Telus signed up 48,000 new TV subscriptions during its latest financial quarter on the strength of its Optik TV offering introduced last June.
The bonus will match all broadcaster cash contributions to a digital media project approved by the Bell Fund to a maximum of $100,000, with no more deductions for the 10% license fee, as mandated by the CMF.
The 13 episode series sees Paul Lafrance and crew build decks and backyards, including one massive deck, pool and cabana combo, and the second series order from HGTV Canada, placed before the first series even went to air, will see more of the same.
All this week, Playback will feature Q&As with some of the all-star cast of writers leading the Toronto Screenwriting Conference.
The distribution deal gives Kidobi’s online subscription educational video service 26 hours of the Longhouse Tales cartoon, along with another CCI Entertainment animated series, Farzzie’s World.
Minority productions are the way to go these days: The Borgias, from Take 5 Productions and its British partners, is selling widely internationally.
Vancouver’s Omni Film Productions is going behind the scenes with the people who make fireworks presentations possible.
The series is shooting across Ontario starting April 8 through July 7 and is still in the process of casting families for this first season.
All this week, Playback will feature Q&As with some of the all-star cast of writers leading the Toronto Screenwriting Conference.
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Telefilm announced Monday that the International Festival of Independent Cinema of Buenos Aires (BAFICI) will feature Calgary film writer and director Gary Burns in a retrospective.
Production began Monday in Toronto on 26 half-hour English and 26 half-hour French eps, and it’s also expanding its multiplayer online games on Skatoony.ca.