‘Maria is the living example of making lemonade when life gives you lemons,’ says George Anthony, the former creative head, arts music and variety for CBC TV arts and entertainment.

Shaftesbury Films has racked up a whopping 42 nominations in this year’s Gemini competition, with 10 productions (or copros) in the running for various awards.

All a Canadian TV show wants is a little respect. That’s why the Geminis were created. Maybe it’s fitting that the awards show can’t get no respect either, a sentiment that shows up quickly when you talk to Canadian TV critics.

CTV leads the race for best TV movie with four-out-of-five noms, while CBC has the market cornered as broadcaster of both nominated miniseries.

Western Canada’s independent production community is worried about the future after Corus Entertainment closed its Movie Central office in Vancouver this week and let go staff, including head of creative affairs Shelley Gillen.

CBC has moved the crime drama off Tuesdays — away from House but up against Heroes — with little promotion. ‘It deserves to be seen by Canadians who pay for it,’ says Haddock

Away from Her takes best director, film and picture editing at Saturday night ceremony. Brian Anthony introduced as new executive director of the guild

Canuck funnyman working on a sitcom script about his life, following a deal reached with the U.S. network

Rogers’ acquisition of Citytv stations approved, but it is forced to sell two religious stations in the West

Montreal distributor worked with Amnesty International and the Canadian Forces to spread the word about this latest cinematic take on what happened to Roméo Dallaire in Rwanda

Unmonitored online content undermines the Broadcasting Act, CRTC should get serious about Internet, says study by Quebec industry groups

Once and returning chairman heralds ‘new chapter’ at Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, speaks of need to reach into ‘the corners of our country’