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Make Believe Media CEO named Woman of the Year
Women in Film & TV Vancouver has named Lynn Booth, CEO of Make Believe Media, as its Woman of the Year.
NSI announces Drama Prize participants
Seven filmmakers across Canada have been named to the National Screen Institute’s Drama Prize program in Winnipeg, set to qualify for a $35,000 in cash support, services and mentoring.
Rogers Media names Jason Tafler to replace Claude Galipeau
Tafler comes to Rogers from PointRoll, a Pennsylvania-based digital marketing and technology company, where he was most recently CEO.
WGC announces screenwriting award noms
Less Than Kind dominates the TV comedy category for this year’s WGC Screenwriting Awards, nabbing three of the four nominations in the category.
Derek Luis leaves NSI
Only eight months into his stint as CEO of the National Screen Institute, Derek Luis has left the Winnipeg-based org.
Walter Levitt to New York City for next job
Levitt, former chief marketing officer at Canwest Broadcasting, has revealed he is headed to New York to work for a U.S. media company, “leading the marketing of one of their biggest global brands.”
Don Cherry renews with CBC for another year
The signing will give the CBC a chance to bid on renewing its NHL broadcast contract in the fall of 2013 with the popular hockey pundit on board.
Veteran actor Cayle Chernin passes
Veteran Canadian actor Cayle Chernin, 63, died Friday in Toronto after a short battle with cancer.
More cast confirmed for Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis
Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche and Mathieu Amalric will be joining Robert Pattinson in David Cronenberg’s thriller Cosmopolis, eOne announced Friday.
Prime Time: Stormy debate over vertical integration deals
The wisdom of vertical integration among Canadian content carriers to fend off Netflix and other competing U.S. digital platforms has quickly dominated conversations at the Prime Time conference in Ottawa.
Centennial College to dole out $500,000 for kids media projects
Centennial College’s Centre for Creative Communications is looking for the next big thing in children’s media, and it has ten $50,000 federal development grants to help you out.
TIFF appoints African and Middle Eastern programmer
The Toronto International Film Festival has tapped Rasha Salti to program African and Middle Eastern cinema.
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