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DHX Media swings to full-year loss
Fewer and less lucrative series orders from struggling Canadian broadcasters led indie producer DHX Media to swing to a full-year loss of $813,000 in fiscal 2010, against a year-earlier profit of $385,000.
DGC hands top prizes to Leslie, Cairo Time
It was a mixed bag of winners at the Directors Guild of Canada awards on Saturday, where Reginald Harkema nabbed the best feature director prize for Leslie, My Name is Evil, while Ruba Nadda’s Cairo Time was named best feature film.
Raymont launches Oscar campaign for Glenn Gould doc
Canadian doc maker Peter Raymont is piling up the air miles to put a little gold man on his mantle.
CBC kicks off Culture Days
The public broadcaster hosted an all-day, all-CBC festival in Yonge-Dundas Square on Thursday to kick off its sponsorship of Culture Days – and its fall TV premieres.
Shaw sweetens benefits package
The carrot dangled by Shaw Communications to win approval for its $2 billion purchase of Canwest Global Communications Corp’s TV assets on Thursday became a bushel.
Canamedia appoints Lolato
Toronto-based producer/distributor Canamedia has named Mike Lolato to the post of managing director, Worldwide Broadcast Sales.
Bush takes best short for Pawnshop
Halifax filmmaker Andrew Bush has won the A&E Short Filmmakers Award at the NSI Online Short Film Festival for his film Pawnshop. The award comes with a $2,500 cash prize.
O’Farrell takes over TFO
Glenn O’Farrell has taken over as president and CEO of TFO, Ontario’s public, French-language educational network.
Industry loses Burroughs
Canada lost an acting legend when Jackie Burroughs passed away at age 71 in her Toronto home on Wednesday.
Unions and Guilds weigh in on Shaw deal
Don’t let Shaw Communications off lightly when it comes to a benefits package required for approval to acquire Canwest Global Communications Corp’s TV assets. That was the message to the CRTC Wednesday from Canadian indie producers, guilds and unions.
$30 million bid for social media translator
Interactive content producer Intertainment Media has received an unsolicited US$30 million bid for its upstart social media translator division Ortsbo.
Webb resigns from Corus Entertainment
Joanna Webb has resigned from Canadian media giant Corus Entertainment. Promoted in late July to VP and head of programming and production to oversee the entire Corus TV group, including kidnets YTV and Treehouse, Webb is set to depart the company on October 1.
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