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Three things you may not know about…Jay Ingram
Jay Ingram, Daily Planet host and recent recipient of the Order Of Canada
B.C.: Ahead of the pack
B.C. is on track to see 2009 foreign production volume ring in at a similar level as 2008, when 86 offshore projects totaling $1.4 billion in budgets shot in the province.
Ontario moves to match competition
The Government of Ontario has announced plans to expand its film and TV production services tax credit beyond a foreign production’s Ontario labor spend. The move followed by two weeks a similar announcement in Quebec, as both provinces move to sweeten incentives to foreign producers.
Pinewood arrives in Toronto
Pinewood Shepperton introduced itself to the Toronto studio market with equal part swagger and reserve, as befits a British studio giant. ‘Our role is to use the experience that we’ve gathered over 75 years and work with the management team and skills in the Toronto market to bring as much production as we can to Toronto,’ Pinewood Shepperton CEO Ivan Dunleavy said as he unveiled a five-year management pact with the newest investors, including the City of Toronto, at the former Filmport complex.
Quebec: New initiatives are the difference
After a sluggish few years, American producers finally appear hot on Quebec again.
Atlantic Canada: Film biz recovering nicely
‘If half of what is rumored to be [coming] here happens, we’ll be in pretty good shape,’ says Kris Gilbert, general manager at William F. White in Nova Scotia. Cautious optimism seems to be the flavor of the day – not atypical for Atlantic Canada.
CRTC re-opens door for fee-for-carriage, wants more for local television
Canada’s broadcast regulator has opened the doors to fee-for-carriage, increased the size of a yet-to-launch local TV fund, and harmonized the amount of local programming the English-language networks have to broadcast.
No deal, no explanation from CTV, Shaw
A publicity stunt or a serious deal gone sour? That’s the question left in the air after CTVglobemedia said Shaw Communication backed out of a May offer to buy three of its stations – CKX in Brandon, MB, and Ontario stations CKNX in Wingham and CHWI near Windsor – for $1 each.
HBO boosts Astral earnings
Astral Media posted slightly higher third-quarter earnings as subscriber revenue gains offset continuing TV advertising weakness. The Montreal-based broadcaster saw earnings for the three months to May 31 climb 3% to $44.3 million, against a year-earlier $43.2 million, on overall revenue rising 1% to $232.5 million, from $231. 9 million in 2008.
Scream wants women
Scream will have a different name and lineup come September, when it will be rebranded as Dusk. The Corus-owned digichannel will move away from its stock-in-trade gore and horror to more female-friendly paranormal programming.
Cancellations ‘a disaster,’ says doc group
Loss of CBC’s The Lens and Wild Docs the latest blow in a bad year for nonfiction filmmakers, says DOC co-chair John Christou
Incendo goes Hollywood
Montreal shop posts Lifetime vet Libby Beers in L.A. — looking to break into the high-end drama game
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