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Telus not up for Canadian media assets
Count Telus Corp. out as a major buyer of Canadian media assets, at least for now.
Shakespeare takes Telefilm’s Pitch This
The jury has spoken: Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col on Tuesday won the Telefilm Canada Pitch This! competition with Kill Shakespeare, a live-action film and multimedia mash-up inspired by the famed poet’s characters.
Breakthrough unifies branding
Breakthrough’s three brands – Breakthrough Films & Television, Breakthrough New Media and the company’s distribution division – have been pulled together under a single brand: Breakthrough Entertainment.
Stall upped at Portfolio
Portfolio Entertainment has promoted Julie Stall from Head of Animation to vice president of production. In this newly-created position, Stall will oversee Portfolio’s children’s, lifestyle and factual slate.
Bell launches IPTV offering Fibe TV
Days after it unveiled a $3.2 billion deal for CTV, phone giant Bell Canada on Monday extended its advance into digital video by launching is Internet-based TV offering Fibe TV.
Brian Linehan Research Room opens
The late Canadian TV host Brian Linehan was famous for Hollywood celebrities responding to his probing questions during interviews with wide-eye astonishment, before injecting: “How did you know that?”
Canwest aboard Titanic
Canwest Global Communications Corp. has jumped aboard the Titanic… The mini-series.
Malin Akerman joins The Numbers Station
Toronto-raised actress Malin Akerman has been signed to star opposite Ethan Hawke in action-thriller The Numbers Station.
Bell Lightbox opens
As the countdown from ten began and a beaming Toronto International Film Festival director Piers Handling raised his giant ceremonial scissors, the tears started to flow.
Foundation Features in first-look with D Films
Out of the former Infinity Features, founded a decade ago in Vancouver by the late Bill Vince, has come Foundation Features, and now an exclusive first-look development deal with boutique distributor D Films in Toronto.
10 To Watch: Charlotte Sullivan
One of the lead characters on Rookie Blue, greenlit for a second season just weeks after its debut, she’s also up for her turn as Marilyn Monroe in History Channel’s The Kennedys
10 To Watch: Missy Peregrym
There was a moment while playing Rookie Blue character Andy McNally when Missy Peregrym had to ask herself, “Why am I saying her lines in real life?”
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