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Incendo’s The Perfect Surrogate in production in Montreal
The made-for-TV movie, starring Mia Kirschner, Rachel Blanchard and David Julian Hirsch, shoots through to June 21.
Secret Location launches industry Facebook app
Fanviewr allows content creators, distributor and producers to more easily make show websites, company founder and exec producer James Milward tells Playback.
Produced By Conference: On the films that ‘won’t get made’
Blogging from L.A., Marc Almon listens in on producer Brian Grazer and producer/director Peter Berg’s discussion of making their films in the face of major challenges.
HBO doc Koran by Heart takes top jury prize in Banff
As the Banff Rockie Awards were handed out Tuesday, the best drama prize went to Five (pictured), a short film anthology for Lifetime in the U.S. market.
Movie Central, TMN unveil original production slate for fall
Returning series Call Me Fitz (pictured), Less Than Kind join lineup of copro miniseries Rogue and The Heretics, and docs including Ron Mann’s Altman.
Restructuring daytime TV in a post-Oprah world
Execs from media agencies Gaggi Media, ZenithOptimedia, Media Experts and Mindshare weigh-in on the programming strategies for fall 2012’s daytime schedule.
Banff 2012: Sask producers ponder their next moves
“It’s not a load-up the wagon and head out of Dodge. It’s a slow ending of the industry,” SMPIA president Ron Goetz tells Playback.
Space orders original drama Orphan Black
Temple Street Productions will produce the 10 ep series co-created by John Fawcett and Graeme Manson.
Banff 2012: NFB launches branded channel in China
Local partner Pheonix New Media offers Chinese internet users access to films produced and distributed by the National Film Board of Canada.
TV subscription, license spending to hit $13B by 2016: PwC report
According to the report, consumer spending in Canada is projected to increase at 5.3% compound annual growth to 2016, versus 3.7% in the U.S.
CRTC at Banff 2012: Netflix Canada a problem? It’s the solution
“Let’s take advantage of these great new digital media to promote and export our Canadian content to the world,” CRTC commissioner Peter Menzies (pictured) told delegates on Monday.
Banff 2012: Canada Media Fund unveils Canadaonscreen.ca website
The online initiative aims to showcase and celebrate Canadian TV programming and digital content consumed widely at home and abroad.
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