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CMF’s Creighton: Canadians want access
CMF president and CEO Valerie Creighton sat down with Playback Daily following her participation in The Future of Content panel at Whistler Film Festival to share her thoughts about the CMF’s first year thus far.
Vision Globale lands $6 million in funding
Montreal-based Vision Globale just got a $6 million boost from the Quebec government to help it adapt to the digital age.
Magnet Releasing picks up U.S. rights to Hobo
The U.S. rights to Jason Eisener’s action film Hobo With a Shotgun has been picked up by Magnolia Pictures’ genre arm Magnet Releasing.
Leonard Asper moves to The Fight Network
Leonard Asper has resurfaced at The Fight Network
Kids projects nab Bell Fund money
Of the 21 projects receiving production grants from the October 1 round of applications to the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, half are aimed at the kids demo
CIBC brings Punjabi back to Hockey Night in Canada
The financial institution is using the sponsorship of the broadcast and webcast to reach out to South Asians
New anchors for CTV B.C. News
Tamara Taggart and Mike Killeen have been tapped to replace long-time CTV British Columbia newscasters Pamela Martin and Bill Good in the Vancouver TV market.
Whistleblower takes audience award in Whistler
Larysa Kondracki’s The Whistleblower has added the audience award to the top jury trophy already nabbed at the just-completed Whistler Film Festival.
Could Silent Hill 2 be moving to Toronto?
Don Carmody is reteaming with French colleague Samuel Hadida to co-produce Michael J. Bassett’s Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, scheduled to shoot in spring 2011.
eOne sells Walking Dead to Five in UK
Entertainment One International has sold the over-the-air rights to The Walking Dead zombie drama to Five in Britain.
BroadbandTV launches Game On upload software
Online video game aggregator BroadbandTV has launched Game On, a uploader of gaming content to its dedicated YouTube gaming channel.
CBC’s Blowout doc scares to educate
Indie producer Up Front Entertainment has gone for the worst-case scenario approach in Blowout: Is Canada Next?, a documentary that warns against a possible volcanic explosion at a deepwater oil well off of Newfoundland.
Rodeos, aliens highlight History’s winter sked
The Shaw Media channel is adding four new shows, and bringing back hits American Pickers and Ice Pilots NWT.
Rogers sweetens Toronto film critics’ top award
The handicapping has already started after the Toronto Film Critics Association on Tuesday said the cash prize for its best Canadian feature award for 2010 has been sweetened to $15,000, thanks to Rogers Communications.
Tammy Gillis to guest in Less than Kind
Tammy Gillis has snagged a recurring role on the third season of the HBO Canada sitcom Less Than Kind from Breathrough Entertainment.
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