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Endemol takes international rights to Continuum
The deal for the homegrown sci-fi series from Vancouver’s Reunion Pictures includes rights to any future seasons of the series, which began production on its second season last week.
Canadian Social TV top 3 – Week of Jan. 27
This week, we see how Lost Girls’ marketing team was able to juice its social-media activity by capitalizing on a contest run by an entertainment news program, according to Seevibes.
B.C. Film + Media announces funding recipients
Among the recipients were Twofold Films Inc for Windy and Friends , CineCoup for its film development accelerator and Reel Apps Inc. for the Shot Lister App.
Super Bowl pulls in 7.33 million viewers for CTV and RDS
The second largest-ever audience for the NFL championship game was followed by 1.23 million viewers tuning into the premiere episode of Motive after a flurry of pre-Super Bowl publicity.
Victor Loewy, Ian Greenberg to receive Academy special awards
The ACCT has also announced an engagement strategy that lets fans vote for Canada’s Screen Star and also gives them a chance to attend the live Screen Awards broadcast.
Bardel pacts with Frank Saperstein on animated projects
The non-exclusive partnership will see the ex-Entertainment One executive (pictured) collaborate with Bardel on select proprietary projects.
Picture Box pacts with Ameba
AmebaTV.com and its portals are available on about five million Smart TVs and set top boxes in the U.S.
David Cormican to leave Minds Eye Entertainment
Diane Robinson will replace Cormican (pictured) as head of development, as part of a minor management shakeup at the Saskatchewan indie producer.
Camera-equipped drones fly into Toronto
Avrobotics Canada has two remotely-controlled aircraft (pictured), each of which can be flown into places traditional aircraft can’t, including indoors.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs Jan. 21 to Jan. 27, 2013
CSI tops TV, while HNIC takes the #4 spot and Vancouver-filmed Arrow is #10.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Jan. 14 to Jan. 20, 2013
Taken 2 is the top-selling DVD for the week of Jan. 14 to Jan. 20, 2013.
Canadian screen industry boosts production volume to $5.9 billion: report
Profile 2012: An Economic Report on the Screen-based Production Industry in Canada reported a drop in foreign location shoots, but an increase in both Canadian TV and theatrical production.
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