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Harold Greenberg Fund invests in 27 movie scripts
Deepa Mehta’s Secret Daughter novel adaptation, Patricia Rozema’s Via Dolorosa and Sarah Polley’s Alias Grace adaptation are among the latest Canadian film projects getting development coin.
Orphan Black picked up by U.K.’s BBC Three
The news follows the recent 10-episode renewals from BBC America and Space for the clone conspiracy thriller produced by Temple Street Productions.
Blackstone and the puzzle of Canadian drama authenticity
Playback goes on set in Edmonton to see a raw, authentic drama from APTN about First Nation power and politics told from the aboriginal point of view.
Blog: Wilson on ABC’s Whedon bet
UM director of investment Bailey Wilson on Joss Whedon’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (pictured) and the funniest comedy she has seen yet this week.
Monsieur Lazhar wins Film Circuit audience award
Cinema-goers at the Toronto International Film Festival’s nationwide screening circuit voted Philippe Falardeau’s Quebec drama (pictured) as the top Canadian film.
Hockey Night in Canada shatters playoff records: BBM
Game seven between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins netted 5.1 million viewers, while the series averaged 3.53 million viewers across all games.
Blog: ABC launches new viewing strategy
Mindshare’s Lina Alles (pictured) on the network’s new live-streaming platform and the one show that stuck out in Tuesday’s upfront.
CineCoup unveils top 10
President of distribution and sales Brad Pelman will travel to Cannes this week to shop the films to sales agents and international buyers.
RIDM to honour Marcel Ophuls
The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is to honour the 85-year-old Franco-German director (pictured) with a major retrospective and a public discussion at this November’s event.
Continuum, Becoming Redwood topline Leo Awards nominations
The awards, which recognize excellence in B.C. film and TV, will be handed out on June 7 and 8 in Vancouver (Becoming Redwood pictured).
Canadian Social TV top 3 – week of May 5
This week we see how Degrassi’s social-media managers were able to get online attention by prompting fans to chose a favourite episode while The Borgias and Top Chef Canada also fared well.
RTR Media’s Coral YouTube channel finds Kin
Coral joins Kin Community, a multi-channel YouTube womens’ network, as its first Canadian media partner (CoralTV hosts pictured).
OUTtv pre-buys Sex & Violence
The six-part mini-series, written and directed by Thom Fitzgerald (pictured), will shoot through May in Nova Scotia.
Union Pictures names Ian Cooper chief operating officer
A lawyer by trade, Cooper (pictured) has spent more than a decade as a legal and strategic advisor to media, entertainment and technology companies.
Blog: Alles on NBC’s plans for a “new era”
Blogging from the upfronts in New York, Mindshare’s Lina Alles (pictured) notes the network is betting on a family comedy line-up to win eyeballs, and gives her top picks to watch.
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