The 2012 10 to Watch: Cassie Steele

The buzz is steadily increasing for the former Degrassi star and rising singer who plays a Canadian actress with Hollywood dreams on The L.A. Complex.

The 2012 10 to Watch: Lisa Jackson

The young writer and director tends to make Aboriginal-experience-based films and docs that transcend cultural boundaries: her credits include the Genie award winning short Savage, and she is currently working on a feature called Mush Hole.

The 2012 10 to Watch: Patrick Tarr

Among other projects the Toronto-based screenwriting award winner has been at work on upcoming CBC drama Cracked, and co-wrote the feature script for sci-fi thriller The Colony.

The 2012 10 to Watch: Michelle Ouellet

In addition to recently starting Sociable Films with Nicholas Carella and Ali Liebert, B.C.-based Ouellet has carved a short and sharp upward career arc with Canadian Comedy Award-nominated Hooked on Speedman, the TV-web series The True Heroines and the short This Feels Nice (in post).

The 2012 10 to Watch: Xavier Dolan

This Quebecer isn’t even 25 and has already had three films compete at the Cannes Film Festival, including Laurence Anyways (also screening at TIFF12) and J’ai tue ma mere, which took three Cannes awards in 2009.

Playback 2012 Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame inductee: Graham Greene

The prolific actor is being honoured for his unrivaled professionalism and commitment to acting in a career that spans decades.

Playback 2012 Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame inductee: Rene Malo

The filmmaker is being recognized for his groundbreaking sales and distribution business strategy to take Canadian films to foreign markets, always with an eye for maintaining cultural autonomy.

Playback 2012 Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame inductee: Colin Low

Over five decades Low helped to make the National Film Board a world-renowned fount of cutting edge animated and documentary storytelling, and for that is being entered into the hall of fame.

Playback 2012 Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame inductee: Jackie Burroughs

Actor who died of cancer in 2010 is being honoured for her dedication to her craft and laying the foundation for female actors to forge ahead and own their roles.

Playback 2012 Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame inductee: Bob Culbert

The Northern Ireland-born TV veteran is being appreciated for his life-long commitment to the core values of broadcast news gathering and documentary production.

Playback 2012 Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame inductee: Piers Handling

The TIFF director and CEO is recognized as an industry builder for transforming the festival into a world-renowned event and constructing its year-round home, the TIFF Bell Lightbox and Festival Tower.

CRTC appoints Chief Consumer Officer

Barbara Motzney in the newly created position will be responsible for better understanding the concerns of Canadians.

Persistence of Vision to premiere at VIFF

The Vancouver festival will host the world premiere of Kevin Schreck’s examination of the “greatest animated film never made” (pictured), while international premieres include Nuala and How to Grow a Band.

Videotron adds four networks to HD offerings

HGTV Canada, Food Network, Showcase and Prise 2 are now part of the Quebec-based broadcaster’s lineup, with Nat Geo Wild (Dangerous Encounters pictured) being added as a standard definition channel.

Discovery Channel syncs TV with mobile

The channel has launched tech that connects its app to TV, and will be working with Virgin Mobile and Bell Mobility for the pilot phase.