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Commercial direction highlighted at Lightbox
The TIFF Bell Lightbox is getting an infusion of music videos, short films and TV spots, as it launches new quarterly series Packaged Goods next week.
Chilly Beach heads to Hulu
Indie content company Duopoloy is bringing March Entertainment’s animated series State-side.
Arc Productions restructures with Jeff Young as new topper
Young, most recently head of finance at the 3D cartoon studio, replaces executive vice president and head of studio David Steinberg, who leaves the studio after running it since its launch in 2007.
TIFF adds Princess of Wales Theatre to stable of screens
The Toronto International Film Festival will be laying down even more red carpet on King Street this fall.
KinoSmith picks up four docs at Hot Docs
Indie distributor KinoSmith has pre-bought Canadian filmmaker Amy Miller’s The Carbon Rush, along with three other films.
ACTRA honors Barbara Budd
For being “the voice in Canada,” Barbara Budd is taking home ACTRA’s 2011 John Drainie Award.
Sky Atlantic scores treasure through Cineflix
The British arm of Cineflix Productions has received one of the first primetime non-fiction commissions from Sky Atlantic for Treasure Seekers (working title).
Jay Baruchel in line for studio writing gigs
Jay Baruchel is sharpening his screenwriting pencil again to adapt Kickstart Comics’ Random Acts of Violence for the big screen with writing partner Jesse Chabot.
Hot Docs racks up film sales in crisis-era market
There’s money in indie documentaries? Distributors at Hot Docs think so after they picked up a raft of films at the mid-way point of the Toronto documentary festival.
Bravo!FACT launches YouTube channel and In Short film series
The short film investor has launched a dedicated YouTube channel to reach a wider audience beyond the TV set, also unveiling an eight-part series inspired by the Seven Deadly Sins.
CRTC compels sat TV services to boost local TV station offering
“Canadians in all markets should have access to their local television stations, regardless of how they receive their programming,” said CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein.
Hell on Wheels to enter production in Calgary
Entertainment One, along with Nomadic Pictures, will start rolling the cameras in Alberta for AMC original series Hell of Wheels on May 16.
Hot Docs, Blue Ice Film team on million-dollar fund
The Hot Docs-Blue Ice Film Documentary Fund aims to provide support to independent documentary filmmakers based in developing African countries.
DHX’s Martha Speaks goes for four on PBS Kids
DHX Media and WGBH Boston have entered production on season four of animated preschool series Martha Speaks.
Cue Digital forms to tackle branded content
The newly named Digital Media has partnerships in place with UFC, Heavy, College Humor, Funny or Die, BNQT Media, Premier League, TMZ and Warner Bros.
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