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Production underway on Temple Street’s The Next Step
The single cam tween series for Family Channel, created by Frank van Keeken (pictured) will feature extra content, including an after-show web series, on Family.ca.
Weekly Roundup – awards, sales, premieres
Highlights include wins for SongbirdSOS (pictured), Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos, and Stargate Universe, a Locarno world premiere for Tower and sales for Cineflix.
CCI and Magellan get on the GeoFreakZ GeoTrails
The Toronto-based entertainment co has partnered with the GPS consumer electronics company to use its transmedia kids IP for a geocaching program with Parks Canada.
75% of screen professionals to sell homes, exit Sask: survey
As well, 85% of respondents said they planned significant changes to their careers or businesses, according to the Saskatchewan Media Industry survey.
Astral and Corus raise Q3 earnings, despite revenue falls
Both pay, specialty TV and radio broadcasters faced a soft advertising market as the companies managed to squeeze out higher profit lines during the quarter to May 31.
Cindy Witten leaving NFB as head of English program
The former History Television exec came to the public filmmaker in 2008 and created its first digital studio.
#Changethemodel: Chris Williams on TV ad measurement
The IAB president shares his take what needs to change in the digital television industry in Canada.
CMF invests $14M in 25 digital media projects
Investments in digital projects like games, apps and interactive websites range from $175,000 to $1 million in the latest round of the Experimental Stream production support program.
Animation producers must do more with less, says TAAFI panel
Industry experts discussed the challenges facing Canadian producers at the inaugural Toronto animation festival Saturday.
Roundup – awards, shortlists and updates
Here’s a mix of recent award winners and shortlisters, and an update on Ingrid Veninger’s $1K Film Challenge and the return of comedy web series Moderation Town (pictured).
APTN goes cross-platform for national chief election coverage
The initiative is an attempt to tap into the fast growing and heavy portable device-using, young aboriginal demographic, says network CEO Jean LaRose (pictured).
Daniel Dales and Jarrett Sherman exit Smokebomb Entertainment
The co-founders of the digital producer, acquired by Shaftesbury Films in 2008, are “moving on from their roles in order to pursue other opportunities.”
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