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Entertainment One signs DVD distrib deal with 20th Century Fox for Hopscotch outfit
The home entertainment deal will see 20th Century Fox release new movie, TV and catalogue product in the Australian and New Zealand home entertainment markets.
Toon Boom’s Joan Vogelesang honoured in the Caribbean
The president of the animation software development company is granted two awards for her contributions to the Caribbean animation industry.
TV handyman Mike Holmes restructures production shingle
The co-CEOs of The Holmes Group have been split up, with Pete Kettlewell to head up a new spinoff production company, Point Load Pictures.
Exclusive: Reunion taps 24’s Jon Cassar to helm Out of Time pilot
Lensing the Vancouver-set police procedural follows Cassar directing all eight episodes of The Kennedys miniseries for Shaw Media.
Bardel Entertainment expands to Kelowna, B.C.
The animation studio and production company is adding a new office in B.C.’s Interior, and working on new-talent incubation with Okanagan College.
eOne pacts with Impossible Pictures on factual slate
The codevelopment deal will see the Canadian and British producers make documentaries for international distribution.
Handsome Canadians land ani work on Ugly Americans
The new prodco formed by Markle Productions and Solis Animation is set to produce and animate half of the series’ second season.
CBC’s Hubert Lacroix defends the pubcaster’s accountability
The CBC topper was back on Parliament Hill indicating he may take his fight with Quebecor Media over corporate disclosure to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Sudz Sutherland’s Home Again to shoot in early 2012
The dramatic feature about three adults deported back to the country of their birth, Jamaica, will shoot for six weeks in Jamaica and Trinidad.
CBC loses appeals court battle with federal information watchdog
The pubcaster must now hand over key internal documents due to access to information requests that it previously held were exempt from public scrutiny.
Gary Slaight joins ACCT Board of Directors
Slaight’s appointment follows the ACCT’s annual general meeting, in which it also discussed forming a national advisory council to ensure regional representation.
Avi Federgreen launches indie film distribution company
Indiecan Entertainment aims to release low-budget films by emerging filmmakers that otherwise get little commercial play after a festival circuit run.
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