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TV
CRTC delays CTF deadline
Comments on sharing benefits not due until Heritage responds to the regulator’s recommendations
Goldstein joins CTV/Rogers team
Former TSN exec tapped as director of communications for 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games. McIsaac comes over from news
Decode goes to Greece
Sells six-pack of preschooler fare to Channel 9
90210 rocks Global, CW
Fall season off to strong start for Global, thanks to Prison Break and the revival of the ’90s teen soap, though CTV’s Fringe will look to spoil things next week
TV sports just got a lot more competitive
With the announcement of three new sports outlets in a matter of weeks, the Canadian sports channel arena is set to get a lot more competitive.
The Big Screen: Coyne, Burns craft life-changing short
As Paul Gross opens this year’s Toronto International Film Festival with his feature Passchendaele, Martha Burns, his wife, and fellow actress Susan Coyne will be nearby, premiering their short How Are You? as part of the festival’s Short Cuts Canada program.
Digital Media: Mobile film an official TIFF selection
When Motorola handed filmmaker Pat Mills a camera phone and told him to make a movie, little did he know that the resulting film, Pat’s First Kiss, would do the festival circuit, including a stop at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.
CIS Vancouver goes to war in Tropic Thunder
When Ben Stiller needed crashing helicopters, explosion debris, bullet hits and CG planes for war scenes in the DreamWorks adventure comedy Tropic Thunder, he turned to Vancouver’s CIS Visual Effects Group, which handled most of the complex special effects work in the summer box-office hit.
Less Than Kind looks to fill comedy gap
Maury Chaykin’s first thought after reading the script for Less Than Kind was ‘Are they actually doing this?’
Make Believe revisits short-lived shows
A new series from Vancouver’s Make Believe Media takes an insider’s look at an all too familiar industry reality – TV shows that don’t make it past their first season.
Victoria Day shapes up for Bezmozgis
Canadian short-story sensation David Bezmozgis is gearing up to shoot his debut feature Victoria Day. Judy Holm and Michael McNamara of Toronto production house Markham Street Films will produce alongside Bezmozgis under his Nada Films shingle. Bezmozgis honed the screenplay for the coming-of-age drama at the 2006 Sundance Screenwriters Lab.
OLN joins Rogers family
The ever-expanding media giant takes over operations at the specialty following its purchase from CTVglobemedia and Versus
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