TV
The 2012 10 to Watch: Calum deHartog
The Toronto SWAT officer has co-created CBC drama Cracked and adapted Dennis Lehane’s Southern noir short story Running out of Dog, which is now in development with Leo DiCaprio’s prodco Appian Way.
The 2012 10 to Watch: Mark De Angelis
The writer whose credits include Dan for Mayor and The Ron James Show co-created and produced Bill and Sons Towing, a webseries that attracted a lot of mainstream media attention and lured many high-profile Canadian actors.
The 2012 10 to Watch: Cassie Steele
The buzz is steadily increasing for the former Degrassi star and rising singer who plays a Canadian actress with Hollywood dreams on The L.A. Complex.
The 2012 10 to Watch: Patrick Tarr
Among other projects the Toronto-based screenwriting award winner has been at work on upcoming CBC drama Cracked, and co-wrote the feature script for sci-fi thriller The Colony.
Playback 2012 Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame inductee: Graham Greene
The prolific actor is being honoured for his unrivaled professionalism and commitment to acting in a career that spans decades.
Playback 2012 Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame inductee: Bob Culbert
The Northern Ireland-born TV veteran is being appreciated for his life-long commitment to the core values of broadcast news gathering and documentary production.
CRTC appoints Chief Consumer Officer
Barbara Motzney in the newly created position will be responsible for better understanding the concerns of Canadians.
Videotron adds four networks to HD offerings
HGTV Canada, Food Network, Showcase and Prise 2 are now part of the Quebec-based broadcaster’s lineup, with Nat Geo Wild (Dangerous Encounters pictured) being added as a standard definition channel.
Sportsnet continues growth
Scott Moore (pictured) talks about why the brand purchased the Grand Slam of Curling, and what’s next for its new events division.
Tom Radford to get top Alberta screen industry award
The docmaker is to receive the Alberta Media Production Industries Association’s David Billington Award in late October.
TIFF announces Studio program participants
A total of 16 content producers, including Daniel Bekerman, Lauren Grant and Ingrid Veninger, were selected for the year-round program that focuses on creative and business skills development and international partnerships.
OWN Canada acquires Life Story Project
The doc series from Headtrip Films was created and showrun by Mitch Gabourie and will air on the Corus Entertainment channel from January 2013.
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