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Kirstine Stewart leaves CBC for Twitter Canada
Stewart, the pubcaster’s EVP English Services since 2011, is to become managing director of Twitter Canada.
Weekly roundup: nominations and awards
This weeks’ prize-heavy briefs include news of Inch’ Allah (pictured) taking a special prize at the Beijing International Film Festival and the Canuck nominations at the up-coming Monte-Carlo International TV Festival.
Sardine Productions launches Leon interactive comic book app
The Montreal-based animator is partnering with Societe Radio-Canada to finance and promote the apps for the Leon kids series.
Heartland nets most AMPIA awards noms
Seven24 Films’ CBC family drama is vying for 13 prizes while Nomadic Pictures’ AMC western Hell on Wheels is vying for eight in the Alberta awards race.
Netflix maps out original productions strategy
The streaming service noted in a discussion paper released Wednesday it is earmarking approximately $200 million annually to independently produced shows.
UOMO Media launches multi-channel production arm
UOMO Filmworks is billed as a full-service production studio whose development slate already includes reality, lifestyle and music-based non-fiction programs.
Rogers Q1 revenue and earnings rise
Cable and wireless phone revenue offset weakness in the media division as the conglomerate completed the rebranding of City Montreal.
Manitoba extends industry tax credits, expands digital incentive
The tax incentives for film and video production and interactive digital media production have been extended to 2016, with four enhancements to the digital media incentive.
Weekly roundup: Premieres, awards and composer news
Today’s briefs include details on Geneva Film’s Foxed! (pictured) snagging a premiere at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film and Tricon and Temple Street being nominated for Realscreen Awards.
TSN partners with Running Room for digital series
The series features sports scientist and physiologist Dr. Greg Wells and offers insight on the science behind running.
Big Brother Canada nets big numbers on TV, web
The series drew its highest audience to date – 757,000 (V2+) for its Apr. 7 episode – while Shaw Media says viewers have streamed more than 1,000,000 hours of video from online live feeds over the last seven weeks.
Teletoon Retro launches second-screen trivia game
The online cartoon trivia games, Toon Feud in English and Les P’tits Genies in French, are accessible via tablets, smartphones or computers.
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