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Sudz Sutherland’s Home Again to shoot in early 2012
The dramatic feature about three adults deported back to the country of their birth, Jamaica, will shoot for six weeks in Jamaica and Trinidad.
Marci Ien replaces Seamus O’Regan as Canada AM co-host
Ien will take her place on the Canada AM couch alongside Beverly Thomson in January 2012.
Telefilm unveils new Success Index
The new measurement tool will include awards and international sales, in addition to box office, when measuring a film’s performance.
CBC loses appeals court battle with federal information watchdog
The pubcaster must now hand over key internal documents due to access to information requests that it previously held were exempt from public scrutiny.
Leone Stars receives Sundance grant
The doc, which follows the Sierra Leone Single-Leg Amputee Sports Club, was the winner of TIFF’s Pitch This! competition earlier this year.
Montreal’s Fantasia genre fest launches coproduction market
The Frontieres international coproduction market will look to get genre film concepts from Canada, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and the U.S. into production.
T.O.’s CityNews builds arsenal to compete against CP24
Citytv Toronto exec Tina Cortese tells Playback Daily how the upstart all-news Toronto TV station aims to hook viewers by migrating the familiar 680 News radio format.
Gary Slaight joins ACCT Board of Directors
Slaight’s appointment follows the ACCT’s annual general meeting, in which it also discussed forming a national advisory council to ensure regional representation.
CRTC approves licences for Cottage Life TV, Discovery French
A partnership with Glassbox Television, Cottage Life TV is eyeing a 2012 or 2013 launch.
Bell TV to restore Sun News to satellite TV schedule
An agreement between TVA Group and BCE will see the 24-hour news channel back on Bell TV after it was yanked in May over a carriage fee dispute.
Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund launches $40,000 short film program
The industry fund is looking to help underwrite two short films that will air on The Movie Network and possibly be expanded into feature films.
eOne’s Peppa Pig gets digital makeover
The popular U.K. cartoon series has a new website, an online store, a Twitter account and a dedicated Facebook page.
New Brunswick unwraps new tax credit
The new incentive, to cover up to 30% of eligible production expenditures, replaces a 40% tax credit cancelled in March 2011.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films – Nov. 11 to Nov. 17, 2011
Monsieur Lazhar is the top-grossing Canadian film this week.
Reunion Pictures making Out of Time drama for Showcase
Shaw Media orders 10 one-hour episodes of a procedural about a futuristic police officer who goes from 2077 to modern-day Vancouver.
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