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Telefilm invests in four French-language features
Ghosts, Le Loups, Le Relampeur and Tu dors Nicole received backing through the Canada Feature Film Fund.
First week of Big Brother Canada draws 4.6 million viewers
As well, 215,000 hours of live-feed video of the house guests (pictured) has been streamed from bigbrothercanada.ca, Shaw Media reports.
Playback preps annual Indie Production Survey
UPDATED: NOW FEATURES EASY-TO-DOWNLOAD PDF. The results of the survey will be published in the Summer issue of Playback, which will be available at the Banff World Media Festival as well as sent to subscribers.
Prime Time 2013: TV players need to embrace future, not fight it
In an opening keynote, digital visionary Robert Tercek told delegates at the Ottawa conference the TV industry needs to devote more energy on embracing new and innovative business models and companies like Netflix (pictured) and Aereo.
Shaun Smyth recruited for recurring role on AMC’s The Killing
The Glasgow-born, Calgary-raised actor, who recently completed an arc on Fringe, will have a recurring role on the crime drama series.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus to receive Banff World Media Festival tribute
The Seinfeld co-star (pictured in Veep) will be recognized for her contribution to TV during the annual Rockie Awards gala.
Best Boy acquires right to make They Never Left
The Mount Pearl, NL-based company obtained the rights in a deal with Circle of Confusion, producers of The Walking Dead (pictured).
Bell, Astral peg tangible benefits package at $174.7 M
Of the total, $124.5 million is earmarked for TV benefits, with 85% to be spent on indie on-screen productions, the companies say.
Prime Time 2013: CTV orders full season of Spun Out comedy
Project 10 Productions is to produce another 12 episodes of the Dave Foley-starring multi-camera sitcom, in addition to the pilot episode shot in January 2013.
Hot Docs fest to spotlight Continental, Fight Like Soldiers Die Like Children
Along with Sundance hits such as Blood Brother (pictured), the festival’s special presentations to include 20th anniversary screening of classic The War Room.
Bell Media partners with Toyota Canada for Refined
The branded content series will be broadcast on the website for Discovery Canada.
Why Kim Coates is tubthumping for a Ferocious opening weekend
The Sons of Anarchy star (pictured) is headed this Friday and Saturday to western Canada for premieres of Robert Cuffley’s thriller, which also stars Amanda Crew and Michael Eklund.
Canadian Social TV top 3 – week of Feb. 24
This week we see how despite Big Brother Canada kicking down the social-media door with its debut during the period, perrennial performer Degrassi was still rated the top performer, according to Seevibes.
Lionsgate names Andrew Kramer COO, international distribution
Kramer, moving over from The Weinstein Company, will focus on growing the company’s international film business and sourcing international copro and cofinancing opportunities, working with Patrick Wachsberger.
Salman Rushdie fatwa doc to open Montreal art film festival
Rene Rozon’s The International Festival of Films on Art also programmed a raft of Canadian films for its 31st edition (Rushdie pictured).
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