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Photo gallery: On the set of Ruby Skye P.I.: The Haunted Library
The second season of the teen mystery web series was shot in Toronto in Little Italy and U of T’s Emmanuel College Library.
HBO doc Koran by Heart takes top jury prize in Banff
As the Banff Rockie Awards were handed out Tuesday, the best drama prize went to Five (pictured), a short film anthology for Lifetime in the U.S. market.
Movie Central, TMN unveil original production slate for fall
Returning series Call Me Fitz (pictured), Less Than Kind join lineup of copro miniseries Rogue and The Heretics, and docs including Ron Mann’s Altman.
Restructuring daytime TV in a post-Oprah world
Execs from media agencies Gaggi Media, ZenithOptimedia, Media Experts and Mindshare weigh-in on the programming strategies for fall 2012’s daytime schedule.
Banff 2012: Sask producers ponder their next moves
“It’s not a load-up the wagon and head out of Dodge. It’s a slow ending of the industry,” SMPIA president Ron Goetz tells Playback.
Space orders original drama Orphan Black
Temple Street Productions will produce the 10 ep series co-created by John Fawcett and Graeme Manson.
Banff 2012: NFB launches branded channel in China
Local partner Pheonix New Media offers Chinese internet users access to films produced and distributed by the National Film Board of Canada.
TV subscription, license spending to hit $13B by 2016: PwC report
According to the report, consumer spending in Canada is projected to increase at 5.3% compound annual growth to 2016, versus 3.7% in the U.S.
CRTC at Banff 2012: Netflix Canada a problem? It’s the solution
“Let’s take advantage of these great new digital media to promote and export our Canadian content to the world,” CRTC commissioner Peter Menzies (pictured) told delegates on Monday.
Banff 2012: Canada Media Fund unveils Canadaonscreen.ca website
The online initiative aims to showcase and celebrate Canadian TV programming and digital content consumed widely at home and abroad.
Movie Central, NSI launch Script to Screen partnership
The initiative, which replaces the Corus Made with Pay Fund, will provide up to five writers with a development advance of up to $50,000.
Deluxe and Post Modern Sound to bundle services in Vancouver
The companies have pacted to offer picture and sound post-production services to local feature and TV customers.
Edmond Was a Donkey, Gravity of Center take short film awards
The Canadian films were handed festival jury prizes at the 2012 Worldwide Short Film Festival awards picnic Sunday.
Banff 2012: Teletoon orders two new series, and renews another three
The animated specialty channel gave full season orders for Dr. Dimensionpants from Cookie Jar Entertainment and Endangered Species (pictured) from Nerd Corps Entertainment.
Produced By Conference: The Million Channel Universe
Marc Almon on creating, launching and monetizing web content, with insights from featured internet producers and the people behind Jimmy Kimmel Live and the YouTube Next Lab.
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