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Pinewood gets $34.5 million loan from Infrastructure Ontario
Pinewood Toronto Studios has secured a $34.5-million repayable loan from the Ontario government to attract big-budget film and TV projects to the mega-studio.
Decade in Review: Ivan Fecan is Playback’s Person of the Decade
Once given the tools, CTV topper Ivan Fecan created a media empire that dominates the Canadian landscape, a feat that secures him honors as Playback’s Person of the Decade.
Uncovering the enigma of Glenn Gould
White Pine Pictures’ Peter Raymont reveals the genus of Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould.
Discovery offers up new shows for the new year
In January, the CTV-owned channel goes to Alaska, finds out how machines work and drinks some beer.
Uwe Boll movie set in B.C. rocked by propane explosion
An explosion on the set of the German filmmaker Uwe Boll’s In The Name of The King: Dungeon Siege 2 movie set in Maple Ridge, British Columbia has sent six crew members to hospital with minor injuries.
Decade in Review: Christina Jennings is Playback’s Producer of the Decade
Shaftesbury has nearly tripled the volume of its slate since 2005, thanks to award-winning core creative and growth into new arenas. At the helm is CEO Christina Jennings. Described as fearless and inspiring (and a self-confessed type-A personality), Jennings is Playback’s producer of the decade.
Decade in Review: The decade that was, and the future that could be
A guest editorial from Brian Anthony, national executive director and CEO, Directors Guild of Canada.
Cineflix completes America’s Got Real Talent search
As TV viewers increasing covet their own 15 minutes of fame, talent agents at Cineflix Productions last week completed a U.S. swing in search of reality TV’s next stars.
Rogers specialty channels add mid-season shows
Hoarders, psychics and Tony Danza join the lineups in January.
History turns to Facebook for T-shirts
All they get is a T-shirt: The U.S.-based History channel has launched a Facebook app for American Pickers from Cineflex Productions.
CBC gets set to reveal InSecurity
Canada has a vast, dark intelligence network as befits a superpower, and valiant efforts to save the world just get thwarted by bungling characters and sloppy execution.
Shaw refinances debt at lower cost
Shaw Communications is refinancing debt at lower costs after swallowing the former Canwest Global Communication Corp.’s TV assets.
CMF unveils factor weightings for broadcast envelopes, digital media changes
The Canada Media Fund is to reward English Canadian broadcasters more for ratings over historical performance, according to new fund access criteria unveiled Monday.
CTV delays live broadcast due to British snow
Britain’s winter snow storm conditions has forced CTV to cancel a Tuesday night live broadcast of a MuchMusic/Rogers concert at its Masonic Temple venue in Toronto by Joel Zimmerman, AKA deadmau5.
eOne and Knightscove to co-develop Port Hope
Knightscove Media Corp. and Entertainment One Television are to jointly develop the family TV drama Port Hope for the world market.
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