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Inside Maxime Desmons’ Telefilm-backed micro-budget feature
Sally Karam and Damon D’Oliveira are producing and exec producing, respectively, What We Have, the first feature from Telefilm’s micro-budget production program (Desmons pictured).
Jean-Pierre Blais articulates the CRTC’s “global” vision
Speaking at an industry conference Friday, Blais (pictured) said the regulator is focused on regulatory approaches that are modern, adaptable to technological realities and prioritize rewarding excellence and innovation.
Blue Ant Media hires Shaw marketing VP
Jamie Schouela (pictured) will be joining the Toronto-based company as its executive VP of marketing and communications beginning next week.
Crowdfunding 101: “Linsanity”
As the STREAM conference kicks off today (June 3) in Santa Monica, we continue our crowdfunding focus by looking at the campaign for Linsanity (pictured), which raised more than US$160,000.
Jon Feltheimer to remain head of Lionsgate through 2018
The new contract for the Vancouver-based mini-studio’s topper (pictured) follows the acquisition of Summit Entertainment and box office success with The Hunger Games.
Cameras roll on season four of Lost Girl
The next 13 episodes of the series, which also airs on Syfy stateside, are slated to premiere on Showcase this fall.
Stream conference live stream: Listen to it here!
You can hear the main conference sessions streamed from our homepage as the world’s first marketplace and conference for internet TV originals gets underway in Santa Monica.
Morgan Spurlock on becoming a major web series player
The Super Size Me star (pictured) says content creators need to find multiple platforms for their product to survive and thrive in today’s fast-changing media landscape.
Stream13: Top content creators on success in internet TV
Digital technology has broadcast and broadband players coming together in a delicate dance to produce interchangeable original series for a cross-platform audience (Vuguru’s Larry Tanz pictured).
New media guru Alexander Manu on full spectrum entertainment
The Stream conference keynote speaker (pictured) talks about technology as a behaviour space, and content that attacks and pleases the senses.
How fan boys drive Machinima into original series
The global video entertainment brand is leveraging millions of interactions on its YouTube channel as it invests in premium original programming.
Crowdfunding 101: Inocente
Ahead of the STREAM conference, which kicks off in Santa Monica on Monday, we profile a trio of filmmakers who successfully raised funding via Kickstarter, starting with the directors (pictured) behind the Oscar-winning doc Inocente.
KinoSmith picks up three from Taskovski Films
The Toronto-based distributor has picked up the Canadian rights for The Venice Syndrome, Work Hard, Play Hard (pictured), and Documentarian from the London-based sales and production company.
Weekly roundup: Premieres, mentorship and financing news
Today’s package of briefs includes the Canadian films premiering at Toronto’s Italian Contemporary Film Festival later this summer (Real Gangsters pictured).
CDMN announces key Canadian digital economy trends
A key message that emerged from the organization’s conference, held earlier this month, was that Canadian creators must focus on their end-user instead of a tech “wow factor.”
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