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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Mar. 8 to Mar. 14, 2013
Oz The Great and Powerful follows the yellow brick road to the top box office spot for the week of Mar. 8 to Mar. 14, 2013.
Kim Nguyen’s War Witch dominates Jutras in Quebec
The Congo child soldier drama (pictured) earned eight trophies after sweeping the film categories at the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs Mar. 4 to Mar. 10, 2013
Big Bang tops TV for the week of Mar. 4 to Mar. 10, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Feb. 25 to Mar. 3, 2013
The final installment of the Twilight franchise, Breaking Dawn Part 2 is the top-selling DVD for the week of Feb. 25 to Mar. 3, 2013.
New Montreal studio to open in April
The facility in Montreal’s Mile End neighbourhood is jointly operated by Soner Rock Films and Blackboard Pictures.
Cream brings Golden Gays to Slice
Co-exec producer Sam Dock of Cream Productions tells Playback about finding the eclectic mix of people living and working in Palm Springs.
David Shafer named eOne Television VP production
Shafer, an industry veteran who formerly worked for CBS Television Studios and 20th Century Fox TV, will be based in Los Angeles.
Canadian crowdfunding to get easier?
The Ontario Securities Commission is considering changes that would let content creators issue company shares as a crowdfunding tool. (Interactive Ontario CEO Donald Henderson pictured).
Competition Bureau OKs Teletoon, Historia and Series+ transactions
The sales, as part of the complex Bell-Astral deal, would make Corus the sole owner of these properties, contingent on approval by the CRTC.
Where RTR’s CoralTV fits in the changing Canadian TV landscape
RTR Media executive producer Kit Redmond (pictured) tells Playback how getting into the sandbox to launch an instructional TV community on YouTube is setting her indie production house up for the future.
Breakthrough licenses two Canadian features to TMN
The Resurrection of Tony Gitone and Please Kill Mr. Know It All (pictured) will premiere on Astral’s pay TV service later this year following theatrical runs.
Canamedia names Bill McGowan as VP global sales and acquisitions
McGowan, a member of Canamedia parent company Magic Lantern Media’s senior management team, will advance the company’s overall reach in new digital and non-theatrical markets.
Quebecor posts lower Q4 earnings after management shakeup
The Quebec media giant saw net income fall due to one-time items, days after Groupe Videotron boss Robert Depatie was named to replace Pierre Karl Peladeau as head of the Quebec media giant.
CRTC orders Corus to comply with OWN’s educational mandate
The regulator issued a rare mandatory order to have the broadcaster fall in line with the original mandate for the specialty channel.
Hybrid factual series Alien Mysteries deconstructed
Discovery Networks Canada topper Paul Lewis discusses how the effects-laden sci-fi program uses fact and fiction to tell a more immersive story.
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