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Rookie helmers to shine at TIFF
THE Canadian contingent at the 29th Toronto International Film Festival is top-heavy with first films, while works by veteran Canuck directors will be sprinkled throughout the various international programs for the first time in 20 years. On the heels of laying its Perspective Canada program to rest, TIFF announced the lion’s share of Canadian films on its schedule at a packed press conference Aug. 3.
Olympic ad sales sluggish
THE Olympic motto of ‘faster, higher, stronger’ has not exactly inspired airtime commercial sales at the CBC, which, according to media buyers, has trimmed its ad rates to accommodate domestic advertisers who are increasingly squeamish about a Summer Games overshadowed by concerns regarding terrorism, incomplete facilities in Athens, and athlete doping scandals.
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