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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.
In the writers’ room with WGC awards TV comedy nominees
Denis McGrath, Craig David Wallace and Kim Coghill sound off on their writers’ room must-haves and how they would bring Less Than Kind and Todd and the Book of Pure Evil together.
ATN launches two new channels
ATN’s Pramod Israni (pictured) talks about the addition of ATN Sikh and ATN Brit Asia to its portfolio and the new audiences they target.
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.
Incendo co-chief Stephen Greenberg stepping down
With his departure, partner and co-founder Jean Bureau becomes the company’s president and sole shareholder (Bureau and Greenberg pictured).
Telefilm Canada taps Canadian talent for Cannes promotion
The actors, directors, producers and sales executives will be featured as part of the 10 Canadians to Watch at Cannes showcase on the Croissette.
Trifecta takes U.S. distribution rights to Republic of Doyle
The U.S. distributor is offering 26 episodes of the CBC dramedy for fall 2013.
eOne, Prospero co-financing Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars
eOne will handle worldwide sales and distribution to the upcoming thriller, to be produced by Martin Katz’s prodco with SBS Productions’ Said Ben Said (Cronenberg pictured).
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.
James Caan, Louis Gossett Jr. topline A Fighting Man
Writer/director Damian Lee’s boxing drama also stars Adam Beach, Famke Janssen and Michael Ironside.
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.
Cineflix Studios pacts with U.K. indie producer Tony Wood
The joint venture Buccaneer Media is part of the Canadian company’s expansion into the international scripted market (Wood pictured).
TSN revs up F1 coverage with BlackBerry
The channel is expanding its F1 coverage with bonus coverage sponsored by the telecom and wireless company.
NSI adds Telus’ Prem Gill to board
Gill (pictured) directs Telus’ Optik TV video-on-demand storefront and drives local programming initiatives in B.C. and Alberta for Optik Local.
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