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Policy
CRTC brings down HDTV bid
John Bitove’s plans to launch a U.S-style HD superstation are sunk by Gatineau for lack of local programming and digital commitments
Senate committee questions Bill C-10
Department of Finance defends plan for vague guidelines, while courts will be more lenient, says official
The hidden perks in Bill C-10
Film and TV executives who are urging the Senate to void a proposed amendment in Bill C-10 that could deny tax credits to ‘offensive’ projects are in a bind because the bill includes other proposed amendments that the industry has long urged Ottawa to enact into law.
Bill C-327: another form of censorship
Ronald Cohen is the national chair of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council
BDUs, casters gear up for CRTC hearings
Starting next week in Gatineau, the cable and satellite companies will ask for more flexibility to import foreign services, while conventional broadcasters will renew their push for fee-for-carriage
Film industry calls for more flexible copro treaties
Canada needs more flexible film copro treaties to compete effectively in the global marketplace, say film players in both official languages.
Tories’ true colors emerging
When the federal Conservatives came to power two years ago, there was no immediate cause for the film and TV sectors to be alarmed. But based on recent reaction from the industry, that time has most certainly come.
This isn’t rewarding risk-takers
Ian Cooper is an associate at Toronto law firm Stohn Hay Cafazzo Dembroski Richmond LLP, which focuses on entertainment, copyright, and technology
Artistic expression versus the Christian right
Heritage Minister Josée Verner has repeated with numbing earnestness that Bill C-10 is not censorship, and that she is a friend of the arts.
Hidden perks in Bill C-10
The controversial federal bill also promises greater transparency on tax credits and first-time assistance to script development, putting its industry opponents in a bind
Filmmakers call for more copro flexibility
Coproduction treaties need to allow marquee-level stars and outside directors, say producers, if Canada is to compete in the world marketplace
Bloc MP stands by his bill
Stiffer penalties needed to stem rise of violence seen on TV by children, insists Bernard Bigras, citing study at Laval University
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