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Incendies wins Rotterdam audience awards
As Incendies heads to the Academy Awards, Denis Villeneuve has picked up the top audience award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam for his latest film about sectarian hatred and family bonds in the Middle East.
Canadian guilds and unions applaud court striking down Globalive decision
Canadian guilds and unions on Friday applauded a federal court striking down the licensing of Egyptian-owned mobile carrier Globalive Communications as a move that restores Canada’s foreign ownership restrictions.
CBC and ACTRA seal new labor deal
ACTRA members have ratified a new collective agreement for the CBC’s radio and TV services.
Breakthrough in Producer-Broadcaster terms of trade talks
Drum roll: a first-time terms of trade agreement between Canadian broadcasters and indie producers appears in sight.
William Shatner taps Oscar-winning composer to score Zenoids
William Shatner has hired Academy Award-winning music composer Michael Giacchino to help score The Zenoids, the veteran Canadian actor’s animated webisode series being produced in Montreal by Oasis Animation.
Alliance to release Relativity pics through 2015
Relativity Media and Alliance Films have agreed to renew their distribution agreement through 2015.
Realscreen Summit: OWN’s Lisa Erspamer tells producers to “come and play”
OWN’s CCO Lisa Erspamer discussed building up the new network with non-fiction primetime and original documentaries during her interview session at the Realscreen Summit.
eOne signs Humf toy partner, season two for Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom
Entertainment One has signed up Aurora World as the first toy partner Humf pre-school animated series, as well as a second season for Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom.
Youth Media Alliance intros interactive awards
The Youth Media Alliance (YMA) has added an original Special Jury Award to its list of English-Language Awards of Excellence, this one for an original or convergent interactive project.
Production biz heats up Pinewood’s February Freeze
Equipment supplier William F. White won’t be flipping a switch to get indie producers plugged into the latest film and TV production technology at next week’s February Freeze showcase on February 8.
Kajpust joins NSI
Writer Melissa Kajpust is the newest member of the National Screen Institute, where she’ll be taking over the position of NSI Drama Prize program manager.
WGC, ACTRA weigh in at CRTC hearings
As the CRTC hearings into BCE’s $3.2 billion takeover of CTV continue, industry players debated Thursday how much the phone giant should pay to the Canadian broadcast system to secure a greenlight for the transaction.
Corus buys Power Rangers Samurai for Nickelodeon Canada
The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers last battled the CRTC in the early 1990s, and lost. Now they’re back.
Zoic Studios expands in Vancouver
Los Angeles-based visual effects shop Zoic Studios has bigger digs in Vancouver’s Gastown district.
Richard Stursberg lands at Telus as advisor
After his exit last August, former CBC head of English language services Richard Stursberg has resurfaced as a senior advisor on media and entertainment strategy for Telus Corp.
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