New technologies and more ‘imaginative engagement’ with Canadians in chairman’s five-year plan for the board

Touring retrospective to honor ‘First Lady of First Nations Film’ — starting at the MoMA in New York

This year, ShowCanada will do more than just tease Canadian exhibitors with coming movies and trailers from the major studios and indie Canadian distributors.

Consumers cheered and broadcasters shuddered upon hearing that the CRTC will, at this month’s BDU hearings, consider letting the likes of HBO, ESPN and Nickelodeon into Canada – doing away with the genre protections that help keep Canadians in business. And so we ask the uncomfortable question:

• Chris Gordon is now president of CTVglobemedia’s radio division. He was most recently VP and GM for CHUM radio stations and held the same position at A-Channel Ottawa.

• SOAPnet has picked up season one of MVP, and plans to put the cancelled hockey drama on June 19. The Disney-owned cable channel broadcasts current and past soap operas to about 41 million American homes. The deal was brokered by execs at Toronto’s Screen Door and Zac Reeder of L.A.-based Circus Road Films.

New channel looks to spur production of more high-definition programming in aboriginal languages

Lend an ear for sound engineers. They don’t just mix soundtracks. They design and produce audio not heard in real life. Recall that ‘eeek, eeek, eeek’ sound in Psycho, or the ‘badum, badum, badum’ shark attack theme music in Jaws?

Countering an unattractive exchange rate and growing competition from foreign locales, the province now offers producers a tax credit on labor costs of up to 65%

The first cut of Fugitive Pieces was a bit of a downer for audiences, says its writer/director. So it has been recut with a happy ending, digressing from the Anne Michaels novel

Heath Ledger’s final film and story of the Montreal massacre among 10 English-language films to receive funding