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New Brunswick to develop digital media tax credit to save industy
Throwing a life preserver to its drowning film industry, New Brunswick is developing a digital media tax credit while it scraps the province’s film tax credit.
Omni Film, Windfall to recreate WWII bomb raid
The Return of The Dambusters, a copro between Omni Film Productions and Windfall Films, has been commissioned by History Canada, WGBH Nova and Channel 4.
Coalition targets Netflix in Canada
Now that the streaming service is in the content game, a working group of Canadian industry stakeholders is asking the CRTC to reconsider how it categorizes the company.
SMPIA launches AR game for Multi-Platforum event
The Saskatchewan Motion Picture Industry Association is kicking off its digital Multi-Platforum conference in Regina today with the launch of Multi-Platforum – The Game.
Mudpit secures record deal from Universal Music Canada
Cookie Jar has signed a record deal for its live-action/animated hybrid series Mudpit, set to bow on Teletoon next fall.
Astral and Corus see ad and subscriber growth
An improving economy continues to lift advertising and subscriber growth at Canadian specialty and pay TV operators.
Mark Burnett scoops distribution to Canadian reality property series
Mountain Road Productions sells worldwide distribution and format rights for its All for Nothing? property to the reality king.
Top Chef tops for Food Network
The series premiered on Monday to 317,000 total viewers (BBM, 2+), with 212,000 adults watching (A25-54) – the highest-rated Canadian original premiere in the channel’s history.
Skywriter writes up doc deals
Toronto-based indie Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group has concluded a number of deals for its lifestyle and documentary programming, following MIPTV in Cannes earlier this month.
Making sense of transmedia at Sprockets
It’s easy to get caught up in the transmedia buzz without really understanding what it means, and Richard Lachman set out to clarify its meaning on Tuesday’s TIFF Sprockets industry panel.
Remote takes A&E NSI short award
Marc Roussel’s thriller Remote sees a man trying to prevent the murder of a young woman living in his apartment thirty years before.
Rookie Blue heads to Italy
eOne has closed a free TV deal with Mediaset Italy for season two of Rookie Blue. The series will kick off June 16.
Shaw grows profits for Q2
Despite stepped up competition from rival Telus Corp., Shaw has grown profits on increased cable TV revenues, thanks to rate increases and growth.
Starz Animation Toronto rebrands as Arc Productions
Veteran TV executive producer Steven B. Hecht, who was among the buyers of a majority stake from U.S. media giant Starz Media, said new management will expand Arc Productions’ development slate to include indie productions, more intellectual property and international co-productions.
Copperheart to adapt Dragonriders of Pern
Indie producer Copperheart Entertainment is to adapt Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern fantasy book series for the big screen, with Entertainment One to take key international territories, including Canada.
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