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Top 20 TV Programs
Top 20 TV Programs tracks ratings for the top 20 television shows in Canada for the period April 9-15, 2007.
Toronto’s growing studio space should attract major shoots
New Castlepoint-Pinewood facility scheduled to open in city’s west end by fall 2008
Pinewood and Castlepoint: a history of false starts
The film world has immortalized Britain’s Pinewood Shepperton Studios for its James Bond, Batman and Harry Potter film shoots.
The industry’s greatest cheerleader steps down
Academy head Maria Topalovich resigns after nearly 20 years at the helm
NAB2007: NHK leads the way in Ultra HD
Las Vegas: While the Canadian TV market is still grappling with widespread adoption of HD, the talk as the National Association of Broadcasters conference opened earlier this month was about next-generation Ultra HDTV.
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Nominations from ACT and CNMA
Jane and the Dragon, Life with Derek and Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends are all up for this year’s ACT awards, just three of the roughly 70 programs, interstitials and websites nominated for the honors from the Alliance for Children and Television.
Harry Rasky 1928-2007
Prolific documentarian Harry Rasky (Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love) died in a Toronto hospital on April 9 of a heart attack following hip surgery. He was 78 years old.
Jim Murphy 1947-2007
Film distribution and marketing expert Jim Murphy, a founding member of the Toronto Filmmakers’ Co-op, died April 12 in Toronto following ongoing health problems. He was 59.
Corrections
•Bravo!FACT is one of the production partners on the Shorts in Motion: The Art of Seduction project, mentioned in the April 16 issue.
Wanted: independent studio head
English Canada’s film industry can grow if producers step up and out of the Telefilm box
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