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Scripted Cancon alive and well on TMN

Do you ever get the feeling you’re invisible?

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Tapping into DVD

Home video offers a potentially lucrative market for beleaguered Canadian filmmakers, but at Telefilm, the emphasis remains on theatrical

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Delivering in-demand content on demand

Watching content on a small screen such as a mobile phone can be every bit as compelling as on a traditional TV, maintains Bernard Gershon, head of digital media at Disney-ABC Television Group.

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the burning question

You can’t fool us. Publicly, everyone may condemn piracy, but we’ve got a feeling that most of you know your way around BitTorrent. And yet, stealing is a touchy subject. And Cineplex or Warner Bros. might be reading this, so enjoy this special, all-anonymous edition of Burning Question, in which we ask:

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Let viewers decide, says CRTC chair

CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein sees the commission’s recent move to phase out ad time restrictions on conventional broadcasters as a matter of letting viewers decide.

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Too late for more offers, CRTC tells CTVglobemedia

The CRTC says it will not consider a last-minute offer by CTVglobemedia to sell off three Citytv stations in the Prairies, because it was made after public hearings had closed. The proposal, filed May 7, was sent back to CGM because it was not ‘part of the public record,’ according a CRTC spokesperson.

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Senators call for fixes to CTF

A new report on the Canadian Television Fund is calling for major changes to how television and multimedia content are financed in Canada.

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Comedy, web content on CBC summer sked

CBC has unveiled a summer schedule including the reality/contest The Second City’s Next Comedy Legend, user-generated content and an array of sports programming.

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CFC short fest expects 300 from industry

From Spielberg to von Trier to Natali (as in Vincenzo), most successful filmmakers start out with shorts, and the 13th annual Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival, which kicks off June 12, gives auds, whether there for business or pleasure, their chance to get in on the ground floor.

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Correction

An item in the April 30 issue referred to Christmas in Wonderland as a U.S. film. It is in fact a Canadian property produced by Insight Film Studios and The Yari Film Group.

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Letters

Where’s Canadian drama on the CBC?