rob Clark

Sturla Gunnarsson’s take on the terrorist bombing plays commercial free on Sunday on CBC, but has already made its mark in Vancouver’s Indian community

Pickup of Global’s new primetime series a possibility at U.S. network. Hoser characters still appeal to Americans, says Dave Thomas

CTV and the folks at Band-Aid have teamed up to revive the latter’s iconic Stuck on Me jingle

Six people, including last in-house filmmakers, lose jobs. Other vacant positions gone on paper, says board

Grant will go towards series of initiatives and workshops for female filmmakers

Doug Barrett has a new gig lined up and, as his time as chair of the Canadian Television Fund winds down, is set to take a teaching post at York University. Barrett has joined the Schulich School of Business at the Toronto university as visiting scholar in the CTV Professorship in Broadcast Management, taking over for Trina McQueen.

• Seville Pictures and Maximum Film Distribution have a new marketing team, topped by Paul Rotz, Tamara Shannon and Barb Matheson. Rotz is now director of theatrical sales for Canada, while Shannon, as director of marketing and promotions, will push the companies’ theatrical slate and organize special events. Matheson is director of publicity and communications.

• Seville Pictures closed a series of deals at Cannes for titles including Waltz with Bashir and Radu Mihaileanu’s Le Concert. Other titles acquired include Je l’aimais, Les plages d’Agnes, Mademoiselle Chambon, Le petit Nicolas and Amazonie la planète verte.