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Weekly roundup: nominations, premieres and festival news
Included in this week’s briefs are Canadian nominations for the Webby Awards and news that B.C.-serviced U.S. production Bates Motel (pictured) has been renewed by A&E Network.
Revenues up for specialty services in 2012: CRTC
The regulator said Thursday that specialty, pay, PPV and VOD TV service revenues reached almost $4 billion in 2012.
Copper adds Alfre Woodard to cast
The Emmy award-winner jumps on board the second season shoot by Cineflix Studios in Toronto through July 2013.
B.C. NDP election promise includes expanding film, TV tax credits
Party leader Adrian Dix says that if his party wins the May 14 vote, the province’s labour tax credit would be boosted 7% to 40%.
CRTC releases cable, sat TV financials
Combined cable operator revenue was up modestly, and satellite TV revenue fell 2% as overall sector pre-tax profits came to $2.6 billion.
Karen Bruce named ACCT’s membership director
Bruce, whose experience includes being TIFF’s director of Canadian Initiatives, takes the position immediately.
Astral Media posts higher earnings
The Q2 results come just weeks ahead of the May 6 CRTC hearing to consider BCE’s second application to acquire the indie broadcaster.
Corus Entertainment’s Q2 profit down
Lower TV and radio station revenue reduced earnings at the Canadian broadcaster.
Space renews Being Human
The latest 13-episode fourth season pick-up follows Syfy similarly ordering another cycle from Muse Entertainment.
Space, Ztele acquire Cybergeddon
The MIPTV deals bring the Yahoo web drama shot in Hamilton, Ontario to Canadian TV sets (Olivier Martinez in Cybergeddon pictured).
David Oland named Brightlight VP business, legal affairs
The news comes as the company regroups following the departures of co-founder Stephen Hegyes and former VP business and legal affairs Karyn Edwards (Oland pictured).
Canadian Social TV top 3 – week of Mar. 31
In this week’s installment, we see how a Big Brother Canada programming-cum-plot twist caused a spike in discussion of the property online.
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