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Jeanne Beker provides details on what’s next for her career
The style maven tells Playback about her plans for a multi-platform program anchored more closely to viewers’ own lives.
Bell reports stronger net earnings in soft TV ad market
Parent company BCE credited its year-over-year period growth in part to the creation of Bell Media, formed when the company purchased CTV.
Bell Fund and CMPA team up for digital media mentorship program
The program will pair TV and new media producers and equip them with the technical, business and creative skills to succeed in the digital industry.
Sanctuary leads nomination field for Leo Awards
Other multiple nominees at B.C. upcoming film and TV awards include Carl Bessai’s Brothers & Sisters, a feature that garnered a dozen nods.
Audience numbers key in showing digital ROI success, developers say
The so-called freemium model, which provide free trials of content with online properties, is showing great promise as a marketing and sales tool.
John Barrack leaves Canadian Media Production Association as COO
The producer association’s top negotiator has left “to pursue other opportunities,” a spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
Nova Scotia film industry releases new industry guidelines
The new document sets clear standards for responsibility on set, but allegedly introduces no changes that will up production costs.
Specialty TV services generated $2.9 billion in revenue in 2011: CRTC
According to 2011 financial results from the CRTC, specialty, pay and pay-per-view TV and VOD services have grown their revenues by 36.7% in the last five years.
TV subscriptions grow despite increasing popularity of Netflix
Canadian TV subscriptions were up 10% in 2011, perhaps calling into question claims that the rise of Netflix means the death of cable service providers.
W Network bolsters Wednesday night schedule
The network is adding entrepreneurial series Backyard Inventors and the hidden camera game show Deal With It (pictured) to its spring lineup.
What Flashpoint fans are saying as Canadian cop drama goes off duty
“Thanks to the success of flashpoint, we have Rookie Blue,” Indiana-based Flashpoint fan Chuck Snitchler said on Twitter Tuesday on news the Canadian police procedural will end after five seasons.
Writers Guild of Canada unveils new council
Jill Golick will continue to serve as the organization’s president, supported by Andrew Wreggit as VP and Mark Ellis as treasurer for the next two-year term.
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